What do RM users enter when they find 2 census with the birthdate 2 years apart? I entered this as 1792/93 instead of having 2 separate entries for the date. If I have 2 separate entries, sometimes it doesn't show a date at all. And as I discovered yesterday when I tried to "Compare" 2 databases, this date ended up being March 1792 which is not what I meant. Betty

Wow!. That is so cool, Bruce. I was hoping for something like this to make it easier. Thanks. And thanks, Sue Maxwell. Your suggestion wasn’t bad, just a little more time-consuming. Laurie From: RootsMagic Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 11:03 AM To: Laurie Nelson ; [email protected] Subject: Re: [RMagic] List of Child Deaths? Laurie, Create a named group and when selecting the people for it choose to mark the people from a list, and use the criteria: Death > Age > Less than > 19 You can then color code that group. - Bruce On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 1:09 AM, Laurie Nelson via <[email protected]> wrote: I have found that color coding those who died young helps me when I’m looking at a long list of children born to a couple. I’ve been doing the color coding manually when I notice one I’ve missed, but I’d like to clean up my database by finding them all now. What I need is a list of those who died before the age of 19, but I can’t figure out how to do it. Does anyone know if that’s possible? TIA. Laurie Nelson =================================== RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

What about the publisher feature? Reports>Publisher. Start a new book and name it with the ancestor's surname. Create a chapter for that ancestor. Add a text page, typing in the ancestor's full name for the subject, or something relevant to help identify the contents. If you ever decide to actually create a book, the essays can be easily incorporated. > From: Leslie Anderson via <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2015 11:38 AM > Subject: [RMagic] Is there a "write as you go along" feature? > > Is there a feature in (or a location in ) RM6 where you can store a *draft * > about an individual? > > I don't mean individual items or notes but something more like the > beginnings of a coherent essay or article about the target ancestor? > > Thank you. > Leslie >

Thanks for coming to the rescue, Bruce! I kept thinking the "age" was there somewhere and could not find it! Do it Bruce's way, Laurie! I totally missed it. Sue On 2/23/2015 11:03 AM, RootsMagic via wrote: > Laurie, > > Create a named group and when selecting the people for it choose to mark > the people from a list, and use the criteria: > > *Death > Age > Less than > 19 > > You can then color code that group. > > - Bruce* > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 1:09 AM, Laurie Nelson via < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I have found that color coding those who died young helps me when I’m >> looking at a long list of children born to a couple. I’ve been doing the >> color coding manually when I notice one I’ve missed, but I’d like to clean >> up my database by finding them all now. What I need is a list of those who >> died before the age of 19, but I can’t figure out how to do it. Does anyone >> know if that’s possible? >> >> TIA. >> >> Laurie Nelson >> >>

Laurie, Create a named group and when selecting the people for it choose to mark the people from a list, and use the criteria: Death > Age > Less than > 19 You can then color code that group. - Bruce On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 1:09 AM, Laurie Nelson via < [email protected]> wrote: > I have found that color coding those who died young helps me when I’m > looking at a long list of children born to a couple. I’ve been doing the > color coding manually when I notice one I’ve missed, but I’d like to clean > up my database by finding them all now. What I need is a list of those who > died before the age of 19, but I can’t figure out how to do it. Does anyone > know if that’s possible? > > TIA. > > Laurie Nelson > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Vince, what you are trying to do is not easy to accomplish in RootsMagic, if you want more than one family. When you get to your "step 4", "descendants including spouses" is created from ONE single person who is highlighted, rather than everyone that you have already checked. Once you have that ONE person highlighted then the NEXT button will create the data and then let you give that group a name. Sue On 2/23/2015 6:06 AM, Vince Castelli via wrote: > Hi Listers, > > I am trying to create a focus group for a single family and am having no > luck. I can't seem to be able to ma,e the group, therefore I can't > manipulate it because I never gets formed. > > Here are the steps I've taken. Please tell me what I'm doing wrong : > > 1. I select the Group button from the Index Sidebar. The Group Sidebar > comes up. > > 2. There are no groups listed. I select the Group button (top right in > sidebar) and Named Group Window comes up. It's empty. > > 3. I select New. I get the Select People Window. I make my selections. > > 4. At this point, I click on the Mark Group Button, and select > Descendents including spouses. > > So far, I have not named the group nor have I been asked to name the > group. At this point, I don't know what to do. > > If I hit Next, I'm told it can't find a match. So Next is not what I > thought it was. > > I don't know what to do next. Did I do something wrong, leave out a > step. Help. > > Vince Castelli > > New User > > > > > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Sue Maxwell http://granitegenealogy.blogspot.com/ Utah Sandy Area Family History Advisor

