RE: [LegacyUG] Bad Event - Progress Made

2007-02-08 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
8. Legacy makes cleaning up old problems relatively easy. Rich --- Allen Prunty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well... I have learned a lot through all of this. I > have 5 pages to go now! > > 1. Don't merge things... better to type them in > manually or copy and paste. > It will also "connect"

RE: [LegacyUG] Bad Event - Progress Made

2007-02-08 Thread Allen Prunty
Well... I have learned a lot through all of this. I have 5 pages to go now! 1. Don't merge things... better to type them in manually or copy and paste. It will also "connect" me to the ancestor much better. 2. Legacy can get a lot of clutter in it if you are not careful. 3. The TAGGING featu

Re: [LegacyUG] Bad Event

2007-02-08 Thread Cathy
Jenny, The work around is to tag those shown in the Show List and then search on that tag either through the search or go to the Name List and choose to view those with that tag. People can then be edited in the Name List/Search List Cathy At 08:29 PM 8/02/2007, you wrote: Bruce Jones wro

Re: [LegacyUG] Bad Event

2007-02-08 Thread Jenny M Benson
Bruce Jones wrote Do they all have the same "Event Name"? If so, you can go to "View", "Master Lists", "Event Definition" and then click on "Show List" to see all individuals who are using that event. You would still need to go to each individual and delete the event before you could delete the

Re: [LegacyUG] Bad Event

2007-02-08 Thread Cathy
Sources in use CAN be deleted from the Master Source list on the Show List window that pops up after you've asked to delete the Master Source. There is a further warning before it is deleted. Events in use CAN'T be deleted in the same way. You have to delete them one at a time. This can be fac

RE: [LegacyUG] Bad Event

2007-02-08 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
sure you are > sure" and "are you > really really sure" prompt. > > Allen > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Bruce Jones > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 1:51 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfa

Re: [LegacyUG] Bad Event

2007-02-08 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
I haven't done it for a few years, but at one time I had a couple hundred to get rid of and what I did was print out ALL the sources in my file, with names attached. Then I crossed off on my paper copy all the stuff to remove. If you have sources that need to be completely gone, you can 'combine' t

RE: [LegacyUG] Bad Event

2007-02-07 Thread Allen Prunty
e" and "are you sure you are sure" and "are you really really sure" prompt. Allen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Jones Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 1:51 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subjec

Re: [LegacyUG] Bad Event

2007-02-07 Thread Bruce Jones
Do they all have the same "Event Name"? If so, you can go to "View", "Master Lists", "Event Definition" and then click on "Show List" to see all individuals who are using that event. You would still need to go to each individual and delete the event before you could delete the master event. On

[LegacyUG] Bad Event

2007-02-07 Thread Allen Prunty
I imported a GEDCOM from Gencircles that had a lot of good information from my cousin but it put a bunch of events that are his software's reference numbers. Now I have dozens of events with reference numbers in it that I need to delete. Now I must find the person who has the event tag, delete th