When I got my first thumb drive I made a big mistake. I loaded my PAF database on it for the same reason others do - to work on it on different computers, at a FHC or the FHL, etc. I made a number of additions to my desktop database then saved it on my thumb drive. I'm not sure what I did wrong but I ended up with duplications of every single name (instead of approximately 10,000 names I have 20,000 names). It took me two days to delete all the duplications. What did I do worng when I saved my database? I thought I would automatically write over the existing database. Connie

As already mentioned, you likely imported the file rather than just copying it. It is typically best to do a backup and take that with you, though the PAF file will do. When you get back you should only have to copy the PAF file back to your harddrive. I would backup your original first, just in case there are problems with the one on the memory stick. Bill > When I got my first thumb drive I made a big mistake. I loaded my PAF database on > it for the same reason others do - to work on it on different computers, at a FHC > or the FHL, etc. > > I made a number of additions to my desktop database then saved it on my thumb > drive. I'm not sure what I did wrong but I ended up with duplications of every > single name (instead of approximately 10,000 names I have 20,000 names). It took > me two days to delete all the duplications. > > What did I do worng when I saved my database? I thought I would automatically > write over the existing database. > > Connie