I hope I can explain this in a logical manner: Somehow my database got corrupted, I noticed a medical note was truncated from 149 characters down to 120. So I am going backwards to find the last reliable Legacy Backup Family i.e. FineNameDateTime.ZIP I open the backup zipped file with Legacy and export a GED file and compare it with another exported GED file using a free program called WinMerge. ----- During this process I have discovered a large number of (I stopped counting at 20) individuals without parents but with a parent marriage MRIN. In Legacy using Find>Marriage>MRIN>Equal To>#### (my extra MRIN number), no marriages are found.
Over 9000 individuals in my database were imported from FTM as a GED file and this is the source of my problem. I imported this file today to see if I got the same problem, yes I do. From the FTM GED file I searched and found an offending individual's RIN and parents' MRIN. Then in Legacy Family view, this individual (and using one of the five items to view Parents' MRIN, Customize Family View Information) shows the parent MRIN, the same as from the GED file, BUT no parents. Several individuals are linked to the parents MRIN, BUT the Legacy Relationship Calculator doesn't show any relationship between these individuals. I have over 13,000 people in my file. I have 4,145 people without parents, NOT all of these 4,145 were imported from FTM. But there must be a large number with this problem. I know the data isn't "pure" with this problem but, I guess my questions are: Is this a problem? Is it practical to remove the illegal parent MRIN? If so how would one edit/delete the illegal parent MRIN? I could export and edit a GED file, but this has a high risk of creating other problems. I would consider editing the database in Access, BUT I would really like to avoid doing that. I have only viewed my database with Open Office Base and don't yet feel competent enough to edit. Thanks so much, Laird 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
