Unfortunately Legacy doesn't have an "Advanced Remove Sources" tool, so there is no easy way to remove sources that were "AutoSource" during an import or to correct any mistake done while using "Advanced Sourcing" ( like applying the wrong source or applying the source to the wrong field).
Another item for the wish list! :-) Michel Lacoursi�re [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Message d'origine ----- De : "J. Hugh Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> � : <[email protected]> Envoy� : 12 janvier, 2005 08:24 Objet : 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 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
