Dennis if I understand you correctly you could edit the location list so that the SSN isn't being used by anyone and then Purge the list. That will be much quicker I think. There are many on this list more knowledgeable than myself. Maybe I should shut up. Good luck.
Cheasapeake District Governor Elect 2017-2018 Crystal Payne On Thu, 22 Mar 2018, 09:42 Dennis Murphy, <[email protected]> wrote: > Several decades ago, when my genealogy journey began, I was using Family > Tree Maker. After experimenting with Legacy, I was hooked and became a > convert. Back then the only way to bring your data into Legacy was to > create a Gedcom and import the same. As we know, the Gedcom format has its > own set of issues. The problem is as follows: > > The process left me with lots of items unceremoniously dropped into the > Locations field of Legacy. Case in point for this email; I have had 570 > social security numbers resting as "locations" in individual Events > sections. For some time now I have vowed to fix the matter once and for > all. Unless I am missing something (and I do so often) the only way I see > to delete them is by the painfully slow and tedious method of opening the > Events sections of each person, one at a time, doing the edit there, then > moving on to the next item. And so I ask the list: Does anyone know a > faster or easier method? > > BTW all of the SSN are available in my Notes sections so there is no need > to save them in any way elsewhere; I just need some sort of batch delete > without losing all other "good" locations. Is that even possible or am I > forced into the previously mentioned "hard labor?" > > Any and all help appreciated. > > Dennis > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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