I've read the help files and several threads on this forum. But I'm still stumped when it comes to importing data from Ancestry (via GEDCOM export to an empty reunion family file, of course). I've tried it twice now, and both times I finished up with a mess of scrambled data in my family file, taking hours to fix. (Before you ask - yes, I did save backup files along the way. But I still need to get the new data imported and merged).
The first time I thought it might have been down to importing too much data in a single operation (about 250 people). So the second time I broke the process down into groups of 30 people at a time. On each import I had newly imported people marked. I then ran "match & merge people", followed by manually merging the odd remaining marked duplicate.
From the best of research, that seemed a good strategy. But I still ended up with a mess to fix. Examples of the mess: phantom families comprising unrelated parents and children from different branches of the tree, yet with no 'real' duplicates.
Is there something I'm missing about gedcom import? I do realise gedcom has its limitations, and that merging problems are a fact of life to a degree. But other folks don't seem to experience stuff like this. Any help appreciated. Thanks.
The first time I thought it might have been down to importing too much data in a single operation (about 250 people). So the second time I broke the process down into groups of 30 people at a time. On each import I had newly imported people marked. I then ran "match & merge people", followed by manually merging the odd remaining marked duplicate.
From the best of research, that seemed a good strategy. But I still ended up with a mess to fix. Examples of the mess: phantom families comprising unrelated parents and children from different branches of the tree, yet with no 'real' duplicates.
Is there something I'm missing about gedcom import? I do realise gedcom has its limitations, and that merging problems are a fact of life to a degree. But other folks don't seem to experience stuff like this. Any help appreciated. Thanks.
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