To Max and Fran I may be able to add in the future a utility to delete one event from everyone. I just get a little worried about doing that, because someone, somewhere, sometime, will accidently delete Born from everyone, and then discover their mistake and ask me to fix it. But if can get over my worrying, perhaps I will make a utility like that. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: Max van Dam To: John Steed ; bk@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 1:06 AM Subject: Re: [BK] deleting events Dear John, I have a similar problem as Fran LaChance. Before we had the opportunity of the "to do Lists", I had also created an extra event; called "actie". After we started with "to do" I have stripped "Actie" out of my event-opportunities. But I have a lot of people with an empty event "actie". I see no opportunity to remove them easily. It is not nice, but it does not bother me. With my best regards, Max van Dam Rechovot Israel http://www.maxvandam.info/ ----- Original Message ----- From: John Steed To: bk@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 2:02 AM Subject: Re: [BK] deleting events To Fran LaChance I do not have a way to globally delete an event. You can find everyone with that event with Lists, Word Search, Search Event tab, then pick that event name and in the Description field click there and then press F3 for <not empty> and then do the search John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fran LaChance" <singer.35@hotmail.com> To: "BK-L" <BK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 1:07 PM Subject: [BK] deleting events > BK 6.5.17 registered user. > > Before John added 'Flags", which I now utilize, I had used Ancestor > interest & Descendant > interest. Now, I would like to delete both of these. . Is there a way to > universally > delete an event? I thought about using utilities-search & replace but > there is no blank > there. > > Any suggestions appreciated. > > Fran L > > > > The Future is as Great as the Promises of God > 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 know it's not perfect, but neither are we. Could the utility include a "ARE YOU REALLY SURE YOU WANT TO DO THIS?" button?? Jack in SW Ohio On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 9:49 AM, John Steed <brothers_keeper@msn.com> wrote: > To Max and Fran > > I may be able to add in the future a utility to delete one event from > everyone. > > I just get a little worried about doing that, because someone, somewhere, > sometime, will accidently delete Born from everyone, and then discover > their mistake and ask me to fix it. > > But if can get over my worrying, perhaps I will make a utility like that. > > John Steed > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Max van Dam > To: John Steed ; bk@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 1:06 AM > Subject: Re: [BK] deleting events > > > Dear John, > > I have a similar problem as Fran LaChance. Before we had the opportunity > of the "to do Lists", I had also created an extra event; called "actie". > > After we started with "to do" I have stripped "Actie" out of my > event-opportunities. > > But I have a lot of people with an empty event "actie". I see no > opportunity to remove them easily. > > It is not nice, but it does not bother me. > > With my best regards, > > Max van Dam > Rechovot > Israel > http://www.maxvandam.info/ > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Steed > To: bk@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 2:02 AM > Subject: Re: [BK] deleting events > > > To Fran LaChance > > I do not have a way to globally delete an event. > > You can find everyone with that event with Lists, Word Search, Search > Event > tab, then pick that event name and in the Description field click > there and > then press F3 for <not empty> and then do the search > > John Steed > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fran LaChance" <singer.35@hotmail.com> > To: "BK-L" <BK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 1:07 PM > Subject: [BK] deleting events > > > > BK 6.5.17 registered user. > > > > Before John added 'Flags", which I now utilize, I had used Ancestor > > interest & Descendant > > interest. Now, I would like to delete both of these. . Is there a > way to > > universally > > delete an event? I thought about using utilities-search & replace > but > > there is no blank > > there. > > > > Any suggestions appreciated. > > > > Fran L > > > > > > > > The Future is as Great as the Promises of God > > 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 >

John, That is my worst fear about adding that kind of utility. I currently have 217009 names in my data base and it would be a real nightmare if I accidentally deleted an event for everyone. Bill On 10/10/2012 7:49 AM, John Steed wrote: > I just get a little worried about doing that, because someone, somewhere, sometime, will accidently delete Born from everyone, and then discover their mistake and ask me to fix it.

