Please send it to me and then I will be certain I have the correct information. I THINK the problem arose in the switch from FTMaker to Legacy but I truly do not know. I only use Legacy now. This will take us a bit of time to "digest"! Thank you so very much for answering my questions. You are MUCH appreciated, believe me. Mary Lou
On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 6:42 PM, Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote: > Mary Lou, > > You are not clear whether you were using FTM or Legacy when you entered > this particular source. > > Are you saying you only have one Master Source for Newspapers? > > You need to go to the Master Source list and find this source and edit it > as it appears to have this particular source detail in the Master Source. > > If that's the case, this one edit will remove this detail for everyone but > you may have to check everyone using the source to see whether they also > have the correct source detail. > > In the Master Source List you can get a list of everyone using a Master > Source by highlighting it and clicking Show List. > > If you decide it would be easier to delete the Source and all the > citations using it and start your newspaper sourcing again, you can do > this. > In the Master Source list you highlight the source and then click Opti ons > - Delete Master Source. > You get a dialogue saying the Master Source is being used, would you like > to see who is using it. > You opt to see the list of people and that next screen has a button on it > - Delete anyway. > > It may be more complex than this as you may find you have a lot of Master > Sources for Newspapers. If so you'll need to do a Source Citation Report to > sort them out. > You can do that for tagged sources only so you can tag the likely sources > in the Master Source list. You do that individually by clicking in the tag > checkbox next to the source. In the Options you can clear all Master Source > tags at once but you can't set a tag for a selected group. > > I have notes on Sourcing and specifically on cleaning up a Master Source > list that I wrote for the Perth User Group. I've also put them in the Files > area of the Facebook Legacy User Group or I could email them to you direct > if you're interested. > > Hope that helps you sort it out, > C athy > > Mary Lou Rogers wrote: > > > > When I choose the Master Source of Newspaper every one automatically > has the following added to their information . > > Title— The New Castle Courier, New Castle, Indiana, USA > > > Publication Facts--Source: Transcription by Mary Lou Rogers on > February 13, 2011. > > > Mrs. Luellen of near Rogersville buried on last Saturday at the > Rogersville cemetery., I think her burial date would be December 13, > 1884 and this was Abigail Jones daughter of Benjamin & Elizabeth) > > > I only need that fact for one person and it has been entered into each > and every time I choose Newspaper. I now have it in hundreds of > various people as their (incorrect) source. How do I get out of this > problem? > > 1. Is there a way to Search and Replaceall of them at once? > > 2.Is there a way to stop having this continue? > > 3.I am guessing since I entered it in 2011, this started when I moved > my information from Family Treemaker to Legacy? We used a GED to do this. > > I love Legacy and feel Sourcing is important but should be explained > in the language of those of us who are not computer programmers or as > knowledgeable as perhaps we should be.This has really become a major > and frustrating issue in my tree. Thank you so very much! Mary Lou > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > >
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