Re: Lost my gramps data base ... help!

Enno Borgsteede <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.genealogy.gramps.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Op 31-01-2022 om 17:22 schreef John Sibert:
> So what to next? I maintain a fairly extensive tree on ancestry.com. 
> In the past, I have successfully imported a gedcom from ancestry. But 
> gedcom files do not contain all of the data that is nice to have in 
> gramps.

Like what? In my experience, a GEDCOM downloaded from Ancestry has all 
data that I gathered there, except that when I download that, I don't 
get the attached images with it. That's why I often use RootsMagic, 
which stores all images in a dedicated media folder.


> The question is whether it is possible to merge my current 2019 gramps 
> data with the more recent people in the ancestry gedcom?

And the answer is yes, provided that you have a lot of time. And that 
is, because Gramps has no automated merge for people who have the same 
vitals, and relatives. You'd have to use the built-in tool to find 
duplicate people and then merge these one by one.

RootsMagic has a smart merge that can do that for you, but that'll cost 
you $ 39.95. It may be worth it, though, if you have a few thousands of 
people that might need to be merged.

To be honest, I think that if you like to maintain a tree in two places, 
like on Ancestry and your PC, using Gramps is not a good idea, because 
there is no easy way to synchronize your tree with that.

Regards,

Enno




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