A few years ago I complained that you cannot sort on anything in unspecified, because you can not search on the Unspecified file. For Name, BMD, etc. you can do a trick search to find, not blank. Or find 'a'. When I requested the addition to the search field list to include Unspecified, there was a response, 'we will look into it'. This is especially problematic when most Gedcoms send confused stuff to unspecified, where you can't find it. Rich in LA CA
-----Original Message----- From: "J. Hugh Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Jan 12, 2005 5:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Global deletion #2 I appreciate all the responses - but, unfortunately, none correct the problem. Additional explanation: 1. I didn't notice the switch to "Unspecified" until long after it happened. Although I back up and GED to both HD and Stick or Flash Memory I don't have the saves from whenever it happened. Also I have made a significant number of data entries since that time. 2. My first explanation was insufficient. "Unspecified" was not added as a new Source; it was added as an event which appears on the Name Listing (in the screen to the right of the names) just above Name. The new "event" has the source that the Name originally had. 3. Currently I am looking at each record as I proceed through the Name List; I delete the source for Unspecified and add the proper source for Name - I am as far as "Cooper". 4. "Unspecified" does not appear on the Master List of Event Definitions or the "event" could be deleted solving half the problem. Of course it would not appear on the Master Source List because it is an "event". Recent Action: I entered an event for me - Unspecified - with a fictitious location and source. I tried to delete the event but the only record for that event was mine so the action was unsuccessful (except for my entry). Conclusion: 1. It appears to me that Legacy has not picked up the info in the program - only the display with the name list. Thus no global action can be initiated. I have a GWTW attitude - Oh well, I needed to look at the events and sources for each person anyhow to find any inconsistencies which should be corrected. 2. As my son says I never have the problems other people have - mine are unique. 3. Speaking of attitude - how many people can really stump the experts at Millennia? In case you're wondering, Sherry, I'm laughing at me. It takes years of practice to get this dumb. 8-) Hugh -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.9 - Release Date: 1/6/2005 Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Rich in LA Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
