Seems to me that Rita's response would do what you would like - move a person from one family to another.
---- Rita Lynn McKale <[email protected]> wrote: > Wouldn't unlinking the person and then linking to the correct family > accomplish what you want to do? > > Rita in South Carolina > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis M. Kowallek [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 7:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Make a duplicate of a person > > On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:31:48 -0000, "Jack Earnshaw" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Is it possible to, effectively, "copy & paste" a person to create a second > >person with the same name and details? > > > >I have an ancestor where I have now discovered that I have made a mistake. > >His mother was Martha Earnshaw, but not the one I thought it was. Part of > >the data refers to the correct person and part of it refers to the incorrect > >one. Rather than create a new person and copy across the required data from > >the other one and then delete the incorrect data from the original person, > >it would be nice to be able to just duplicate everything and then > >selectively delete the bits that refer to the other person. > > The only way I can think of doing this is: > > 1) Create a new empty database. > 2) Open in "Split Screen View" your original database. Now you have the > empty database in one MDI window and the original database in the > other. > 3) Drag-n-drop the person you want to copy from the original database to > the new empty database. > 4) Now drag-n-drop the person in the new database back to the old. > > I haven't tried this, so let us know if it works. > > -- > > Dennis Kowallek (LTools/Custom Programming) > http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools > > NOTE TO LUG USERS: Use plain text if you want me to read your post. > > > 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 > > 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
