OK thanks, Mike. I've solved it up to a point by copying and pasting from the gedcom from my last backup. That just leaves me with a small number of family links to replace. I'm running XP professional, but I can't see why that should cause problems. Martin -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Beryl & Mike Tate Sent: 02 November 2011 19:08 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Lost sources First of all I suggest you make a backup of everything you need to preserve NOW. Then at least you can get back to NOW if any of the recovery attempts fail. What version of Windows are you running? What exactly do you mean by "lost their links" and "no sources"? Have you tried simply restoring the Backup you create every time you close FH? i.e. File > Backup/Restore > Restore and select a recent .zip file. On a different Note: 1) I suggest you update from Gedcom Census to its successor Ancestral Sources which has many enhancements. 2) There are automatic synch/backup tools such as Dropbox and Windows Live Synch that work instantly. Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Martin Allen Sent: 02 November 2011 18:47 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: [FHU] Lost sources I've just had a problem using Gedcom Census. I set it to save and it just sat there for hours. Finally I had to close down the computer. Now several families that were linked have lost their links and I have no sources. I could use a backup, but that would lose quite a lot of work. Is there any way I can recover at least the original sources? And, yes, I know I should backup more often, but more than once a week is rare. ------------------------------- 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