Laurie, unfortunately, this is another one of those "age" issues that cannot be done within RootsMagic. I suppose you could narrow the field by creating a group for everyone who is deceased and who has no marriage fact. Then you would have to scroll down that list and visually look for those that died at a young age. Sue On 2/23/2015 1:09 AM, Laurie Nelson via wrote: > I have found that color coding those who died young helps me when I’m looking at a long list of children born to a couple. I’ve been doing the color coding manually when I notice one I’ve missed, but I’d like to clean up my database by finding them all now. What I need is a list of those who died before the age of 19, but I can’t figure out how to do it. Does anyone know if that’s possible? > > TIA. > > Laurie Nelson > > -- Sue Maxwell http://granitegenealogy.blogspot.com/ Utah Sandy Area Family History Advisor

Hi Listers, I am trying to create a focus group for a single family and am having no luck. I can't seem to be able to ma,e the group, therefore I can't manipulate it because I never gets formed. Here are the steps I've taken. Please tell me what I'm doing wrong : 1. I select the Group button from the Index Sidebar. The Group Sidebar comes up. 2. There are no groups listed. I select the Group button (top right in sidebar) and Named Group Window comes up. It's empty. 3. I select New. I get the Select People Window. I make my selections. 4. At this point, I click on the Mark Group Button, and select Descendents including spouses. So far, I have not named the group nor have I been asked to name the group. At this point, I don't know what to do. If I hit Next, I'm told it can't find a match. So Next is not what I thought it was. I don't know what to do next. Did I do something wrong, leave out a step. Help. Vince Castelli New User

I have found that color coding those who died young helps me when I’m looking at a long list of children born to a couple. I’ve been doing the color coding manually when I notice one I’ve missed, but I’d like to clean up my database by finding them all now. What I need is a list of those who died before the age of 19, but I can’t figure out how to do it. Does anyone know if that’s possible? TIA. Laurie Nelson

I'm not sure whether you're asking about recording specific bits of information from your cousin's many emails or recording the emails as sources. If it's the former, I think your proposal to excerpt (or abstract) the pertinent parts is practical and appropriate for situations where you want to quote or paraphrase what your cousin wrote, provided you have his/her permission to do so and you credit his/her email as your source. However, since you're dealing with a large volume of information, you might prefer--at least in some cases--simply to cite a specific email as a source for a particular fact that you enter in RootsMagic. (For example, a residence fact, a death date or place, etc.) If you're asking about recording the emails as sources, I'd suggest using the source template for "Email, personal, privately held, filed by collection." If you don't want to use all of the fields, you can copy the template and change it to suit your needs. Treating that cousin's emails as a collection and using the source details fields for information that varies from one citation to another will save you a lot of time and repetitive typing. That source template is based on Elizabeth Shown Mills' Evidence Explained. If you still have questions about citing the emails after studying the template, I recommend searching the archives at her web site at https://www.evidenceexplained.com/ for similar questions. While you're there, be sure to read "QuickLesson 19: Layered Citations Work Like Layered Clothing," which you can access from the home page. If you need more help, log in to the forums and post a question on the one for citation issues. Linda Johnson __________________________ Jon wrote: <I need advise on recording correspondence from a cousin that spans 3 years <who rambles from one subject to another before getting back to the first. I< can't think of anything except using excerpts from the emails. <Alternate methods welcomed.

