I have 7810 persons in my database. They are all linked to me in 1 tree. michele
-----Original Message----- From: Tim Rosenlof Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 9:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Invisible Embedded Dates ?? Michele, Just curious, how many ancestors/descendants are in your database ? Tim Rosenlof On 9/11/2011 7:55 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1392 / Virus Database: 1520/3892 - Release Date: 09/12/11 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

