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Fantastic I shall try that you have explained very well so I should have no probs Thanks Jonesey ;-)

To merge in a Family Tree Maker File
Click File > Merge. The Backup dialog box opens.

If you want to create a backup copy of the tree, click Yes. See To back up a tree. When you have finished backing up the tree file, the merge process continues (go to step 3).

OR

If you want to continue without creating a backup copy, click No.

From the Open dialog box, navigate to and select the .ftw or .ftm file you want to merge into your tree.

Click Open. The Merge Wizard opens.

Select whether you want to merge all of the individuals or want to select which individuals to merge. If you select Include only selected individuals from import file, the Filter Individuals dialog box opens. See Filtering the Index and Filter Individuals.

Select whether to match individuals or to append them to the tree. Appending places individuals in your tree file without attaching them to the tree. If you want to link them to the tree in the future, you will need to attach or combine them manually. See To link two people and To merge two people.

If you chose to match individuals, click Advanced, then select the Match Threshold you want the Merge Wizard to use.

Each record is analyzed to determine how well it matches a record in the Host file and assigned a ranking from 0 to 1000. Every record over the threshold that you set will be considered a match and treated as such. The Merge Wizard creates new records for those under the threshold. Setting the threshold high results in more new records. Setting it low results in fewer new records.

Click Next. The Merge Wizard determines which records match, which are new, and which should be flagged as needing to be resolved.

You can select to accept all of the Host records as correct, all of the Import File records as correct, or set the facts for each person individually. See Merge Wizard for more information about the options.

You cannot merge the files until the problems in the flagged records have been resolved.

To resolved flagged conflicts, select a flagged person, then determine how best to resolve the conflicting details. When you have finished, click Mark as resolved. The name is moved to the Resolved group. Repeat for each flagged name.

When you have resolved all of the flags and are ready to merge the files, click Merge. Family Tree Maker merges the names into the Host file.

thanks for your reply but HOW

If you have used Family Tree Maker to create the trees then you can merge the various trees together relatively easily.

Unfortunately I now have to go out for a short while but I will look at your post again when I return.

Please can anyone help me I need to know how to GED COM several trees together to make one large tree and don't know how to do it

Silly me made all separate trees for each branch and have now realised I should have made one big one Dough !!!!

Carol :-0 :-0