Ethel, I can't see how that could happen unless they were all merged into other people. Check the individual list for the missing people. Also check whether this is a different file than the one those people were in. Bill Buchanan On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 6:22 PM, <Genbug6607@aol.com> wrote: > This is about merging but not the problem being discussed here. i just > merged a gedcom into my database and it appears that I have lost all of my > people who were not related to those I merged. Of course , I made a > backup > before I began and will use it, but i can't understand why this would > happen. I don't recall it happening before. Where did i go wrong? > > Ethel in Nebraska > > > In a message dated 2/5/2011 6:59:44 A.M. Central Standard Time, > bea1935@yahoo.ca writes: > > Look under Options. There are check boxes that list what you might want to > merge. > > Multimedia is in the list. If you do not check some of them, then you > could loose that topic. > > Should have included that step before. :-( > > Bea > > --- On Fri, 2/4/11, Earl Park <parkj052@hawaii.rr.com> wrote: > > > From: Earl Park <parkj052@hawaii.rr.com> > > Subject: Re: [PAF-5] mergeing > > To: paf-5-users@rootsweb.com > > Received: Friday, February 4, 2011, 6:08 PM > > Meant to ask, if I have a image and > > other things like notes will it merge > > them also? > > > > Thanks for the great tip. > > Earl > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bea" <bea1935@yahoo.ca> > > To: <paf-5-users@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 2:45 AM > > Subject: Re: [PAF-5] mergeing > > > > > > Since you say the two sources are not identical, you have > > to edit them until > > they match. > > > > 1) Under Edit, click on Sources > > > > 2) Look for the sources that are mismatched. If you began > > the titles > > differently, correct the titles so they appear the same and > > they will show > > up one affter the other. > > > > 3) Then edit the one that is least correct (spaces and > > puncutation count in > > errors) > > > > 4) Once done then try out the merge sources again. > > > > 5) If you have trouble finding the cause of a mismatch, try > > taking a copy > > and paste of each line in the good source and paste it into > > the bad one in > > its proper place. The problems often occur because of a > > misplaced space or > > comma. > > > > Bea > > > > > > > > --- On Fri, 2/4/11, Earl Park <parkj052@hawaii.rr.com> > > wrote: > > > > > From: Earl Park <parkj052@hawaii.rr.com> > > > Subject: [PAF-5] mergeing > > > To: paf-5-users@rootsweb.com > > > Received: Friday, February 4, 2011, 4:18 AM > > > Aloha All, > > > > > > Is there a way to merge two different sources into one > > like > > > we do with > > > individuals? > > > > > > I made a mistake and created a same second source with > > a > > > slightly different > > > name when I already had that one. > > > > > > I see where there is a item under the "Tools" dropdown > > menu > > > "Merge Duplicate > > > Sources and Citations" I have clicked on it and it > > > did something but not > > > what I wanted to do. What it did I have no clue what > > > ever it did it did it > > > 31 times, ha... > > > > > > Any thoughts.... > > > Thanks > > > Earl > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > > > PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com > > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > > > subject and the body of the message > > > > > > >--------------------- >