Just to compare them I would think you could just arrange the two windows so that you can compare the lists or else the family screens. Unless you can drag and drop in RM 6 and I don't know it, you won't be able to do as much about it if they don't match. Dora -----Original Message----- From: Steve Hayes via Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 4:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [RMagic] comparing 2 family files in RM6 On 29 Jan 2015 at 11:46, Tom Holden via wrote: > Upgrade to RM7 which has a File Compare function which looks for matching > people and works best if each file descended from a common file. > > If you are stuck on RM6, you could open both files and tile their windows > side-by-side. Customize People View to add th column "Date lasted edited" > and > maybe add the Record Number" column. Arrange these to be right next to the > name column. Sort on the name columns and scan for matching record > numbers, > different names, which has the later dates, etc. Or you could make a > custom > report in each database with these fields, print to paper and compare. Or you could export both files to Gedcom and use this to compare them: GENMatcher - Compare genealogy files for matches or duplicates. Find common individuals between files.Find duplicates keep your genealogy data clean.Side-by-side and color-coded formatting makes it easy to see differences in the details.Directly reads GEDCOM, PAF 3- 5, TMG 4, 5, 6 and 7 (The Master Genealogist), Family Tree Maker 2006 and previous versions, Legacy 3-7 files and RootsMagic 2 and 3.Compare files between any of the supported genealogy file formats. Files do not have to be the same format to be compared!No risk to your data: compare without needing to import. http://mudcreeksoftware.com/ -- Keep well, Steve Hayes Blog: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/famhist1.htm E-mail: [email protected] =================================== RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ ------------------------------- 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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com