One of the software companies, possibly Rootsmagic, sells "Family Historian" or whatever, that guides you to writing a biography. Dora -----Original Message----- From: Steve Hayes via Sent: Friday, February 20, 2015 9:21 PM To: Tom Holden ; [email protected] Subject: Re: [RMagic] Is there a "write as you go along" feature? On 20 Feb 2015 at 14:01, Tom Holden via wrote: > You could tag a document file as a media item (type "file") to the person. > Whenever you open it from RM, the program that is associated with it in > Windows will open it. If you are doing essays for multiple people, it > might be > smart to add a custom, private fact, say "MyEssay" to each person and tag > each > document accordingly. That way you can search for these people using > RootsMagic Explorer, create a Named a Group of them, etc. I have often wished for a Biography field in genealogy programs. Maybe that is something that could be added to the bucket list of features for a future version of RM. Perhaps there could also be a brief personal description field as well, for the kind of thing that I now add to the general notes field, but it would be good to have in a separate field that one could chose to print that line out in reports - descriptions like "Salesman of Toledo, Ohio", "Farmer of 40 acres in Ashton, Devon". Then you could choose to include that, or the full biography, or both in reports. -- Keep well, Steve Hayes Blog: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/famhist1.htm E-mail: [email protected] =================================== RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com

The notes. Dora -----Original Message----- From: Leslie Anderson via Sent: Friday, February 20, 2015 10:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [RMagic] Is there a "write as you go along" feature? Is there a feature in (or a location in ) RM6 where you can store a *draft * about an individual? I don't mean individual items or notes but something more like the beginnings of a coherent essay or article about the target ancestor? Thank you. Leslie =================================== RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com

Betty, I wrote a blog post a month or so ago that tells you how you can get your Ancestry data down using FTM and then bringing it into RootsMagic. Try this: http://granitegenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/11/new-rootsmagic-7-compare-files-feature.html?m=1 Sue > On Feb 17, 2015, at 5:22 PM, Betty Stokes via <[email protected]> wrote: > > I previously sent this information but apparently no one noticed. > > > > I have been experimenting with preparing a tree/book using RM including > everything I have on Ancestry for descendants of an individual including > sources and media. I have Family Tree Maker 14 which I use to synchronize > with my on line Ancestry tree. I enter information from Ancestry mostly > instead of FTM. Ancestry does not have the space for notes and other goodies > that RM has. I found that if I synchronized the tree to FTM, it would first > synchronize the data. Then it made a file of the media in a separate folder. > Then I made a gedcom from FTM 14 of the person I wanted with his descendants > - Not the whole tree - and imported it into a blank RM database. This is > like Bruce's UTubo demo except I did it from FTM not Ancestry.com. and I > selected people instead of selecting all. Then I clicked on the FTM media > folder just created by the synchronization. I wanted to see where the folder > was. I copied the location of the FTM media. Then I went to RM Tools, > program option, Folders, Multimedia Files, then I pasted the location where > the little dots are. You might have to write it down and type it, but I > found that copy and paste worked well. > > Then I went to the database and chose a person. I clicked on the checkmark > in the very top (general) square (camera icon). That brought up the pictures > I had for that person. Before that, I didn't have a picture showing with his > data. > > Somewhere in there it wanted to build a thumbnail. The choice as whether to > do that is on the "tools, program option page." All the pictures are > together in a gallery but just the ones that pertained to an individual > showed up when I clicked the check mark in the very top (general). Then I > had to select which one of the pictures I wanted to be primary. From here > on, it is just RM instructions. It took me a while to figure out just how to > select the person's picture to show but it is in the RM directions. I had 6 > pictures which showed up. The pictures have the same names connected to an > individual and they are in the same place that FTM 14 looks for them. Roots > Magic will look for them in the same place. > > > > I made this into a separate tree because I was just working on one surname. > If anyone wants to see how the sources came over from Ancestry, I'll be glad > to send an example. When I merged the people from the one ancestor on RM > with the people from Ancestry, there were a few things that needed to be > edited in the notes, but all the pictures and sources were there. What is on > Ancestry originally came from my Roots Magic Database. The output from Roots > Magic vs Family Tree Maker 2014 was so much better. > > > > Betty

