Further to this, the GEDCOM exported the source as: NSW Registry of Birth, Deaths and Marriages online database, NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, ((http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au)), ), 5540/1937..
What a mess. There we see the extra ), plus an extra period. This is why I don't like the Source Writer as I publish to my web page using GEDCOM. The individual can be seen here (Sources at bottom of page) http://colston-wenck.com//getperson.php?personID=I7756&tree=colstonwenck Regards, Jennifer http://colston-wenck.com -----Original Message----- From: Jennifer Crockett [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, 16 October 2010 2:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: RE: [LegacyUG] Citation Detail Loss Paul, I decided to take you up on the challenge and looked at mine. I didn't find (yet - I haven't gone through all of mine) your error but did find something curious. There are only a few of my sources created by the Source Writer, and in one of these, in the list just created as you set out, the Detail field had extraneous matter in it when viewed on the list, but not when viewed if I selected the individual and looked in Family view. For example, I had a source that the Source Writer produced the Footnote/Endnote Citation as: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, "Historical Index," database, NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au), 5540/1937. The detail in the list showed ), 5540/1937. The detail when viewed in Family view showed 5540/1937 which is correct. The extraneous ), came from the end of the source. Regards, Jennifer http://colston-wenck.com -----Original Message----- From: Paul Underwood [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, 16 October 2010 1:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Fw: RE: [LegacyUG] Citation Detail Loss Apologies for the long message. I followed the advice of Legacy Technical Help, as follows; 1. Click Search on the menu bar and select Find to open the Search window. 2. Click on the Detail Search tab and then set the following 'Primary Conditions': Look for whom? = Individual Where to look = Source-Citaion How to look = Contains What to look for = (insert space) 3. Select 'Clear List before this search' and then click Create List. The Search List (a subset of the Name List) will then open.4. Go to the right side of the Search List and select the Sources tab. You will now be able to highlight each source for a person, then click the Detail button and check each one for problems. As suggested, I ran the Search, producing 8215 individuals. I then checked all of them (!) - I estimate around 25000 Citation Details. After eliminating obvious human errors such as mis-spellings etc, 46 errors remained. These occurred in Detail fields of Birth, Marriage, Death and, less commonly, Census and consisted largely of the correct data being replaced with RG, R, 1 or B. The first 2 of these are presumably data leakage from insertion elsewhere of census details (UK censuses commencing with the letters RG) and the third from the first digit of a date insertion elsewhere. The B could be from anywhere. As a last resort last week, I exported a Gedcom of my database, and reimported it to a new Legacy Standard installation. This appears to have had the effect of renumbering some, but not all, of the RINs which do not necessarily now run in date of input order. The errors however tend to occur in clusters of RINs. I am now in the situation where I am unsure whether to correct the errors or not will this cause further overwriting / leakage elsewhere? Either way, I now find it difficult to trust Legacy. I recommend others should check their Citation Details to see if a similar 'hidden' bug exists widely or if it's just me and one other. Paul U Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
