On 18/09/2011 10:25 PM, Beryl & Mike Tate wrote: > The first rule of "Merge" is to ensure you have backup copies of what you started with so you can undo the "Merge" if necessary. > If all else fails then that is what you may have to do. That is very true with the previous versions of FH but I have found that after 'merge' I can go to edit and unmerge them which restores things to just before merge. This is similar to many undo things when working on FH. But it has to be immediately after merging. Victor

It is true that FH V4 allows Edit > Merge/Compare Records to be Undone, but not I think File > Merge/Compare File! -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Victor Markham Sent: 18 September 2011 23:52 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Help with record numbers please On 18/09/2011 10:25 PM, Beryl & Mike Tate wrote: > The first rule of "Merge" is to ensure you have backup copies of what you started with so you can undo the "Merge" if necessary. > If all else fails then that is what you may have to do. That is very true with the previous versions of FH but I have found that after 'merge' I can go to edit and unmerge them which restores things to just before merge. This is similar to many undo things when working on FH. But it has to be immediately after merging. Victor

Victor Thank you for your help. But sadly I didn't discover my mistake until long after the merge! Val -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Victor Markham Sent: Monday, 19 September 2011 8:52 AM To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Help with record numbers please On 18/09/2011 10:25 PM, Beryl & Mike Tate wrote: > The first rule of "Merge" is to ensure you have backup copies of what you started with so you can undo the "Merge" if necessary. > If all else fails then that is what you may have to do. That is very true with the previous versions of FH but I have found that after 'merge' I can go to edit and unmerge them which restores things to just before merge. This is similar to many undo things when working on FH. But it has to be immediately after merging. Victor ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message