Hi, Cathy --
Thanks for all the great info.
I'm actually doing the research again, but many of my earlier online
sources are no longer available. So far, I've had good luck, but I
don't want to trash all the work I've already done, just in case.
Kris
On 5/8/2017 7:16 PM, Cathy Pinner wrote:
Kris,
You can delete Sources with their Source Citations without doing it one
at a time BUT that deletes the Master Source as well.
What you could do is to edit the Master Source slightly - just changing
the Source List Name is enough - and you may want to change that anyway
as that's your finding aid for your Master Sources so the name needs to
follow a pattern you set. eg I start with Source type eg Census; Cem; PR
for Parish Register ...
When you edit a Master Source and click Save you get the option to apply
the change to all instances of the Master Source OR to a new copy.
Choose the new copy option.
Then return to highlight the original in the Master Source list and
click Options - Delete.
It will say it can't be deleted - do you want to see who uses it.
Say yes and on that next screen is a delete anyway button. So that would
achieve what I think you say you want. Note that the people using it now
have no indication that this source is relevant. So if that's not what
you meant, then you need to do them one at a time.
But if your Master Source is fine, then why not just edit the Source
Detail?
Sounds like you are actually doing a Go-Over seeing you want to keep
things. So don't forget to set tags to say you've "gone over" that
person or if you've switched to Legacy 9 you could use a number of
hashtags to describe what you've checked.
I'm slowly doing a Go-Over and tag on 9 when I've finished checking
sources and doing any further research I want to do at the moment. To
keep focussed, I stick to a particular branch. I've just completed one I
started in January. That one was mainly in South Australia. I'm looking
forward to starting another mainly in England to take advantage
particularly of Somerset Parish Registers that are now online. As part
of my Go-Over I'm checking all transcriptions I've used where possible.
Cathy
Kris wrote:
I'm doing my version of the "Genealogy Do-Over" and want to retain my
Master Sources but remove all the source citations from individuals
and events.
I did the export/import GEDCOM but lost all the Master Sources in the
process. I've also experimented with the search list -- but it wants
confirmation for each and every delete. I'll be dead before that gets
done.
I'm sure the export/import GEDCOM is the way to go, but I'm not sure
which items to remove from the export.
Thanks!
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