Ancestry does not have their program set up to do sync work outside FTM. Keep asking them for that. RM is willing, but Ancestry isn't. Jon On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 8:46 PM, Ann Brown via < [email protected]> wrote: > Betty, > Thank you so much for posting all of this This is exactly what I have > been wanting to do. Bought both RM and FTM current editions last Feb with > the intention of doing it but haven't been able to figure it all out. Now > I have directions. > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 7:22 PM, Betty Stokes via < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I previously sent this information but apparently no one noticed. > > > > > > > > I have been experimenting with preparing a tree/book using RM including > > everything I have on Ancestry for descendants of an individual including > > sources and media. I have Family Tree Maker 14 which I use to synchronize > > with my on line Ancestry tree. I enter information from Ancestry mostly > > instead of FTM. Ancestry does not have the space for notes and other > > goodies > > that RM has. I found that if I synchronized the tree to FTM, it would > first > > synchronize the data. Then it made a file of the media in a separate > > folder. > > Then I made a gedcom from FTM 14 of the person I wanted with his > > descendants > > - Not the whole tree - and imported it into a blank RM database. This is > > like Bruce's UTubo demo except I did it from FTM not Ancestry.com. and I > > selected people instead of selecting all. Then I clicked on the FTM media > > folder just created by the synchronization. I wanted to see where the > > folder > > was. I copied the location of the FTM media. Then I went to RM Tools, > > program option, Folders, Multimedia Files, then I pasted the location > where > > the little dots are. You might have to write it down and type it, but I > > found that copy and paste worked well. > > > > Then I went to the database and chose a person. I clicked on the > checkmark > > in the very top (general) square (camera icon). That brought up the > > pictures > > I had for that person. Before that, I didn't have a picture showing with > > his > > data. > > > > Somewhere in there it wanted to build a thumbnail. The choice as whether > to > > do that is on the "tools, program option page." All the pictures are > > together in a gallery but just the ones that pertained to an individual > > showed up when I clicked the check mark in the very top (general). Then I > > had to select which one of the pictures I wanted to be primary. From here > > on, it is just RM instructions. It took me a while to figure out just how > > to > > select the person's picture to show but it is in the RM directions. I > had > > 6 > > pictures which showed up. The pictures have the same names connected to > an > > individual and they are in the same place that FTM 14 looks for them. > Roots > > Magic will look for them in the same place. > > > > > > > > I made this into a separate tree because I was just working on one > surname. > > If anyone wants to see how the sources came over from Ancestry, I'll be > > glad > > to send an example. When I merged the people from the one ancestor on RM > > with the people from Ancestry, there were a few things that needed to be > > edited in the notes, but all the pictures and sources were there. What is > > on > > Ancestry originally came from my Roots Magic Database. The output from > > Roots > > Magic vs Family Tree Maker 2014 was so much better. > > > > > > > > Betty > > > > > > > > > > > > =================================== > > RM list Archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > Ann Brown " Cookie" > > Researching NY for Cook, Ogden, Drake, Wallace; Brooklyn, NY ...Cash, > Benedicks, Lynch Dilton O'Brien Corona, Stella, NJ for Cook, Wallace, > Stinson, Bennett, Rusling, Berry, MD. for Smith, Owens, Crew; Pa and Ct. > for Wallace, Newman, Sanford, Dimmick, Cross > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- -- *Jon P Czarowitz*, NHC, GF, GGF, IGC Hempel Genealogist since 1986 Retired International Genealogist for http://www.clancunninghamintl.org RootsMagic 7 http://www.rootsmagic.com CUNNINGHAMS TOGETHER - CUNNINGHAMS WORLDWIDE!

