Leon, this works fine only if those people have no other sources assigned to them or no other alternate events to which the Unspecified Event source should be assigned. For example, if you had a Census event (in which case the source is an actual census)added after the import with the source assigned to the Unspecified field, and you did as you said in your email, then the source A - New would be assigned to the Census event, and any other information that existed before the import, or added after the import that the source New - A should not be pointing to
This happened to me and I had to go through each individual used by the source and verify the data side by side with the Source file in a Split Screen View. There is no other correct way to do it if there is additional sourced information that doesn't belong to the misplaced Source. That is why before I even import a new file into my current file, I assign source in the file to everyone in the file to be imported, and that source is the name of the file itself, with its compiler, repository, etc., I also clean up the file (standardize locations, events, event defitions, Check surnames, make sure the location list does not have items that are not locations like "had three wives", "age twenty" or the like. Also, I try to assign the same User ID used on people in my file to the same person in the file to be imported and then I can merge using matched User ID numbers. Yes, this is tedious but then you will not end up with bad imports and files with mispelled duplicate locations or some peoples' strange ideas of entering Surnames. Then when I import the source I don't have to assign a source to the individuals imported. Its already there. Nice, Clean. Neat. And no hair pulling later! Matt -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leon Chapman Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 7:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Unspecified Events Carl: I am assuming you have a Source assigned to several individuals and it is assigned to the "Unspecified" Event on several individuals rather than say the "Name" Event for sourcing. I had this happen when I imported a GEDCOM file and the master source (thru my negligence) was assigned to everyone in the GEDCOM import to the "Unspecified" source event for - I would guess that same thing may have happened to you. If this is the case, then here is a quick way to fix the problem. Note: I will not give all the key strokes here, but will tell you the steps. Assume there is one Master source called "Book A" that has been assigned to the Unspecified Event for several people in your file and that is the only Source event field it appears in - this is a big assumption - please verify before doing the following). 0. Backup or make a copy of your current database before doing steps 1-8!!!!!!! 1. Go to Master Source and find the source called "Book A" 2. "Show List" which creates a list of everyone that has source "Book A" 3. Tag everyone in the list with Tag 1 (Clear all tags before doing this) 4. Create a New Source Called "Book A - New" that has all the same information as Source "Book A" (We are going to assign this new Source to the Name field for all Tag 1 records") 5. Go to Tools, Advanced Sourcing A. Under Tab "Which Records to Use", Select Tag 1 B. Under Tab "Where to Assign the Citations", Choose 1) Specific Fields Say you want to assign source to "Name" field only, then check "Name" Note: You can assign this new source to any or all of the fields - your choice 6. Click "Source Clip Board" A. Click "Set", and browse to your new Source -- "Book A - New" B. Click "OK" C. Click "Apply" We have now assigned the new source "Book A - New" to all your previous Tag 1 records which is the same records that has the old source "Book A" assigned to the "Unspecified" source Event. 7. Now, so to Master sources and Delete the old Source "Book A" for all records. 8. Go to the Master Sources and rename you new Source "Book A - New" back to the correct name - "Book A" This works for me and saves lots of time. Good luck Leon Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of carle Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 4:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Unspecified Events I have almost 10,000 people in my files, It has re assigned unspecified to many of my files that had a proper source assigned to them. I have to go back and click each file and move the source back to the specific event. Exp. I assigned a source for a book in which I find the name of a person. Much later I am looking at information near this person and so as I scroll through I find they have all been reassigned the source from Name Event as found in the book to Unspecified. Now I have I dont know how many thousand like this and it is a nuisance to have to go back and change every one. If there is nothing I can do to get rid of this then that is it I will suffer through it. 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