On Nov 3, 10:15 am, Terry Pinnell <terry...@dial.pipex.com> wrote: > Ea...@roadrunner.com (J. Hugh Sullivan) wrote: > > > > > > >On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:24:29 +0000, Terry Pinnell > ><terry...@dial.pipex.com> wrote: > > >>I'm returning tentatively to my family researching after a very long > >>break. Via the 'Hot Matches' facility of GenesReunited, I've > >>established a common ancestor in another GenesReunited tree. What is > >>the recommended procedure for adding that entire common branch into my > >>own tree please? Is it dependent on the other party first going to the > >>trouble of exporting that sections as a GEDCOM file, so that I can > >>then import it? Or is there some way I can achieve it without > >>troubling them? (I also suspect a good proportion of GenesReunited > >>users might have difficulty in doing this.) > > >>If it's relevant, I also have FTM 2006. > > >>I'd like to avoid manually adding every entry. > > >>Any advice would be appreciated please. > > >>-- > >>Terry, East Grinstead, UK > > >This is the way I would do it - people are welcome to agree or > >disagree. > > >No other person does his genealogy EXACTLY the way I do. Therefore I > >prefer to make all entries myself. Others have their own way of > >presenting names, locations and facts. I want my genealogy to be > >absolutely consistent. I don't like it when a state is spelled AL and > >Al and Ala and Alabama for example. I like county as Co., not County. > >Cemetery is Cem. There is no comma in Tuscaloosa AL. Those are a few > >nits I pick by choice. > > >Also, I find that, by entering each name for myself, I tend to > >remember the names and perhaps even something about them. That is > >somewhat important to me. > > >I presume you frequently back up data so it is unnecessary to remind > >you (even though I just did)! > > >Hugh > > Thanks. I certainly share your desire for consistency, and like you I > would edit spelling, abbreviations, etc. But, assuming I'm confident > that the *relationships* are accurate below the common ancestor, then > I really do not want to enter scores of these again. I want to import > the structure and then edit each individual entry in FTM. > > -- > Terry, East Grinstead, UK- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - The least work for them would be if they would send a complete GEDCOM and you create a new family file. Then take out what you want. Using the tag feature I have found it is quite easy in Legacy but can be difficult with other programs.