That is only happening when you are spell checking and find multiple uses of that same name in one note field, OR, when you are trying to do a global spell check, right? If so, that's because you haven't completed a "function" yet, so it has not saved to the actual dictionary yet. Sue > On Feb 21, 2015, at 12:31 PM, Jon Czarowitz via <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have found the same problem with the spell checker. It is adding slow or > something. Once I close out the session it seems to find the word and not > ask again, but any new words it doesn't know, it asks. > Jon > > On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Tom Holden via < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> 1. I don't understand how that is physically possible. The spell checker >> uses one file with the (iirc) .adu extension. You can choose one of a few >> files, e.g., American, British English... >> >> 2. Mem/Paste supports only one citation; there have been requests to >> expand this capability to multiple citations. An outboard Clipboard is not >> a solution. Lists > Source List > Print lets you pick any/all sources and >> their citations. >> >> Tom >> >> >>>> On Feb 21, 2015, at 12:11 AM, "Ronald D. Doctor via" < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> A couple of minor issues have popped up as I try to update my RM >> database. >>> 1. It looks like the spelling checker requires you to add the same >> words in >>> multiple fields. That is, when a new word shows, I click Add, but >> the >>> same word in another field requires me to repeat the process. The >> spell >>> checker seems to use a separate dictionary for each field. Has >> anyone >>> else experienced this? >>> 2. Often, I use the same Citation(s) for several people and/or for >> several >>> facts. Is there a way to save multiple citations to a clipboard so >> that >>> I can select from them without having to memorize/paste, go back to >>> another person to pick another citation, memorize/paste etc.? Is >> there a >>> list of citations used in the database? >>> >>> Ron >>>

