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Keeping TMG data in sync with FTM

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I've been using TMG for several years now but never had to do any data merging, such as gedcom or other files, so instead of me blundering around on my own, I thought I would ask for help.

 

Here's my problem, I have a FTM backup that I can import into TMG. This file has all my people plus some new ones, How can I separate those new people out when I don't know with certainty how many and who they are? I tried importing and then merging into one dataset, that gave me two of everyone except the new ones I could go through the explorer and merge the doubles. Or I could copy the "single" people to a focus group and merge that to the original data. Whew!

 

I'm hoping that there's an easier way because I'll be doing this every once in a while. I'm using FTM12 as my "search" program but I really want to keep TMG up to date also. I have a lot of custom sources and roles in TMG that I don't want messed up, otherwise I would just do a fresh import each time.

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I've been using TMG for several years now but never had to do any data merging, such as gedcom or other files, so instead of me blundering around on my own, I thought I would ask for help.

 

Here's my problem, I have a FTM backup that I can import into TMG. This file has all my people plus some new ones, How can I separate those new people out when I don't know with certainty how many and who they are? I tried importing and then merging into one dataset, that gave me two of everyone except the new ones I could go through the explorer and merge the doubles. Or I could copy the "single" people to a focus group and merge that to the original data. Whew!

 

I'm hoping that there's an easier way because I'll be doing this every once in a while. I'm using FTM12 as my "search" program but I really want to keep TMG up to date also. I have a lot of custom sources and roles in TMG that I don't want messed up, otherwise I would just do a fresh import each time.

Don't know if this helps at all, but I use 3 Programs, namely TMG, Legacy and MyHeritage Family Tree Builder. (I do so because I'm trying to decide whether the latter 2 offer any advantage. I like both the others presentation of the datasets better than TMG! and MyHeritage links to a website that I can share with others)

Anyway, I use TMG as my primary tool for recording data, and periodically output a GEDCOM file to import to the other 2.

I wouldn't dream of trying to input data to the other two and then try and bring it back to TMG!!

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Thanks Neil, that's what I'm trying to do, I find that FTM is great for "syncing" with my online tree and for searching on ancestry.com. I can merge entire families with just a few clicks together with the source image and it adds a citation (not the best, but I'll improve it in TMG)

 

I can add several families at one sitting and if I have to try and remember who they were, to enter manually into TMG, that's a lot more work than I really want to do.

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Thanks Neil, that's what I'm trying to do, I find that FTM is great for "syncing" with my online tree and for searching on ancestry.com. I can merge entire families with just a few clicks together with the source image and it adds a citation (not the best, but I'll improve it in TMG)

 

I can add several families at one sitting and if I have to try and remember who they were, to enter manually into TMG, that's a lot more work than I really want to do.

In that case, I'd go with only updating one and exporting GEDCOM's (as I do). I can see potentials for being really out of sync unless you keep meticulous paper notes (or a computer file) of who you are entering in which etc

That's exactly why I only update TMG and then export for use with Legacy and Family Tree Builder

 

Furthermore, as stated in other posts, I keep all my datasets (for all 3 programs) in Dropbox so I am up to date whichever PC or laptop I use.

Dropbox is an online data storage facility (others avaialable) that syncs the files to and from your PC('s)

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