I need over the 100 characters allowable in Location for Events. By the time I put in the name of the church, town, county, country, location, section number, and grave number, I have run out of my 100 characters. I see that when a report is printed, the allowable 100 characters run over into a second line. John, can we have the rest of that line so we could add more description? There is all this empty space just waiting to be filled. Is anyone else having this problem? Thanks for any consideration, John. Carole

Even without a precise grave location, I'm in trouble with St. Paul Evangelical & Reformed (now United Church of Christ) Cemetery (Bluff Road), Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois. And yes, I do want all that to print every time. I'm still trying to differentiate among the various "St. Paul" churches in the neighborhood referred to by an earlier researcher. She knew which one she meant, but it's not at all clear to me. Marsha L. Ensminger --- On Fri, 5/25/12, Carole Edwards Caruso <carolec@stny.rr.com> wrote: > From: Carole Edwards Caruso <carolec@stny.rr.com> > Subject: [BK] Number of Characters Allowed > To: bk@rootsweb.com > Date: Friday, May 25, 2012, 6:43 AM > I need over the 100 characters > allowable in Location for > Events. By the time I put in the name of the church, town, > county, country, location, section number, and grave number, > > I have run out of my 100 characters. I see that when a > report is printed, the allowable 100 characters run over > into a second line. > > John, can we have the  rest of that line so we could > add > more description? There is all this empty space just waiting > > to be filled. > > Is anyone else having this problem? > > Thanks for any consideration, John. > > Carole > > Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

I am running BK 6.5.11 on Windows XP Pro. I almost never get any error messages, when suddenly yesterday, while backing up, I received Error 53. It appears that I have a txt file that is not associated with an individual. I see the text file and it appears to be associated with the proper picture which is associated with the proper individual. Suggestions as to how to correct this, please. Michael

To Dave Bradshaw No, currently I do not have a global search and replace for the names in the alternate name screen or the sort name fields. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Bradshaw" <davebradshaw@sympatico.ca> To: <bk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 8:57 PM Subject: [BK] Utilities/Global Search and Replace/Names Only > John: > > > > I recently ran the above routine to fix a bunch of people on my base whose > surname is "Le Poer Trench" , in conversation with a relative he said > they > spelled it as "le Poer Trench" > > > > The change to names went fine but is there a similar approach to fixing > the > same names when they appear under the tab Names and are in the sort > fields? > > > > Dave Bradshaw > > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >

John: I recently ran the above routine to fix a bunch of people on my base whose surname is "Le Poer Trench" , in conversation with a relative he said they spelled it as "le Poer Trench" The change to names went fine but is there a similar approach to fixing the same names when they appear under the tab Names and are in the sort fields? Dave Bradshaw

To Rick Beitler If you really want to add some master sources for future use, then go to anyone in the database and add a source to them. After you have added the source, then delete the source from them. It will remain in the master list. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Beitler" <rabone@gmail.com> To: "Brothers Keeper List" <BK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 7:40 PM Subject: [BK] Adding sources > Hello- > > Is there a way to add a global source without having to be in a person's > edit to create it? > > I am now at the stage of my research that I will be going back and looking > at census data for people already in my database. I have not discovered > any information to add just yet, I just want to set up global sources for > the census records. > > Like creating one for the 1860 Census, and one for the 1870 Census, and > one for the 1880 Census and so on. I want all the fields in the global > source to read the same, and will just add personal information as needed. > > I cannot find a way to sit and create global source(s) information without > creating a "new" source from within an individuals edit screen. > > Thanks. > > Rick Beitler > rabone@gmail.com > http://chertyrock.blogspot.com > > Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. ~Saint > Francis of Assisi > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >

In message <F546BDDA-AFF5-4B54-8464-4E29C5178A45@gmail.com>, Rick Beitler <rabone@gmail.com> writes: >Hello- > >Is there a way to add a global source without having to be in a >person's edit to create it? I don't think so, but is that a problem? When you create a source, it becomes global, in that if you add a source to any other event in your entire database, any source you have ever created for any event is visible. [] >Like creating one for the 1860 Census, and one for the 1870 Census, and >one for the 1880 Census and so on. I want all the fields in the global >source to read the same, and will just add personal information as >needed. That's what I do - and add the necessary individual information to the Page field. I put the same - e. g. "1871 census" (ours are on years ending 1) - in the name, author, short name, and publisher fields. > >I cannot find a way to sit and create global source(s) information >without creating a "new" source from within an individuals edit screen. As I said, I can't see that that's a problem - any source so created becomes global. Note that if you subsequently change one of the global fields in any reference to that source, BK will ask you "do you want to change that for all references to this source, or just this one", or words similar to that, and if you select the second option, it creates a new (global) source. (Be careful not to _accidentally_ create two very similar sources by doing this, as it's fiddly combining them again afterwards.) > >Thanks. YW. [] -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf ... the special relationship, a one-sided, unreciprocated crush in which British journalism plays its part, giving great forelock to the failing superpower by taking seriously the fruitcakes who aspire to preside over it. - Jonathan Meades in RT, 5-11 May 2012