Corruption is in the eye of the beholder... The Database Tools and Export will catch certain kinds of corruption that affect the structure of the database but not errors in the data that are the result of user decisions and actions. The Problem Search tool helps to find many of the latter but it does not report a person linked to himself as parent (it may report it as "Father 0 years old when person was born"). And it is very easy to link a person to himself as a Parent - RootsMagic does not challenge the validity of this action (I think it should). Do you run Problem Search globally? Do you have Problem Alerts enabled in Tools > File Options? Tom On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 3:32 PM, Pat McGrath <[email protected]> wrote: > Very, very frequently!!!! I have never had it say anything except OK ….. > > > > Any idea if the ability to create or not create a gedcom if the database > is corrupt is correct???? Anyone??? > > > > IS there ANY way to determine (before it’s way too late) to discover a > corrupt database? > > Pat > > > > *From:* Tom Holden [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Saturday, February 21, 2015 3:29 PM > *To:* Jon Czarowitz; [email protected] > *Cc:* Pat McGrath > *Subject:* Re: [RMagic] 5 of SAME person/couple showing !!!!! > > > > Restoring a database from a backup has no effect on the Record Numbers and > there is no option as Jon suggests in his #1, #3 to maintain the same > numbers when creating or restoring a database. > > > > The only time you have the option to "Preserve record numbers" is when you > import a GEDCOM into a new, empty database. > > > > One can only guess at what happened but you obviously had two or more > Nelsons because you merged #9218 and, presumably, #10214 with the latter > set as Primary. I would suggest that the scramble had nothing to do with > the addition of the Alt Name fact to Emma and everything to do with the > merging. Perhaps the second Nelson had the unwanted linkages or perhaps > your database was already corrupted in some way. Do you regularly run the > Database Tools on it, especially Check Database Integrity? > > > > Tom > > > > On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Jon Czarowitz via < > [email protected]> wrote: > > 1 Everytime you create or restorer a database it will change numbers unless > you ask it to maintain the same numbers. > 2 Stop what you are doing and go to an older backup and restore. View it to > see how bad it looks. IF bad too delete it and that backup. > 3 Forget numbers for now. Get you a good working database. You can ask it > to keep the numbers when restoring. Use a different name for your database > each timed you do these restores. > You will lose some work, but from what I am seeing (blind) you have one > person as his own Father, Grandfather and possibly 3 generations more.IN > SHORT, A MESS. > 4 Once you get a working database you feel is good, then back this up with > its new name. Getting rid of the backups you know are bad will leave you > some possible good ones. > 5 Work only in the new good database, Not sure why you are restoring each > session. RM will open the last database you were working on if you indicate > that is what you want under Tools/File. > 6 If you have been restoring on top of an older database than that was your > problem. > These are best suggestions I have. Hows far back you need to go is in > question, but take your time. Time spent now will save problems later. > > 7 If you want to restore again to check if current one is better, USE A > NEW NAME. Also each database and backup is dated by RM for you. Database at > the bottom of screen; Backups in the name. > > 8 You can open the 2nd database side by side with current one, either by > having 2 databases side by side or using RM 7's new "database compare"' > > 9 GOOD LUCK! We all have done something like that at one time or another. > Jon > > > On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Pat McGrath via < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > HELP! I think I've gone back and restored to a GOOD database, but no > idea > > what I did the break my original one!!!! > > > > > > > > All was well (as far as I know) when I backed up late last night. Always > > start by doing a 'restore' in the morning . then started adding info and > > making corrections to Nelson and Emma. Emma has a possible different > name > > so added an 'alt name' .. Nelson appeared to be a dup so merged him with > > the > > other Nelson w/no wife. In my original database Nelson was #9218 .. > > > > > > > > Suddenly switching to a pedigree view I noticed I have 5 GENERATIONS of > > Nelson & Emma ---- each being the parents of Nelson and not just NELSON > > himself . hope you can picture that pedigree! Suddenly Nelson is now > > #10214. > > > > > > > > Created a gedcom and imported it to a new database .. Still 5 GENERATIONS > > of > > them . Nelson now #10139. Had no error messages doing the gedcom and no > > problem (it appeared) in importing that gedcom .. Would assume it was not > > corrupt based on that! > > > > > > > > Restored last night's backup again ... ONLY one NELSON & EMMA and Nelson > is > > #9218 ...... > > > > > > > > Cautiously think I'm ok except for losing 2 hours of entering from this > > morning, but can anyone tell me WHAT HAPPENED and/or what I DID ????? > > > > > > > > Pat > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > =================================== > > RM list Archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > -- > -- > *Jon P Czarowitz*, NHC, GF, GGF, IGC > Hempel Genealogist since 1986 > Retired International Genealogist for > http://www.clancunninghamintl.org > RootsMagic 7 http://www.rootsmagic.com > CUNNINGHAMS TOGETHER - CUNNINGHAMS WORLDWIDE! > > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Very, very frequently!!!! I have never had it say anything except OK ….. Any idea if the ability to create or not create a gedcom if the database is corrupt is correct???? Anyone??? IS there ANY way to determine (before it’s way too late) to discover a corrupt database? Pat From: Tom Holden [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2015 3:29 PM To: Jon Czarowitz; [email protected] Cc: Pat McGrath Subject: Re: [RMagic] 5 of SAME person/couple showing !!!!! Restoring a database from a backup has no effect on the Record Numbers and there is no option as Jon suggests in his #1, #3 to maintain the same numbers when creating or restoring a database. The only time you have the option to "Preserve record numbers" is when you import a GEDCOM into a new, empty database. One can only guess at what happened but you obviously had two or more Nelsons because you merged #9218 and, presumably, #10214 with the latter set as Primary. I would suggest that the scramble had nothing to do with the addition of the Alt Name fact to Emma and everything to do with the merging. Perhaps the second Nelson had the unwanted linkages or perhaps your database was already corrupted in some way. Do you regularly run the Database Tools on it, especially Check Database Integrity? Tom On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Jon Czarowitz via <[email protected]> wrote: 1 Everytime you create or restorer a database it will change numbers unless you ask it to maintain the same numbers. 2 Stop what you are doing and go to an older backup and restore. View it to see how bad it looks. IF bad too delete it and that backup. 3 Forget numbers for now. Get you a good working database. You can ask it to keep the numbers when restoring. Use a different name for your database each timed you do these restores. You will lose some work, but from what I am seeing (blind) you have one person as his own Father, Grandfather and possibly 3 generations more.IN SHORT, A MESS. 4 Once you get a working database you feel is good, then back this up with its new name. Getting rid of the backups you know are bad will leave you some possible good ones. 5 Work only in the new good database, Not sure why you are restoring each session. RM will open the last database you were working on if you indicate that is what you want under Tools/File. 6 If you have been restoring on top of an older database than that was your problem. These are best suggestions I have. Hows far back you need to go is in question, but take your time. Time spent now will save problems later. 7 If you want to restore again to check if current one is better, USE A NEW NAME. Also each database and backup is dated by RM for you. Database at the bottom of screen; Backups in the name. 8 You can open the 2nd database side by side with current one, either by having 2 databases side by side or using RM 7's new "database compare"' 9 GOOD LUCK! We all have done something like that at one time or another. Jon On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Pat McGrath via < [email protected]> wrote: > HELP! I think I've gone back and restored to a GOOD database, but no idea > what I did the break my original one!!!! > > > > All was well (as far as I know) when I backed up late last night. Always > start by doing a 'restore' in the morning . then started adding info and > making corrections to Nelson and Emma. Emma has a possible different name > so added an 'alt name' .. Nelson appeared to be a dup so merged him with > the > other Nelson w/no wife. In my original database Nelson was #9218 .. > > > > Suddenly switching to a pedigree view I noticed I have 5 GENERATIONS of > Nelson & Emma ---- each being the parents of Nelson and not just NELSON > himself . hope you can picture that pedigree! Suddenly Nelson is now > #10214. > > > > Created a gedcom and imported it to a new database .. Still 5 GENERATIONS > of > them . Nelson now #10139. Had no error messages doing the gedcom and no > problem (it appeared) in importing that gedcom .. Would assume it was not > corrupt based on that! > > > > Restored last night's backup again ... ONLY one NELSON & EMMA and Nelson is > #9218 ...... > > > > Cautiously think I'm ok except for losing 2 hours of entering from this > morning, but can anyone tell me WHAT HAPPENED and/or what I DID ????? > > > > Pat > > > > > > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- -- *Jon P Czarowitz*, NHC, GF, GGF, IGC Hempel Genealogist since 1986 Retired International Genealogist for http://www.clancunninghamintl.org RootsMagic 7 http://www.rootsmagic.com CUNNINGHAMS TOGETHER - CUNNINGHAMS WORLDWIDE! =================================== RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Restoring a database from a backup has no effect on the Record Numbers and there is no option as Jon suggests in his #1, #3 to maintain the same numbers when creating or restoring a database. The only time you have the option to "Preserve record numbers" is when you import a GEDCOM into a new, empty database. One can only guess at what happened but you obviously had two or more Nelsons because you merged #9218 and, presumably, #10214 with the latter set as Primary. I would suggest that the scramble had nothing to do with the addition of the Alt Name fact to Emma and everything to do with the merging. Perhaps the second Nelson had the unwanted linkages or perhaps your database was already corrupted in some way. Do you regularly run the Database Tools on it, especially Check Database Integrity? Tom On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Jon Czarowitz via < [email protected]> wrote: > 1 Everytime you create or restorer a database it will change numbers unless > you ask it to maintain the same numbers. > 2 Stop what you are doing and go to an older backup and restore. View it to > see how bad it looks. IF bad too delete it and that backup. > 3 Forget numbers for now. Get you a good working database. You can ask it > to keep the numbers when restoring. Use a different name for your database > each timed you do these restores. > You will lose some work, but from what I am seeing (blind) you have one > person as his own Father, Grandfather and possibly 3 generations more.IN > SHORT, A MESS. > 4 Once you get a working database you feel is good, then back this up with > its new name. Getting rid of the backups you know are bad will leave you > some possible good ones. > 5 Work only in the new good database, Not sure why you are restoring each > session. RM will open the last database you were working on if you indicate > that is what you want under Tools/File. > 6 If you have been restoring on top of an older database than that was your > problem. > These are best suggestions I have. Hows far back you need to go is in > question, but take your time. Time spent now will save problems later. > > 7 If you want to restore again to check if current one is better, USE A > NEW NAME. Also each database and backup is dated by RM for you. Database at > the bottom of screen; Backups in the name. > > 8 You can open the 2nd database side by side with current one, either by > having 2 databases side by side or using RM 7's new "database compare"' > > 9 GOOD LUCK! We all have done something like that at one time or another. > Jon > > On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Pat McGrath via < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > HELP! I think I've gone back and restored to a GOOD database, but no > idea > > what I did the break my original one!!!! > > > > > > > > All was well (as far as I know) when I backed up late last night. Always > > start by doing a 'restore' in the morning . then started adding info and > > making corrections to Nelson and Emma. Emma has a possible different > name > > so added an 'alt name' .. Nelson appeared to be a dup so merged him with > > the > > other Nelson w/no wife. In my original database Nelson was #9218 .. > > > > > > > > Suddenly switching to a pedigree view I noticed I have 5 GENERATIONS of > > Nelson & Emma ---- each being the parents of Nelson and not just NELSON > > himself . hope you can picture that pedigree! Suddenly Nelson is now > > #10214. > > > > > > > > Created a gedcom and imported it to a new database .. Still 5 GENERATIONS > > of > > them . Nelson now #10139. Had no error messages doing the gedcom and no > > problem (it appeared) in importing that gedcom .. Would assume it was not > > corrupt based on that! > > > > > > > > Restored last night's backup again ... ONLY one NELSON & EMMA and Nelson > is > > #9218 ...... > > > > > > > > Cautiously think I'm ok except for losing 2 hours of entering from this > > morning, but can anyone tell me WHAT HAPPENED and/or what I DID ????? > > > > > > > > Pat > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > =================================== > > RM list Archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > -- > *Jon P Czarowitz*, NHC, GF, GGF, IGC > Hempel Genealogist since 1986 > Retired International Genealogist for > http://www.clancunninghamintl.org > RootsMagic 7 http://www.rootsmagic.com > CUNNINGHAMS TOGETHER - CUNNINGHAMS WORLDWIDE! > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

