Hi, Is it possible to globally change the quality of a source, lets say from 2 to 3? On the edit source screen, the lower yellowish section doesn't show up. And when modifying a source for an individual, this modification made in the yellowish section is valid only for this particular individual. When one has a few hundred individuals sharing the same source with the same "rating" change it becomes rather cumbersome to go through each one individually. Thanks. Gilles Paquette

To Gilles de C. Paquette I do not currently have a way to globally change a quality of a source for several people. Perhaps I can add it in the future. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gilles de C. Paquette" <paquette.gdec@videotron.ca> To: "BK - RootsWeb" <bk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 1:34 PM Subject: [BK] Source - modify quality "rating" > Hi, > > Is it possible to globally change the quality of a source, lets say from > 2 to 3? > > On the edit source screen, the lower yellowish section doesn't show up. > And when modifying a source for an individual, this modification made in > the yellowish section is valid only for this particular individual. > When one has a few hundred individuals sharing the same source with the > same "rating" change it becomes rather cumbersome to go through each one > individually. > > Thanks. > > Gilles Paquette > > 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 <5002FF1B.5080402@videotron.ca>, Gilles de C. Paquette <paquette.gdec@videotron.ca> writes: >Hi, > >Is it possible to globally change the quality of a source, lets say from >2 to 3? > >On the edit source screen, the lower yellowish section doesn't show up. >And when modifying a source for an individual, this modification made in >the yellowish section is valid only for this particular individual. >When one has a few hundred individuals sharing the same source with the >same "rating" change it becomes rather cumbersome to go through each one >individually. [] But you might trust a single source more for some things than others. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf a little bit of me still feels that some southerners think we northerners are issued at birth with doomed kestrels. - Alison Graham, Radio Times, 3-9/11/2007.

I like the quality rating of 3 to 0 as it is, but can see the benefit in being able to globally change the rating for a common source. For example, I was given information many years ago from a fellow researcher overseas about a certain branch of my family to which I initially gave a rating of 1. As I checked the information I realised that he was wrong in many instances -- he said people were born in Lidlington Bedfordshire for example, but when I began checking for myself I could not find the events in the Parish Registers. So I downgraded every piece of information from this source to 0. It would have been useful to have been able to do that globally. All the best. Malcolm Webb mfwebb2005@btinternet.com <mailto:mfwebb2005@btinternet.com> -----Original Message----- From: bk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bk-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of J. P. Gilliver (John) Sent: 17 July 2012 23:12 To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BK] Source - modify quality "rating" In message <5002FF1B.5080402@videotron.ca>, Gilles de C. Paquette <paquette.gdec@videotron.ca> writes: >Hi, > >Is it possible to globally change the quality of a source, lets say from >2 to 3? > >On the edit source screen, the lower yellowish section doesn't show up. >And when modifying a source for an individual, this modification made in >the yellowish section is valid only for this particular individual. >When one has a few hundred individuals sharing the same source with the >same "rating" change it becomes rather cumbersome to go through each one >individually. [] But you might trust a single source more for some things than others. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf a little bit of me still feels that some southerners think we northerners are issued at birth with doomed kestrels. - Alison Graham, Radio Times, 3-9/11/2007. 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

At 06:11 PM 7/17/2012, John Gilliver wrote: >But you might trust a single source more for some things than others. That is a significant point. I have some nineteenth-century genealogical works that contain numerous errors concerning seventeenth-century families, but which are far more reliable concerning events that occurred within memory of those who were living when the books were written. Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net