Why have a source if it's not attached to something? Jim -----Original Message----- From: bk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of J. P. Gilliver (John) Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 9:15 PM To: bk@rootsweb.com Cc: Brothers Keeper List Subject: Re: [BK] Adding sources In message <F546BDDA-AFF5-4B54-8464-4E29C5178A45@gmail.com>, Rick Beitler <rabone@gmail.com> writes: >Hello- > >Is there a way to add a global source without having to be in a >person's edit to create it? I don't think so, but is that a problem? When you create a source, it becomes global, in that if you add a source to any other event in your entire database, any source you have ever created for any event is visible. [] >Like creating one for the 1860 Census, and one for the 1870 Census, and >one for the 1880 Census and so on. I want all the fields in the global >source to read the same, and will just add personal information as >needed. That's what I do - and add the necessary individual information to the Page field. I put the same - e. g. "1871 census" (ours are on years ending 1) - in the name, author, short name, and publisher fields. > >I cannot find a way to sit and create global source(s) information >without creating a "new" source from within an individuals edit screen. As I said, I can't see that that's a problem - any source so created becomes global. Note that if you subsequently change one of the global fields in any reference to that source, BK will ask you "do you want to change that for all references to this source, or just this one", or words similar to that, and if you select the second option, it creates a new (global) source. (Be careful not to _accidentally_ create two very similar sources by doing this, as it's fiddly combining them again afterwards.) > >Thanks. YW. [] -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf ... the special relationship, a one-sided, unreciprocated crush in which British journalism plays its part, giving great forelock to the failing superpower by taking seriously the fruitcakes who aspire to preside over it. - Jonathan Meades in RT, 5-11 May 2012 Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I've just removed a complete note for one person on my database, by deleting all the text and saving the changes. However, the notes tab still shows an asterisk, even after shutting down BK and restarting it. How do I get rid of the asterisk? Running BK 6.5.9 Howard -- Howard Slatter Cambridge, England

Hello- Is there a way to add a global source without having to be in a person's edit to create it? I am now at the stage of my research that I will be going back and looking at census data for people already in my database. I have not discovered any information to add just yet, I just want to set up global sources for the census records. Like creating one for the 1860 Census, and one for the 1870 Census, and one for the 1880 Census and so on. I want all the fields in the global source to read the same, and will just add personal information as needed. I cannot find a way to sit and create global source(s) information without creating a "new" source from within an individuals edit screen. Thanks. Rick Beitler rabone@gmail.com http://chertyrock.blogspot.com Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. ~Saint Francis of Assisi

To Howard Slatter To delete the entire note, click the button at the bottom to Delete Link to Textfile. That will remove the entire note (in the future, you do not need to delete all the text manually, just click that button) John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Slatter" <haslatter@ntlworld.com> To: <bk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 2:44 PM Subject: [BK] Asterisk on Notes tab in Edit screen > I've just removed a complete note for one person on my database, by > deleting all the text and saving the changes. However, the notes tab > still shows an asterisk, even after shutting down BK and restarting it. > How do I get rid of the asterisk? > > Running BK 6.5.9 > > Howard > -- > Howard Slatter > Cambridge, England > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >

On Fri, 11 May 2012 13:06:19 -0400, "Gilles de C. Paquette" <paquette.gdec@videotron.ca> wrote: >You can also edit this file to suit your personal needs. > >To do so, you have to put the most recent event/person first then down >to the farthest. Don't use more than 8 or 9. You could thus include US >presidents... > >Gilles Paquette > Yes you can bujt When you install updates, your job is prin ted over by a new update and you loose you file and have to replace it. So still we in Scandinavian want and wish the alternative as given to John several years ago to have local lists and also to let includ more lines and years. The prossess must be too use only that part that is according to the selecte time-period and the area it is for. Different history in USA and Norway and Denamrk and olso different history in different states in USA -- Otto Jørgensen http://www.bkwin.info/ All email is checked by NORTON