As I was going through some of these problems I noticed that if you use a nick name that it showed up in the index as an alternate name, whereas if you typed the nick name in parenthesis in the name line it did not. For what it is worth Em -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pat McGrath via Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2015 12:29 PM To: 'RootsMagic Users List ' Subject: [RMagic] 5 of SAME person/couple showing !!!!! HELP! I think I've gone back and restored to a GOOD database, but no idea what I did the break my original one!!!! All was well (as far as I know) when I backed up late last night. Always start by doing a 'restore' in the morning . then started adding info and making corrections to Nelson and Emma. Emma has a possible different name so added an 'alt name' .. Nelson appeared to be a dup so merged him with the other Nelson w/no wife. In my original database Nelson was #9218 .. Suddenly switching to a pedigree view I noticed I have 5 GENERATIONS of Nelson & Emma ---- each being the parents of Nelson and not just NELSON himself . hope you can picture that pedigree! Suddenly Nelson is now #10214. Created a gedcom and imported it to a new database .. Still 5 GENERATIONS of them . Nelson now #10139. Had no error messages doing the gedcom and no problem (it appeared) in importing that gedcom .. Would assume it was not corrupt based on that! Restored last night's backup again ... ONLY one NELSON & EMMA and Nelson is #9218 ...... Cautiously think I'm ok except for losing 2 hours of entering from this morning, but can anyone tell me WHAT HAPPENED and/or what I DID ????? Pat =================================== RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

