RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Sources
Thanks Brain, Russell, and Kurt for your assistance. I placed the correct source on the clipboard, cited the new source where appropriate, and removed the existing incorrect reference until all were removed. Then deleted the incorrect source. Charles Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Sources
Unfortunately you cannot combine sources which use different SourceWriter templates. Your message says your correct source is using a different template than the original incorrect ones so you cannot combine the two sources. I am afraid it will be a copy and paste exercise to convert each incorrect source to the correct one. Without know which templates and therefore what data is in each one all I can suggest is what I would do as a general method since you cannot have both sources open at the same time to copy and paste detail data from the old to the new. If there are only minor variations between uses for the source (like changing a page reference in a book) details I would set up the correct source on the source clipboard and paste it to everyone where the old source is used. If necessary you can modify the details as you paste them if they differ between people. As I paste the new source to the person I would then select the incorrect one and use the remove button to remove that old source. If each use of the old source has a lot of detail that has to be copied to the new and they are all different for each person then it may be useful to open Notepad or a text editor to serve as a temporary place to store the details. This would be for a census for example where there are many fields in each citation and where many fields may change from family to family. Open Notepad Open the old source detail for a person Copy each line of the source detail to a line in the notepad file Close that detail Cite the New source and use copy and paste to transfer each detail from the notepad file into the fields of the new template. Once you have set up that New source you can use the source clipboard to reuse it until you need to create a new set of detail entries for other people. As in the simpler case, once you have pasted the new source to a person's event use the remove button to remove the old source. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 21-Jan-2014 1:30 PM, Charles Apple wrote: > I have recently discovered that I incorrectly used the wrong Source Template > in Source Writer and have several citations to that incorrect source. > Therefore, I have created a new correct source in the Master Source list. > Can the referenced incorrect Source in the Master Source list be merged with > the correct source and maintain all of its references? Everything that I > have read in the help files and the Legacy 8 manual refer to duplicates or > sources that are exactly the same. These two both use Source Writer > templates, however, they are different in that they use different source > templates. > > I am using the most recent version of Legacy 8 Deluxe. Any assistance would > be greatly appreciated. > > Charles Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Sources
Make a backup just in case but I think the following should work for you: View -> Master Lists -> Source Click on the source you want to get rid of Click on the “Combine…” button at the bottom of the screen Click on the new version that you are keeping Click again on the “Highlight…” button at the boom of the screen Accept the confirmation message Check the to make sure the new source is now used in place of the old. From: Charles Apple [mailto:apple1...@centurylink.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 12:31 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Merging Sources I have recently discovered that I incorrectly used the wrong Source Template in Source Writer and have several citations to that incorrect source. Therefore, I have created a new correct source in the Master Source list. Can the referenced incorrect Source in the Master Source list be merged with the correct source and maintain all of its references? Everything that I have read in the help files and the Legacy 8 manual refer to duplicates or sources that are exactly the same. These two both use Source Writer templates, however, they are different in that they use different source templates. I am using the most recent version of Legacy 8 Deluxe. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Charles Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Sources
If they use different templates then they cannot be merged you will have to copy and paste the data that you want to appear in the correct source. From: Charles Apple Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 1:30 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Merging Sources I have recently discovered that I incorrectly used the wrong Source Template in Source Writer and have several citations to that incorrect source. Therefore, I have created a new correct source in the Master Source list. Can the referenced incorrect Source in the Master Source list be merged with the correct source and maintain all of its references? Everything that I have read in the help files and the Legacy 8 manual refer to duplicates or sources that are exactly the same. These two both use Source Writer templates, however, they are different in that they use different source templates. I am using the most recent version of Legacy 8 Deluxe. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Charles -- Russell G. Strong P. S. Check out Legacy Family Tree today! This full featured genealogy program can be downloaded FREE at http://www.legacyfamilytreestore.com/Articles.asp?ID=133&Click=1114 Oh so many branches and not enough time to check out all the roots!!!. Check out my Genealogy Pages at http://www.rgstrong-genes.com . Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