John What would happen if they created a gedcom and created a new database? What would they lose other custom events? Jim Sent from my iPod On Oct 10, 2012, at 1:08 PM, Bill MacDonald <macd@shaw.ca> wrote: > John, > That is my worst fear about adding that kind of utility. > I currently have 217009 names in my data base and it would be a real > nightmare if I accidentally deleted an event for everyone. > > Bill > > On 10/10/2012 7:49 AM, John Steed wrote: >> I just get a little worried about doing that, because someone, somewhere, sometime, will accidently delete Born from everyone, and then discover their mistake and ask me to fix it. > 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 can understand your dilemma so while you're thinking about it you might also figure out how to exclude BMDs from that utility. :-) If it can never happen then that's ok too. I love BK and won't change for any reason. Fran L The Future is as Great as the Promises of God On 10/10/2012 9:49 AM, John Steed wrote: > To Max and Fran > > I may be able to add in the future a utility to delete one event from everyone. > > I just get a little worried about doing that, because someone, somewhere, sometime, will accidently delete Born from everyone, and then discover their mistake and ask me to fix it. > > But if can get over my worrying, perhaps I will make a utility like that. > > John Steed > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Max van Dam > To: John Steed ; bk@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 1:06 AM > Subject: Re: [BK] deleting events > > > Dear John, > > I have a similar problem as Fran LaChance. Before we had the opportunity of the "to do Lists", I had also created an extra event; called "actie". > > After we started with "to do" I have stripped "Actie" out of my event-opportunities. > > But I have a lot of people with an empty event "actie". I see no opportunity to remove them easily. > > It is not nice, but it does not bother me. > > With my best regards, > > Max van Dam > Rechovot > Israel > http://www.maxvandam.info/ > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Steed > To: bk@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 2:02 AM > Subject: Re: [BK] deleting events > > > To Fran LaChance > > I do not have a way to globally delete an event. > > You can find everyone with that event with Lists, Word Search, Search Event > tab, then pick that event name and in the Description field click there and > then press F3 for <not empty> and then do the search > > John Steed > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fran LaChance" <singer.35@hotmail.com> > To: "BK-L" <BK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 1:07 PM > Subject: [BK] deleting events > > > > BK 6.5.17 registered user. > > > > Before John added 'Flags", which I now utilize, I had used Ancestor > > interest & Descendant > > interest. Now, I would like to delete both of these. . Is there a way to > > universally > > delete an event? I thought about using utilities-search & replace but > > there is no blank > > there. > > > > Any suggestions appreciated. > > > > Fran L > > > > > > > > The Future is as Great as the Promises of God > > 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 > >

Backup, Backup, Backup ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fran LaChance" <singer.35@hotmail.com> To: "John Steed" <brothers_keeper@msn.com>; <bk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [BK] deleting events > John; > > I can understand your dilemma so while you're thinking about it you might > also figure out > how to exclude BMDs from that utility. :-) > If it can never happen then that's ok too. I love BK and won't change for > any reason. > > Fran L > > The Future is as Great as the Promises of God > > On 10/10/2012 9:49 AM, John Steed wrote: >> To Max and Fran >> >> I may be able to add in the future a utility to delete one event from >> everyone. >> >> I just get a little worried about doing that, because someone, somewhere, >> sometime, will accidently delete Born from everyone, and then discover >> their mistake and ask me to fix it. >> >> But if can get over my worrying, perhaps I will make a utility like that. >> >> John Steed >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Max van Dam >> To: John Steed ; bk@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 1:06 AM >> Subject: Re: [BK] deleting events >> >> >> Dear John, >> >> I have a similar problem as Fran LaChance. Before we had the >> opportunity of the "to do Lists", I had also created an extra event; >> called "actie". >> >> After we started with "to do" I have stripped "Actie" out of my >> event-opportunities. >> >> But I have a lot of people with an empty event "actie". I see no >> opportunity to remove them easily. >> >> It is not nice, but it does not bother me. >> >> With my best regards, >> >> Max van Dam >> Rechovot >> Israel >> http://www.maxvandam.info/ >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: John Steed >> To: bk@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 2:02 AM >> Subject: Re: [BK] deleting events >> >> >> To Fran LaChance >> >> I do not have a way to globally delete an event. >> >> You can find everyone with that event with Lists, Word Search, >> Search Event >> tab, then pick that event name and in the Description field click >> there and >> then press F3 for <not empty> and then do the search >> >> John Steed >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Fran LaChance" <singer.35@hotmail.com> >> To: "BK-L" <BK-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 1:07 PM >> Subject: [BK] deleting events >> >> >> > BK 6.5.17 registered user. >> > >> > Before John added 'Flags", which I now utilize, I had used >> Ancestor >> > interest & Descendant >> > interest. Now, I would like to delete both of these. . Is there a >> way to >> > universally >> > delete an event? I thought about using utilities-search & replace >> but >> > there is no blank >> > there. >> > >> > Any suggestions appreciated. >> > >> > Fran L >> > >> > >> > >> > The Future is as Great as the Promises of God >> > 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 >> >> > > 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 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:26:04 -0400, Fran LaChance <singer.35@hotmail.com> wrote: >John; > >I can understand your dilemma so while you're thinking about it you might also figure out >how to exclude BMDs from that utility. :-) >If it can never happen then that's ok too. I love BK and won't change for any reason. > BMD ? Born Married Dead ? Rember that this list is international even if it is in English :) -- Otto Jørgensen http://www.bkwin.info/ All email is checked by NORTON