1. I don't understand how that is physically possible. The spell checker uses one file with the (iirc) .adu extension. You can choose one of a few files, e.g., American, British English... 2. Mem/Paste supports only one citation; there have been requests to expand this capability to multiple citations. An outboard Clipboard is not a solution. Lists > Source List > Print lets you pick any/all sources and their citations. Tom > On Feb 21, 2015, at 12:11 AM, "Ronald D. Doctor via" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > A couple of minor issues have popped up as I try to update my RM database. > 1. It looks like the spelling checker requires you to add the same words in > multiple fields. That is, when a new word shows, I click Add, but the > same word in another field requires me to repeat the process. The spell > checker seems to use a separate dictionary for each field. Has anyone > else experienced this? > 2. Often, I use the same Citation(s) for several people and/or for several > facts. Is there a way to save multiple citations to a clipboard so that > I can select from them without having to memorize/paste, go back to > another person to pick another citation, memorize/paste etc.? Is there a > list of citations used in the database? > > Ron > -- > Ron Doctor ([1][email protected]) > Co-Coordinator, Kremenets Shtetl CO-OP/Jewish Records Indexing-Poland > [2]http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets > Portland, Oregon USA > and > Board Member and Past Coordinator > JewishGen Ukraine Special Interest Group (Ukraine SIG) > > Researching DOCTOR (DIOKHTER), VARER, AVERBAKH, KORENFELD ... all from Kremenet > s, Oleksinets, Yampol, Vishnevets > and KAZDOY (KOSODOY), DUBINSKI, DUBOWSKY ... all from Kiev, Uman, Odessa > > References > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > 2. http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message