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

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 > >