Betty The side by side function was why I consented to be the Genealogist for Clan Cunningham Being being to compare members files was a big help in matching family researchers. I was also seeking researchers of my direct line. Ones I found were doing his brothers. Jon . On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 10:02 AM, Betty Stokes via < [email protected]> wrote: > I didn't know about the compare function in version 7. For a long time, I > have been creating 2 descendant trees in Microsoft Word. Then lining them > up > side by side and fixing the one that needs fixing. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Holden via > Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 6:52 AM > To: Dora Smith > Cc: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [RMagic] comparing 2 family files in RM6 > > You cannot do any report from RM that covers two databases but RM7 does > compare two. I was suggesting the same custom report from each. > > > > > On Jan 30, 2015, at 11:50 PM, "Dora Smith" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Tom, how can you do a custom report that includes information from more > than one database? > > > > Dora > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Tom Holden via > > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 10:46 AM > > To: Maggie Champion ; [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [RMagic] comparing 2 family files in RM6 > > > > 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. > > > > Tom > > > > =================================== > 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 > > > > =================================== > 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 > -- -- *Jon P Czarowitz*, NHC, GF, GGF, IGC Hempel Genealogist since 1986 Retired International Genealogist for http://www.clancunninghamintl.org RootsMagic 7 http://www.rootsmagic.com CUNNINGHAMS TOGETHER - CUNNINGHAMS WORLDWIDE!