That sounds more reasonable to delete one source at a time anyway because there are probably some sources that are not 'garbage'. I cannot imagine completely deleting all of my sources and beginning over no matter how messy my file was; at least it would give you a clue where to look for a better or more detailed source description. Then perhaps the old source could be updated, as opposed to deleted. Or maybe there is a way to tag those records and then add a new source to the entire group? Now that's a whole new question but my intent here is just to encourage the original writer to consider the consequences of doing a mass delete of sources. They are so hard to recreate once they are gone.
Kathy On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Jenny M Benson <[email protected]>wrote: > On 27/05/2011 19:29, Kevin Schmitt wrote: > > Is there a bulk way to delete all my sources and start over? I have > > over 1000 garbage ones from other gedcoms, I have download over the > > past 10 years. > > I stand to be corrected, but I think your best way of doing this is to > export your file to a gedcom *excluding* Sources, and then import back > into a new Legacy file. > > (I looked at exporting straight to a new Legacy file but there doesn't > seem to be the option to exclude Sources.) > > As you cannot delete a Source which is linked to anyone, it would be one > heck of a long job to unlink and delete them all, I think. > > -- > Jenny M Benson > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<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<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog > (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com<http://news.legacyfamilytree.com/> > ). > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > > > -- Kathy Meyer STRESS: when your gut says "NO WAY" and your mouth says "NO PROBLEM" "To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done." --Richard G. Scott, "Finding the Way Back," Ensign, May 1990, 74 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ~ Albert Einstein 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
