Re: [Gramps-users] Easily copy someone from one tree to another?

[Martin S. <mar...@ma...>]

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:07:54AM -0400, Nathan Hartley wrote:
>> On 09/16/2012 11:34 PM, Nathan Hartley wrote:
>> > I am attempting to merge Grandma's 5 separate GedCom files representing
>over
>> > 2,000 people, some of whom are the duplicated among the files, as well as
>to my tree.
>
>On 17 Sep 2012 01:51:34 -0500 Ron Johnson wrote:
>> What happened when you "just" imported her 5 GEDCOMs into a copy of your
>tree?
>
>I imported all 5 into the same empty database and have been working through
>merging, purging and ... cleaning/ transforming/ sanitizing the data, ever
>since. She often didn't enter things the same way twice (nor 5 times for that
>matter).
>
>My current plan is to manually merge duplicates between Grandma's database and
>my own. When I get to branches that only exist in her database, I'll re-attempt
>the filtered export with the Reference Filter set to 'Do not include records
>not linked to a selected person', that Gary mentioned.
>
>Any other suggestions?

Maybe not useful to you now, but if I were doing this I'd probably merge
the gedcoms before putting them into gramps. There are many tools in the
linux/unix world, e.g. the diff utility, which could be of help, as well
as some clever text editors. Whether you are prepared to use such tools
I don't know.

You might also look at gedcom-specific software. I think I am right in
saying that PAF, for instance, has some merging capability. Others can
be found on the web, including some purchase ware which make large
claims. Anyway, I'd start by doing a web search on merging gedcoms.

M.