You could rename all the old Master Sources by, for instance, putting some special character at the start of the name & leaving the rest of the name. Then all the old sources would be together in the Master Source List and the new good sources would also be grouped together. Or, put a special character at the end of the name so similar sources would be together and you could later delete the unnecessary ones. Just a thought.
On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Kathy Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > 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
