Thank you, Ira, Your answers always make sense. Carl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ira J Lund" <ira.lund@cf-software.com> To: <CFT-WIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 7:24 AM Subject: RE: [CFTW] Source Reference List > Yes, it makes sense that if you delete a source, then that source no longer > exists so any reference to it has to go also. What you should do is use the > MERGE sources button. This causes all references to a given source to be > moved to another source that is basically identical and then delete the > extra source. > > Hope this helps. Ira > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > -------- > Mr. Ira J. Lund > Cumberland Family Software > www.cf-software.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Carl or Marie Veenstra [mailto:cnmveenstra@cox.net] > Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 8:35 PM > To: CFT-WIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CFTW] Source Reference List > > Hello List; > I have stumbled upon a source of much double work in the sourcing of names > in my database. > I have built up quite a long list of Sources, and in trying to make the list > a little shorter, I have deleted some of the sources that I am finished > with. > To my great dismay, I have found that they are not only deleted from the > Source list, they are also deleted out of the main program, so that some of > my data that previously had sources given, now has none. > Is this the way that the program works, or have I done something I should > not have done? I did not want a mile long list of Sources to go through each > time I list a name. > > Help? > Carl W. Veenstra > > > > ==== CFT-WIN Mailing List ==== > You can contact the List Manager at: > CFT-WIN-admin@rootsweb.com > > > ==== CFT-WIN Mailing List ==== > You can contact the List Manager at: > CFT-WIN-admin@rootsweb.com >