Recently, I imported my GEDCOM from my laptop, where I had worked on it while out of town to my desktop, where the older version was. I then asked for a duplicate search and did a smart merge. I thought "merge" meant that it would update the record, but what it did was jumble both records together, so that children and spouses are now duplicated. Instead of eliminating any duplicates, it created many more. Now what do I do? I've been going through and choosing and then deleting duplicates by going one by one down the list of names, but it's taking forever. Is there any other way to truly eliminate duplicates? Clare

Clare, It sounds as if you have a problem that can easily be solved. You just mixed up the merge function with the backup and restore routine. I'm assuming you still have your updated file on the laptop. Make a gedcom of the laptop file, IF the FO file is from a different version of Family Origins. Rename the old database on the other computer to something else. Make a new database of the same name as previously and import your gedcom into it. If you have the same version of Family Origins on both computers, all you need do is make a backup of the file from the laptop, then use the restore function to override the database on the desktop computer. Then do the opposite when you want to update the laptop version. I highly recommend putting the same version on both computers. Always keep backups of your databases for the rare occasion when something could go wrong. Margaret Scheffler ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clare" <Clare@Sierratel.com> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 7:38 PM Subject: [FO] Merge/Duplicate > Recently, I imported my GEDCOM from my laptop, where I had worked on it while out of town to my desktop, where the older version was. I then asked for a duplicate search and did a smart merge. I thought "merge" meant that it would update the record, but what it did was jumble both records together, so that children and spouses are now duplicated. Instead of eliminating any duplicates, it created many more. Now what do I do? I've been going through and choosing and then deleting duplicates by going one by one down the list of names, but it's taking forever. Is there any other way to truly eliminate duplicates? > > Clare