To Paul J Lareau One other person did not get the picture, but his picture was accidently called: bkscreen.jpg.jpg So rename the picture and put " " around it and call it "bkscreen.jpg" See if that fixes the problem. (Sometimes Windows will hide the extension, so you do not see the extra jpg but using quotes fixes the problem.) John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul J. Lareau" <paul@lareau.org> To: <bk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 10:20 AM Subject: Re: [BK] Main Screen Picture > This whole discussion is interesting. I always had a Main Screen Picture > up on my BK system, but suddenly about 3 years ago, after installing one > of > the updates, it suddenly stopped displaying. I played with it at the > time > to try to figure out what went wrong, but gave up because it really isn't > any big deal. Since then, I really never thought about it, and it hasn't > worked to this day, many updates later. None of the suggestions I have > heard here seem to activate it, but it's interesting to see that others > have > run into it. > > -- > Paul J. Lareau > Freedom for Imprisoned Books! > Don't Chain them to a Dusty Bookshelf. > Visit: http://www.bookcrossing.com and my bookshelf > at: http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/pjlareau > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > 135 E. Viking Dr. #301, Little Canada MN 55117 USA > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gilles de C. Paquette" <paquette.gdec@videotron.ca> > To: <bk@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 1:40 PM > Subject: Re: [BK] Main Screen Picture > > >> You can put your picture in the main BK folder or in any of your data >> folders (if you have more than one). Just make shure it's a JPEG file >> and rename it bkscreen.jpg. >> >> Gilles Paquette >> >> >> Le 2012-05-10 11:50, Robert Kirk a ecrit : >>> Does anyone remember how to put a picture on the main menu page? I had >>> a >>> personal picture on the main menu page but lost it in a computer crash. >>> As >>> I remember it involved putting a picture in the Brothers Keeper folder >>> and >>> renaming it to something else. Can't find a reference in my old manual >>> or >>> f1 key. >>> >>> Bob Kirk >>> >>> Remember - Use the Archives at >>> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >>> in >>> the subject and the body of the message >>> >> Remember - Use the Archives at >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message >> > > > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >

You can also edit this file to suit your personal needs. To do so, you have to put the most recent event/person first then down to the farthest. Don't use more than 8 or 9. You could thus include US presidents... Gilles Paquette Le 2012-05-10 17:30, J. P. Gilliver (John) a ecrit : > In message<5.0.2.1.2.20120510115357.02d02eb0@mail.verizon.net>, Robert > Kirk<isobar@verizon.net> writes: >> Saw this strange file while searching for my picture in the BK folder: >> >> bkevents.bkp >> >> 1898 1937 Gershwin >> 1840 1893 Tchaikovsky >> 1818 1883 Marx >> 1770 1827 Beethoven >> 1723 1780 Blackstone >> 1685 1750 J. S. Bach >> 1606 1669 Rembrandt >> 1564 1642 Galileo >> 1473 1543 Copernicus >> >> Is this some strange qc file or placehoilder that John uses? Can I kill it? >>

This whole discussion is interesting. I always had a Main Screen Picture up on my BK system, but suddenly about 3 years ago, after installing one of the updates, it suddenly stopped displaying. I played with it at the time to try to figure out what went wrong, but gave up because it really isn't any big deal. Since then, I really never thought about it, and it hasn't worked to this day, many updates later. None of the suggestions I have heard here seem to activate it, but it's interesting to see that others have run into it. -- Paul J. Lareau Freedom for Imprisoned Books! Don't Chain them to a Dusty Bookshelf. Visit: http://www.bookcrossing.com and my bookshelf at: http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/pjlareau - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 135 E. Viking Dr. #301, Little Canada MN 55117 USA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gilles de C. Paquette" <paquette.gdec@videotron.ca> To: <bk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 1:40 PM Subject: Re: [BK] Main Screen Picture > You can put your picture in the main BK folder or in any of your data > folders (if you have more than one). Just make shure it's a JPEG file > and rename it bkscreen.jpg. > > Gilles Paquette > > > Le 2012-05-10 11:50, Robert Kirk a ecrit : >> Does anyone remember how to put a picture on the main menu page? I had a >> personal picture on the main menu page but lost it in a computer crash. >> As >> I remember it involved putting a picture in the Brothers Keeper folder >> and >> renaming it to something else. Can't find a reference in my old manual or >> f1 key. >> >> Bob Kirk >> >> Remember - Use the Archives at >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message >> > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >

I had similar probs recently, but re-starting seemed to solve it. JOHN BIBBY On 11 May 2012 02:44, John Steed <brothers_keeper@msn.com> wrote: > To Phil Stevens > > Are you using BK 6.5 > > Do you have the screen set to 640 by 480 or what screen size? > > You should not use drag and drop.  Are you using copy and paste? > > If you stop BK and start BK, does the Edit screen look correct then? > > John Steed > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phil Stevens" <bstevens27@frontier.com> > To: "BK@rootsweb.com" <bk@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 6:23 PM > Subject: [BK] How do I do it ?? > > >>  Hi John an listees , I got a problem >> Working on Edit Screen  ,  The >> column with >>  Born , married , died , etc keeps disappearing ,  I am adding people >> shown >> on one screen  to another screen  ( read Database ) , When I go from >> Minimized  to maximize  to copy a place or name to drag and drop it  I >> lose >> said column , >>   note I have 2 copies of BK open ,side by side ,  mine and my  brothers . >>    How do I make it come back  ??  ,  Phil >> >> Remember - Use the Archives at >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message >> > >  Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In message <5.0.2.1.2.20120510115357.02d02eb0@mail.verizon.net>, Robert Kirk <isobar@verizon.net> writes: >Saw this strange file while searching for my picture in the BK folder: > >bkevents.bkp > >1898 1937 Gershwin >1840 1893 Tchaikovsky >1818 1883 Marx >1770 1827 Beethoven >1723 1780 Blackstone >1685 1750 J. S. Bach >1606 1669 Rembrandt >1564 1642 Galileo >1473 1543 Copernicus > >Is this some strange qc file or placehoilder that John uses? Can I kill it? [] I think there's an option somewhere to show some world events in timeline charts and the like for your ancestors, which uses that information. Other than losing that facility I don't _think_ killing it would hurt, but it's so small that do you really need to? (Even if you don't think you'd ever use it now, you might at some time - or, someone you're showing something to might be interested in that possibility.) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "The people here are more educated and intelligent. Even stupid people in Britain are smarter than Americans." Madonna, in RT 30 June-6July 2001 (page 32)

In message <2EB061EE106E4DAA874EE0D094B9EC86@Dell4600>, John Steed <brothers_keeper@msn.com> writes: >To David Youse >From the main screen pick File, Utilities, Global Event Sort >That sorts the individual events. >There is not a way to globally delete blank events. What type of blank >events do you have to delete? Can you give me an example. [] When you create a new person record, it assigns certain events. I eventually discovered that you can specify which events it assigns to a new person, but I had quite a lot of people records before I discovered that which had the default events attached - I can't remember exactly what they were, but I think they might have been born, christened, married (where a couple), died, and buried. Even after I found how to choose which events are added to a new person, I still might not have the information. So to answer your question to David - for example, one might have event: born, but no date or place, in fact nothing at all but the type of event. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "The people here are more educated and intelligent. Even stupid people in Britain are smarter than Americans." Madonna, in RT 30 June-6July 2001 (page 32)

In message <1861CF54D32B452AB2FA6E1DE2DA25F8@Dell4600>, John Steed <brothers_keeper@msn.com> writes: >To J P Gilliver > >If every person had only one marriage, then I would put Marriage above >Died. That would be easy. [detailed explanation snipped! Much appreciated.] >way or do it the new way. So you see, it is not a simple change that >I can make. > >I realize that it bothers some people to have Married below Died on the >Edit screen. Perhaps in some new version, I can find a way to change >the order to make everyone happy. (John Kirk for one, as well as me.) Perhaps an _option_ to list events by date. Though I realise that would only be a partial solution, because you'd need to sort out how events with a date _range_ fit in (do you take start date, end date, or mid-range?), and events with no date, and events with a partial date. (While I'm at it, can I repeat a request for another type of ranged event: at present we have "event occurred between date 1 and date 2", and "event lasted from date 1 to date 2". It's be useful to have "event included the period date 1 to date 2" - for example, resided, where you might know someone lived somewhere on two dates, but not that they were the start and end date of the residence. In fact that's _usually_ the case for my residence info., since it mostly comes from censuses.) > >Remember, it does not Print the marraige after died on the printed >reports, it is just for the Edit screen. I'd forgotten (or not realised) that. > >John Steed [] -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "The people here are more educated and intelligent. Even stupid people in Britain are smarter than Americans." Madonna, in RT 30 June-6July 2001 (page 32)

To Phil Stevens Are you using BK 6.5 Do you have the screen set to 640 by 480 or what screen size? You should not use drag and drop. Are you using copy and paste? If you stop BK and start BK, does the Edit screen look correct then? John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Stevens" <bstevens27@frontier.com> To: "BK@rootsweb.com" <bk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 6:23 PM Subject: [BK] How do I do it ?? > Hi John an listees , I got a problem >> Working on Edit Screen , The > column with > Born , married , died , etc keeps disappearing , I am adding people > shown > on one screen to another screen ( read Database ) , When I go from > Minimized to maximize to copy a place or name to drag and drop it I > lose > said column , > note I have 2 copies of BK open ,side by side , mine and my brothers . > How do I make it come back ?? , Phil > > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >