Janis, Based on what Geoff and Dave B have said, I think my source and details were pretty clear cut - no conflicts so everything combined like it was supposed to. Or maybe it was just beginner's luck! After reading Geoff's comments and Dave B.'s observations, I've gone back and checked everything just to be sure I didn't overlook something that might have gotten lost in translation. I'm a little nervous about trying to combine any more sources, since everyone has not had the same results that I had.
I'm like you - I do love the new Sourcewriter. I am able to be more consistent in the way I am entering my data. I finally feel confident that I'm doing things the right way - not just feeling my way through and making it up as I go. Dede On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Janis Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not sure, Geoff, that I understand this in light of DeDe's comment, > however. > > She said her source details survived the merge. Is that in conflict with > what Dave B. indicated? > > Janis (loving the new SourceWriter, and still experimenting) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geoff > Rasmussen > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 11:54 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Old Source Detail associated with newly Merged > Master Sources > > Janis, > > In one of the emails I wrote yesterday I included Dave B.'s (programmer) > comments about this, he basically said that this won't work all the way, > hence the need for the conversion tool. > > Thanks, > > Geoff Rasmussen > Millennia Corporation > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Janis > Gilmore > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 8:39 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Old Source Detail associated with newly Merged > Master Sources > > I just tried merging it the opposite direction, but it won't merge - I get a > message saying that there are citation details involved. When I forced it, > the citation details were indeed preserved, but the Master Source had not > preserved the Source Citation formatting - so I ended up with an incomplete > source. > > Comments, Geoff? > > Janis Walker Gilmore > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lyle Keeton > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:49 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Old Source Detail associated with newly Merged > Master Sources > > Ladies, > > Did anyone notice that Janis merged the old source into the new source and > Dede merged them the other way, new into old? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Janis > Gilmore > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 9:07 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Old Source Detail associated with newly Merged > Master Sources > > > DeDe (and Gail), > > That's exactly what I did, except with a census source. Gail, is that what > you did when you tried to combine an old source with a new source, and lost > the citation detail? > > Just trying to pinpoint the problem, possibly to a particular template. > > It's encouraging to know that DeDe was successful at this. > > Janis Walker Gilmore > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dede Holden > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 8:00 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Old Source Detail associated with newly Merged > Master Sources > > Janis, > > The source was a book compiled by my great uncle. I had BMD info for each > particular person in the Source Details. I also had a paragraph from the > Preface in the Master Source Text/Comments. > > From the Master Source List, I created a new source using the SourceWriter > Template. I rewrote the Master Source Text, editing just a little from what > I had written originally. As far as I can remember now, I clicked on the > new source first, chose "Combine Highlighted Source" then clicked on the old > source and then clicked again. This source was attached to several areas, > Name, Birth, Marriage, and some Residence events. I have just checked one > more time and all the details are still there, just as I entered them on > Legacy 6. > > Hope this helps. > > Dede > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 6:36 AM, Janis Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Dede, >> >> Can you tell me exactly what you did? What kind of source was it, and >> in what order did you merge them? I took the old one, clicked on >> "combine highlighted source with another in list" - then clicked on >> the new SourceWriter source. 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