Eagle@roadrunner.com (J. Hugh Sullivan) wrote: >On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:15:52 +0000, Terry Pinnell ><terrypin@dial.pipex.com> wrote: > >>Eagle@roadrunner.com (J. Hugh Sullivan) wrote: >> >>>On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:24:29 +0000, Terry Pinnell >>><terrypin@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 > >May I then suggest that you import the file to a new data base, do >your editing there, and only then import to your main data base. > >That may be your intent. > >Hugh Thanks both, I'll try that approach. -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK