Bill, The new database has a person chosen in preferences, RIN # 1, my father. That's not the person who has been showing up in the primary position after the match/merge has been totally completed. But, surprise surprise. After I sent my request for help and took a 2 hour break to watch the NCAA finals I came back and started the process again. Guess what; the problem disappeared. Now after the match/merge is completed, the same person is in the primary position as was in that position before. Have the cyber gremlins done a # on me, or what? Thanks for the help. Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Buchanan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 11:21 PM Subject: Re: [PAF-5] Match & Merge-strange thing occurs > Dick, > > I am not sure if I understand. In a new database, there is no person with > the RIN chosen in the preferences to be shown in the Family and Pedigree > views. As you import people, someone will be given that RIN, and they will > be displayed. > > In my experience side-by-side tiling of two databases works best when both > are in the Individual List view, and both lists are sorted alphabetically. > I > don't know if that is what you are doing, but in this case the first > person > alphabetically will be displayed at the top of both lists, regardless of > the > RIN. > > Bill Buchanan > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dick Cazier" <[email protected]> > To: "PAF5 Users" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 8:43 PM > Subject: [PAF-5] Match & Merge-strange thing occurs > > >> Maybe someone can explain this to me; and if something's wrong, let me > know what and how to correct. >> >> I've created a new database that includes only people related to my >> mother > (shirt-tail relatives etc), and am exporting from a much larger database > in > small increments. >> >> I've tiled the 2 databases, vertically, so I can view them both at the > same time. Example, I have John Doe in the primary position in both. I > create a GEDCOM of John's ancestors from the large database and then > import > it into the smaller one (my mother's). Then match and merge in her > database. This goes well and all matches are successful. But when I > finish > the match/merge, a new person shows up in the primary position in database > where I've just completed the match/merge. It's always the same person, > and > one who was not included in the import. I think, in situations like this > before today, the primary person, in the database I've just imported into, > has always been the person that was there before (as in the example of > John > Doe). >> >> Can someone tell me what's going on, why and what I can do to correct >> this > happening? Thanks for your help. >> Dick Cazier >> Lakewood, CO >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG. >> Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.1/1348 - Release Date: >> 3/28/2008 > 10:58 AM >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >