Brian, Thanks for checking, I will watch for this in the future and try to give you a step by step procedure. It has happened in the past. Maybe some other users will watch for it also.
Jay ================================== On 4/2/2014 10:03 AM, Brian/Support wrote: > Sorry but I will need some step by step instructions. > > I did try to follow your description of what you were doing but with > some errors in your terminology I was not able to confirm this as a > problem. I used the sample file that comes with Legacy so you can follow > along with my steps > > Use Sample File > Select Asa Clark Brown > Open him for edit which opens the individual edit form (page as you call it) > select his birth in Woodstock > Use the down arrow to open the Master Location List (not the Geo database) > The GEO db opens with Woodstock selected since this location is in the > Geo Database > *** There is no way to combine locations in the Geo Db though so this is > where I lost you *** > I selected Woodstock from the Geo Db to return to the Master Location > List (this is where you can combine locations) > I clicked the Combine button > I then selected Tionesta, PA and clicked the Combine With > (This combined Woodstock into Tionesta so Woodstock no longer existed in > the Master Location List) > To follow your step of combining other locations I then selected West > St. Paul MN > Clicked Combine a second time > Selected Winnebago Prairie MN > Clicked Combine With to remove West St. Paul > Winnebago Prairie is highlighted > I then clicked close (If you click Select at this point you are > selecting the currently highlighted location so that will be the > location returned to the Individual Information form) > The Birth Location for Asa is now Tionesta PA (the location into which > Woodstock was combined) and not the location highlighted on the Master > Location List (Winnebago Prairie). > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > br...@legacyfamilytree.com > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > > On 01/04/2014 8:18 PM, J.M. "Jay" Ingalls wrote: >> Too tired to explain this step by step, but working from Individual edit >> page, looking up a location in GEO database, then seeing others on the >> location list that need to be merged, doing some of that, then NOT >> selecting the location last merged but it is highlighted, closing the >> edit list, changes the location to the last location edited. >> >> It should keep the original location as edited, Does NOT! That can ruin >> our records if not caught. >> >> I think I have seen this happen in the past with 7.5 and earlier versions. >> >> Jay Ingalls >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
