[LegacyUG] GEDCOMs - exporting - problem with deleting a source.

2012-10-04 Thread Pat Hickin
I have created a .gedcom of the ancestors of a 2x grgrandmother. I am trying to eliminate a faulty source that I don't need. Legacy won't delete it as it is being 'used.' When I click on show List,' I am told it is attached to Marriage Record 902. So I do a search on MRIN = 902. I am told it

Re: [LegacyUG] GEDCOMs - exporting - problem with deleting a source.

2012-10-04 Thread Anthony Punnett
If I were you, I would back up my database then do the maintenance on the old/current database then check to see if Legacy has deleted the unwanted source. On 2012-10-04 12:55 PM, Pat Hickin wrote: I have created a .gedcom of the ancestors of a 2x grgrandmother. I am trying to eliminate a

Re: [LegacyUG] GEDCOMs - exporting - problem with deleting a source.

2012-10-04 Thread bgsu1976
Anthony Punnett ajpunn...@yahoo.ca proclaimed: If I were you, I would back up my database then do the maintenance on the old/current database then check to see if Legacy has deleted the unwanted source. On 2012-10-04 12:55 PM, Pat Hickin wrote: I have created a .gedcom of the ancestors of a 2x

Re: [LegacyUG] GEDCOMs - exporting - problem with deleting a source.

2012-10-04 Thread Pat Hickin
Hi, Anthony, Thanks -- I did that without a problem. However a weird thing is now happening when I try to open the .gedcom. I click on FileImport fromGedcom. It goes to the folder I have my .gedcoms in and I click on the file I want filename.ged It puts the name of the file in the Filename

Re: [LegacyUG] GEDCOMs - exporting - problem with deleting a source.

2012-10-04 Thread Pat Hickin
Thanks, bgsu, You wrote: Or, when the OP gets that 'Show List' screen, he/she can press that big ol' button on the right which says 'Delete this Master Source and All Citations to it'. However, when I click on the Show List button, which would ordinarily take me to the window with the big button

Re: [LegacyUG] GEDCOMs - exporting - problem with deleting a source.

2012-10-04 Thread Pat Hickin
I suppose I should add that I was able to delete it in the original file, so all I have to do is put it back in correctly and create a new .gedcom. Which I hope to be able to open. Well, I've done that AND opened it. Pat Legacy User Group guidelines: