UPDATE: The dates that are VISIBLE, but without any accompanying event information, are MARRIAGE EVENTS. When I searched for EVENT DATE by itself, I also got nothing for year 2010, but when I searched for MARRIAGE EVENT DATES, that's when I get the hits for the VISIBLE dates.
But I have to use SEARCH and REPLACE and just search for EVENT DATES to get the dates which are NOT VISIBLE when I go to the records. The regular FIND does not bring up the same information. Are FIND and SEARCH and REPLACE supposed to work in exactly the same way in their search routines? It's a bit confusing - wonder what the purpose was for two distinct modules unless the programmers thought people would accidentally replace something they did not intend to do, but it's not automatic without giving the command anyway. Jerry - MerriamFamilyTree.org On 9/11/2011 9:55 PM, [email protected] wrote: > That is very strange. I tried doing a search for any event dates after 2010 > and I got no hits. There is an option in the searches to search for > modified date. If you had chosen that by accident you could easily get a > ton of people with 2010-2011 dates but they wouldn't be attached to an > event. I wonder if when you imported the GEDCOM something strange happened. > > michele > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry > Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 9:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Invisible Embedded Dates ?? > > 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 > > > > 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
