Claire, As I am sure you realise, the obvious answer is that you inadvertently entered them twice! Having disposed of that, I cannot answer without knowing how you were putting the names in in the first place. If it was a straight forward typing in of new names then I am afraid I have no idea.
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ *New Tutorial* Publish your Web Pages - Blogs http://www.fergys.co.uk View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:44:32 -0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicate entries > > Ron, > > I am using the split screen and I do believe that is when the problems > occur. However, I am also having a problem that has nothing to do with > the split screen. > > Occasionally, when only one database is open, I enter a family and, > unbeknown to me, one member of the family is entered twice. This second > person has a different Rin number and has no connections but all of the > relevant birth and death information for that person is included. The > second Rin number is usually a little larger than the first but they are > not sequential. This is a different problem but I cannot imagine how > duplicate entries are happening. Any thoughts on any of this? > > Claire Fuqua > > ronald ferguson wrote: >> Claire, >> >> The only time that you can have two Legacy databases open at the same time >> is when using the split screen. I sometimes do otherwise eg when using Tree >> Draw but then I am only using Legacy for Read Only. >> >> I need further details to be sure, but it looks to me as though you are on a >> very short path to chaos. >> >> Ron Ferguson >> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> >> *New Tutorial* Publish your Web Pages - Blogs >> http://www.fergys.co.uk >> View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: >> http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ >> For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: >> http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:16:21 -0700 >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com >>> Subject: [LegacyUG] Duplicate entries >>> >>> I am having a problem when I have two databases open at the same time. >>> SOMETIMES when I enter a person into one of the databases, that person >>> is also entered (automatically) into the other open database. As I >>> said, this only happens occasionally and usually it is sometime before I >>> find the duplicate entry. >>> >>> I have one database that holds only connected family members and another >>> that holds family members that are not connected with the number one >>> person. All of a sudden I find a lone person in the connected database, >>> that rings the bell as there should never be an individual without >>> connections in that database. I then check my other database and find >>> that same person in the other database, either sitting there alone or, >>> perhaps, with a family of his own. >>> >>> There are times that the individual that was entered into the fragmented >>> database shows up in the connected database (incorrectly of course) as a >>> child of a couple. >>> >>> Has anyone else encountered this problem? >>> >>> Thank you, in advance, for any suggestions, >>> Claire Fuqua in Tucson _________________________________________________________________ See the most popular videos on the web http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/115454061/direct/01/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
