On 02/11/2011 19:08, Beryl & Mike Tate wrote: > Have you tried simply restoring the Backup you create every time you close FH? The default is that FH asks you if you want to make a backup when it closes. I'm sure many people choose not to do this every time, partly because the number of backups soon becomes unmanageable. Gedcom Census, however, makes a backup copy of the file every time it is used, however, and it discards older backups automatically. I don't know whether it backs up before making the changes or after but there should be dated versions of the file in the folder "Gedcom Census Backups and Log" in the Documents folder (Windows 7) or its equivalent. Peter > -----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

Thanks, Peter. Yes, I apologise for the temporary panic. After realising that the new gedcom file stopped halfway through the marriages, I copied and pasted the rest from the last backup I had and that worked out nearly OK. But then I realised what Peter said about the "Gedcom Census Backups and Log", which has restored me to where I was prior to the last census entry. Again apologies, I should have more faith in the failsafe of good programs. Martin -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Peter Henderson Sent: 02 November 2011 19:26 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Lost sources On 02/11/2011 19:08, Beryl & Mike Tate wrote: > Have you tried simply restoring the Backup you create every time you close FH? The default is that FH asks you if you want to make a backup when it closes. I'm sure many people choose not to do this every time, partly because the number of backups soon becomes unmanageable. Gedcom Census, however, makes a backup copy of the file every time it is used, however, and it discards older backups automatically. I don't know whether it backs up before making the changes or after but there should be dated versions of the file in the folder "Gedcom Census Backups and Log" in the Documents folder (Windows 7) or its equivalent. Peter > -----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 ------------------------------- 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

Good as it is Gedcom Census is not the latest & greatest offering from Nick Walker. It was superseded by Ancestral Sources V1.0 in April 2010 and V2.0 in May 2011. Now it supports not only Census entry but also Baptisms, and Marriages should be next. It is available for free download from FHUG website http://www.fhug.org.uk/cgi-bin/index.cgi Also on that website there are introductory tutorials for the new features. 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: 03 November 2011 08:35 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Lost sources Thanks, Peter. Yes, I apologise for the temporary panic. After realising that the new gedcom file stopped halfway through the marriages, I copied and pasted the rest from the last backup I had and that worked out nearly OK. But then I realised what Peter said about the "Gedcom Census Backups and Log", which has restored me to where I was prior to the last census entry. Again apologies, I should have more faith in the failsafe of good programs. Martin -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Peter Henderson Sent: 02 November 2011 19:26 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Lost sources On 02/11/2011 19:08, Beryl & Mike Tate wrote: > Have you tried simply restoring the Backup you create every time you close FH? The default is that FH asks you if you want to make a backup when it closes. I'm sure many people choose not to do this every time, partly because the number of backups soon becomes unmanageable. Gedcom Census, however, makes a backup copy of the file every time it is used, however, and it discards older backups automatically. I don't know whether it backs up before making the changes or after but there should be dated versions of the file in the folder "Gedcom Census Backups and Log" in the Documents folder (Windows 7) or its equivalent. Peter > -----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. >