Kathy, If I understand your comment correctly: "I've always wished that genealogy programs would include a 'last changed' date somewhere for each individual"
On the very bottom of the Legacy window in the right hand side is a date nn/nn/nn, mouse click on this date a small window will open and you will see: _______________________________________________ Modified Date Added Date Imported (Yes or NO) Husband name and dates Wife name and dates Marriage dates ________________________________________________ Is this what you were wishing for? Also located at the bottom, you can right or left click on the tiny +- signs to go to next or previous RIN or MRIN. Laird ================= On 1/10/2011 2:46 PM, Kathy Meyer wrote: > I understood your question the first time; that makes absolutely no > sense; you are completely right. Can you go to a back up? Perhaps > you have one that you made just before all the export/import activity? > Is it possible that somehow during the process, a different file was > created and the file you are seeing is not actually your original > master file at all? I've always wished that genealogy programs would > include a 'last changed' date somewhere for each individual or ideally > for each bit of information so you'd know when you made each entry. > Like maybe somehow it took you to a backup copy that didn't have all > of the people that you have in your current file and so it looks like > you lost individuals. Also, maybe only the links were broken? I > assume you know approximately how many people were in your database > before, is that number significantly different now? > > No need to answer these questions for me; I'm sure some of the techies > here will be of help to you; I've just had so many weird things happen > to me with computers over the years that I try to think of random, > unusual things that you 'think' could never happen because you 'did it > right'. Technology is both blessing and curse, depending on what it's > doing for you (or to you) on any particular day. > > Good luck with this; I hope you are able to recreate your database > without loss of information. Kathy > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:26 AM, James Cook<[email protected]> wrote: >> I expect loss of data via GEDCOM. What I did not expect is to export >> a GEDCOM and have date removed from my master file. Or, to merge into >> a new family file and have data removed from the master file. I did >> not want or expect any edits to the master file, that is why I created >> a new one to merge into. I do not understand why this happened. >> >> My question here is specifically why did my master file get corrupted? >> My understanding is that I was making edits to a completely separate >> file and only pulling data in from the original. I did not ever see >> an option that was to pull the data in and then delete from the >> source!?!?!?!?! >> >> >> If this is how the merge works, then I'll not be using it again either. >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> > > > 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
