Hi there. Where would those dates show up, Michele? In my situation, the dates in question are INVISIBLE - I can't see them anywhere, but I can SEARCH for date contains 2010 (for example) and the records show up in my search criteria. But going to the records does not show these dates anywhere. Very weird.
Another facet to this problem (and why I started to do these searches) is that there are some dates that do show up, such as 27 August 2010, etc., but they are attached to EVENTS that are completely blank. So, I simply delete them, but I'm not sure how I can globally delete them because there is no event name. Everything is blank except the dates. I do not have the luxury of starting anything over from my cousin's gedcom, etc., because I've already done major work on this file and it does not appear to be corrupt and the file I'm working on is well over 10,000 individuals. The information is good, other than this weird dating thing that I cannot explain. Has anyone ever experienced anything that resembles this at all? Thanks, Jerry - MerriamFamilyTree.org On 9/11/2011 8:07 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Well, I do know that Legacy will put in approx dates when you are using the > research guidance feature. > > michele > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry > Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 1:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Invisible Embedded Dates ?? > > Hello everyone. Has anyone on the list ever seen where Legacy would > embed invisible dates that show up when you do a SEARCH and REPLACE, but > when you go to the record, the dates are simply not there. I'm sure it > has something to do with the gedcom import I got from my cousin to > combine with our master tree. I thought maybe it was the date modified > or date imported, but that is not it. > > What I'm doing is to put in the search function to SEARCH and REPLACE > (without actually doing the replace) for EVENT-DATES where the date > contains 2010 anywhere in the field. I get quite a large number of hits > such as 8 September 2010, but none of the records has those dates in the > record anywhere I can physically see. Weird thing I would like to get > to the bottom of. Thanks, if you can help. 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
