I am getting some great answers to my merging question. I will keep them all handy for when I do he final merge in March Thank you everyone.Love, Light, Rainbows & Blessings Sandra Tyler Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich from LA CA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 3:19 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Global deletion #2
> 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 > 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
