Thanks Michele. I was hoping for an easier solution than individual edits, but this will do. Do you have any thoughts on the origin of this “Attributes” event? I have 3 other large Gedcom (from Roots3) family files to import into Legacy, and if I could avoid this same phenomenon I would be very happy.
John Townsend Sent from Windows Mail From: Michele/Support Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 9:26 AM To: [email protected] 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. 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
