Kathy: A message like, "Record pointer xx is not the first free" in the Individual section would usually mean that the list of deleted individuals has a problem. I wonder if PAF's check/fix on your particular note error is clobbering part of the list of deleted individuals. I've seen folks with much larger databases. I don't think that the problem is with the 37,000+ names in your file. If you were to run the Database Check/Repair on your file in Ancestral Quest (which will do a check/repair on a PAF file), and you get the same problems, I'd like you to let me know privately about it (gfindlay@ancquest.com), as we can probably get AQ to properly handle this situation, and get your file repaired. Gaylon On 11/11/2010 1:17 PM, Kathy Campbell wrote: > I have been thinking that it has been a problem with the notes that I've > been having problems with, but today when I ran a check file, and then > check/repair, I noticed what it's doing. After it starts running, as soon as > it says it is checking notes, I get 1 error - which I assume means an error > in something I've done since I last backed the program up. BUT, if I run a > check/repair, the error shows up as this. (This is the third time in two > weeks that I've gotten this error). > > > > Checking Individual Names: > > 39939 records. > > Record pointer 55308226 is not the first free. > > > > So, why does it show up as an error when running check in notes, but when > running check/repair, does it come up under individual names. When you run > check/repair, it will tell you that it is fixed, but if you run check again > right after, you get another record pointer error. > > > > I keep wondering if I have too many notes or too many people - I have 37,300 > people in my database. > > > > Thanks. > > Kathy > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >