Oops.  I forgot you can't delete an event when people are using it.  HOWEVER, 
you can easily find and edit the people from this screen making the process go 
a lot quicker.  When you click Delete you will be told that people are using 
this event and do you want to see the list.  Say yes and then you will have the 
list in front of you.  Highlight each person one at a time and then click Edit 
Individual.  You can then delete the event from each one.  When you are on the 
person's Individual screen, highlight the event then click Options > Delete.

Michele
Technical Support
[email protected]
www.legacyfamilytree.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Michele/Support [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 8:27 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Event field "Attribute"

As long as you are sure the information is not needed then…

Go to View > Master Lists > Event Definition

Scroll to the Attribute event and highlight it.  Over on the right click 
Options > Delete.  That will globally delete this event.

Michele
Technical Support
[email protected]
www.legacyfamilytree.com

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 5:10 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [LegacyUG] Event field "Attribute"

I’m a new user of Legacy (v 8.0.0.454) and have a small problem.  I imported a 
Gedcom file created years ago from a Roots3 (or Roots4?) database that I helped 
my mom create.  I was pleasantly surprised at how well this import worked.  The 
relationships are fine; all I have to do is clean up some of the location, 
date, and some other fields.  However I soon noticed that about 20% of the 
individuals had an event field titled “Attribute” and the data within the event 
consisting of only the word “attribute”.  I don’t know where this field came 
from; I never created it.  I can see it might occasionally be useful, but in 
that case one could just add it.  For most individuals this seems like it is 
just cluttering up the database and I would like to eliminate it.  I haven’t 
figured out how.  I can’t delete an event title for events containing data.  I 
can’t combine the event with the “blank” event without just getting a blank 
event with the data “attribute”!  I hope I don’t have to edit over 100 
individuals one at a time to remove the “attribute” data.  I’m hoping you 
experts can point me to the easy solution which I have missed.  Thanks in 
advance.







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