On 11/7/2015 2:33 PM, Terry Reigel via wrote: > On 11/7/2015 2:15 PM, David via wrote: >> I have two versions of the same family tree that I want to merge. Each >> has several thousand entries. At the moment I have them both in the >> same project and data set. They are differentiated by flags. What I >> want is the union of the two. >> >> Can someone point to a guide or a discussion of best practice for >> merging the two trees? >> > David, > > I don't understand. If they are in the same data set I'd say they are > already merged. What else you do you want to do with them? > > Terry Reigel > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Terry, There are two versions of almost all of the individuals, one from each tree. I want to combine them into a single family tree. David

David, Do the individuals have ID numbers of 1:?? And 2:?? If they do you have two datasets in one project. The datasets have not been merged yet. I am interested in the recommendations Terry and Lee have. I have a similar situation but I have not merged the two projects yet. Nancy -----Original Message----- From: tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David via Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2015 1:45 PM To: Terry Reigel; tmg@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TMG] howto merge two family trees On 11/7/2015 2:33 PM, Terry Reigel via wrote: > On 11/7/2015 2:15 PM, David via wrote: >> I have two versions of the same family tree that I want to merge. >> Each has several thousand entries. At the moment I have them both in >> the same project and data set. They are differentiated by flags. >> What I want is the union of the two. >> >> Can someone point to a guide or a discussion of best practice for >> merging the two trees? >> > David, > > I don't understand. If they are in the same data set I'd say they are > already merged. What else you do you want to do with them? > > Terry Reigel > The TMG archive is found here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Terry, There are two versions of almost all of the individuals, one from each tree. I want to combine them into a single family tree. David The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message