ok: just upgraded to 3.07 from 2.51x (this means trouble...) there is a problem which is quite bizzare, so I'll list the steps I did and the results: created a new database: walker imported into this database a GED - no problems. DB looked good. closed that DB (not the program): created a new DB: pastuzyn used the version 2 import into this one. In the pastuzyn DB, <EVERY> source has a publication: Publication: State College, Pa.: Centre Daily Times, Tue. 14 Dec 1999. this "publication" is <nowhere> in my version 2 database, <BUT>, it is in the WALKER GED file as: 0 @[email protected] SOUR 1 TITL Obituary of Lawrence R. Walker Sr. 1 PUBL State College, Pa.: Centre Daily Times, Tue. 14 Dec 1999. 1 TEXT His obituary in the "Centre Daily Times" of Tue. 14 Dec 1999 read: "Lawrence R. Walker Sr. how did this publication get attached to every source in my version 2 import? does not closing a DB "flush the buffer" so to speak? how do I do a global erase of this publication in the pastuzyn DB? do I have to erase and start the pastuzyn DB over? Karen Pastuzyn