Thanks Cathy. This will greatly help and is just what I needed to know. I don't know how this happened, but I definitely need to get rid of it. Margaret
On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 10:46 PM Cathy Pinner <genea...@gmail.com> wrote: > Margaret, > You shouldn't have Birth in the Event/Fact section unless you are adding > Alternate data you have found in Alt. Birth or create an event called > Disproven Birth as you'll see in the Sample file. > Unfortunately there is no way to remove an event until it isn't used by > anyone. You need to remove them one by one. > The easiest way is to go to View > Master Lists > Event Definition. > Highlight the relevant Event and then click Show List. > Turn the Show List into a Search List and then close out of the Master > List. > You will be asked if you want to see the Search list. Say yes. > Then in the Search List/Name List, bring the Event tab on the right to > the front and move down the list in the left removing the Event from > each person as you go. > To remove them from your reports at one stroke, go to the Event > Definition for this Birth event you've added and check to make it > Private. Then if you don't override Master Events marked private in the > Privacy Options, they won't be in reports. But you want to get them out > of your database. You shouldn't have an Event/Fact as well as the entry > in the top section of the Individual Information screen. If you want to > see everything in date order, switch to the Chronology View. > > Cathy > > > Margaret Gagliardi <mailto:megsge...@gmail.com> > > Friday, 2 July 2021 04:59 > > No. I just did it to see what happened. > > > > > > > > C.G. Ouimet <mailto:c.g.oui...@gmail.com> > > Friday, 2 July 2021 04:19 > > Are you creating a birth event instead of using the default birth > > date/place event? > > > > C.G. Ouimet > > Kingston ON > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* Margaret Gagliardi > > *Sent:* Thu Jul 01 15:41:44 EDT 2021 > > *To:* Legacy User Group > > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Birth Event > > > > No, there is nothing in the birth field. In "Event/Fact" it has > > "birth" - but nothing else - no date or place etc. I just > > experimented with a person who does not have this issue and added an > > Event/Fact of birth. Now it lights up the Event icon under that > > person's name. I just don't know how to remove that Event/Fact" other > > then doing each person individually. I was just wondering if there > > was a way to removed all of them who do not have any information at all. > > Thanks > > Margaret > > > > -- > > > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > > Archives at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > > > > > > Margaret Gagliardi <mailto:megsge...@gmail.com> > > Friday, 2 July 2021 03:41 > > No, there is nothing in the birth field. In "Event/Fact" it has > > "birth" - but nothing else - no date or place etc. I just > > experimented with a person who does not have this issue and added an > > Event/Fact of birth. Now it lights up the Event icon under that > > person's name. I just don't know how to remove that Event/Fact" other > > then doing each person individually. I was just wondering if there > > was a way to removed all of them who do not have any information at all. > > Thanks > > Margaret > > > > > > > > Brian Kelly <mailto:exma...@gmail.com> > > Friday, 2 July 2021 03:27 > > I tried to duplicate this without success. My Descendant Book report > > only included a birth entry if I entered actual data such as a date > > and or place. Do you have something entered in the Birth field for > > that child? Legacy would not even include a source unless there was > > data entered. I tried entering only a source in case Legacy would add > > Birth so it could use that as a placeholder for the source citation. > > > > Brian Kelly > > > > > > > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >
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