How do I merge 2 Heredis files?

You’ve created your genealogy and that of your spouse in two separate files and you’d like to put them in the same one? Did you get the file from your cousin, who also uses Heredis and has worked on his side?

2 files cannot be merged.

You can import one file into another, but Heredis will not compare the data.

You’ll need to link the connected persons of the 2 files and merge the duplicates.

Importing a file is irreversible. Once you’ve done it, there’s no going back.

It is therefore preferable to create a new file and integrate the 2 desired files. This way, you keep the data from the 2 files separate. If you don’t like the result, you can return them to their original form.

• On the Heredis home page, click on New family file.
• Give it a name, choose the storage location.
• Then click on the File menu > Import >Heredis file.
• Confirm the message stating that the operation is irreversible.
• Choose the file to import.
• Click again on the File menu > Import > Heredis file.
• Confirm the message stating that the operation is irreversible.
• Choose the file to import.
• Link common persons, for example, you and your spouse if the 2 persons did not appear in the 2 files.
• Search for duplicates and merge common persons.

Merging duplicates is a delicate and time-consuming operation. All data must be checked before merging.
If merging is possible without too much risk, beyond 4-5 persons, attention gradually decreases and, being human, we tend to validate too quickly during repetitive manipulations.

So please don’t make too many mergers at once.

Here are the articles that will interest you:
https://help.heredis.com/en/create-a-new-genealogy-file/
https://help.heredis.com/en/import-a-heredis-file-in-an-existing-file/
https://help.heredis.com/en/find-duplicates/
https://help.heredis.com/en/merging-two-persons/