Hi Lisa, Don't give up on the Research Notes report just yet. I think it will show you some shared facts. I've just started using RootsMagic myself, and I am also experimenting with the Research Notes report. I always run it for a family, not for an individual, and I've observed that the report will show a shared fact on the parents' report if the child is the sharer and the parent is the sharee, but, if I run a report for the child and their spouse, it does not show shared facts where the parent is the sharer and the child the sharee. (Also, note that the family version of the report includes the births of children.) Gina

Alfred, this is a good way to change these fact types. I was think of mostly those you get from merging people together. I don't see a lot of problems and I have stopped improting gedcoms due to all the time it can take to straighten things out. Just not worth the hassle. Jinny Angelis > Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 17:36:05 -0500 > From: adeller@santel.net > To: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com; davenmesa@live.com > Subject: Re: [RMagic] Merging Identical facts > > I forgot to remember that there is a way to do the GEDCOM export and > import from RootsMagic without using a word processor. > > In the database with the duplicate fact types, go to the Lists > Fact > type list and edit the duplicate fact so that it's ABBREVIATION is the > same as the standard fact. That will make the exported GEDCOM use that > abbreviation as the tag and if they are both the same, they are imported > into the same fact, the standard one. > > Sometimes I am a bit slow at remembering things --- :-( > > Alfred > ================ > > David wrote: > > Both Alfred and Tom have the solutions I will use (but hated to hear). > > <grin> > > Every other genealogy program I have used has a means of combining (for > > example) census facts, residence facts etc. etc. RM is the only one > > where you have to manually use a word processor to make RM happy. Guess > > that will be my only out. > > > > I think I will try Alfred's method first (ie the RM Gedcom modification > > approach) and if I have any hair left I will give Tom's a try. > > > > Thank you both for your advice and help. I appreciate it. > > > > Later, > > David in Mesa, Arizona > > > > > > > > > =================================== > 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 ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Iusually add the source info to one of the facts and delete the ''extra' fact. It seems to accompliish the same thing to me. Jinny Angelis > From: davenmesa@live.com > To: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 10:31:54 -0700 > Subject: [RMagic] Merging Identical facts > > > Since the folks at RootsMagic apparently have no real desire to provide us with a means of combining IDENTICAL facts (ie a RM default fact with a identical imported fact) I would like to know if any of you computer wizards know of (or have a program) that will combine a RM4 default fact with a identical customer imported fact. > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > David > > > =================================== > 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 ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I forgot to remember that there is a way to do the GEDCOM export and import from RootsMagic without using a word processor. In the database with the duplicate fact types, go to the Lists > Fact type list and edit the duplicate fact so that it's ABBREVIATION is the same as the standard fact. That will make the exported GEDCOM use that abbreviation as the tag and if they are both the same, they are imported into the same fact, the standard one. Sometimes I am a bit slow at remembering things --- :-( Alfred ================ David wrote: > Both Alfred and Tom have the solutions I will use (but hated to hear). > <grin> > Every other genealogy program I have used has a means of combining (for > example) census facts, residence facts etc. etc. RM is the only one > where you have to manually use a word processor to make RM happy. Guess > that will be my only out. > > I think I will try Alfred's method first (ie the RM Gedcom modification > approach) and if I have any hair left I will give Tom's a try. > > Thank you both for your advice and help. I appreciate it. > > Later, > David in Mesa, Arizona > > >

Fact Types are defined within the FactTypeTable, one record for each type. Apart from the RecordID and Name, truly identical fact types would have all other fields exactly the same, too. So it should be possible to write a SQLite query that would identify such duplicates. However, there will likely be some subtle differences between any pair that look to be the same on the RM screens that the query will deliver negative results. OTOH, you probably know the names of the fact types you want to merge and are willing to ignore minor differences. A merge would involve selecting one fact type as primary and the other fact type to merge into the primary. The merge would merely replace in the EventTable the FactTypeId of those events having the secondary ID with the primary ID. Then, optionally, delete from the FactTypeTable the secondary facttype so it is not reused. On the Edit Person screen, there is a change fact type button, IIRC. That allows you to change the type of one fact at a time. Tom On 2012-06-07, at 3:06 PM, David <davenmesa@live.com> wrote: > Morning Tom, > #3 is the one I am interested in since that is the only one I have > problems with. > > David > > On 6/7/2012 11:09 AM, Tom Holden wrote: >> Do you mean to merge: >> 1. Identical facts for a person? >> 2. Identical facts across multiple persons? >> 3. Identical fact types? >> >> These are very different requirements with very different solutions. >> >> Tom >> >> >> >> On 2012-06-07, at 1:31 PM, David Bryant <davenmesa@live.com> wrote: >> >>> Since the folks at RootsMagic apparently have no real desire to provide us with a means of combining IDENTICAL facts (ie a RM default fact with a identical imported fact) I would like to know if any of you computer wizards know of (or have a program) that will combine a RM4 default fact with a identical customer imported fact. >>> >>> Any help will be greatly appreciated. >>> >>> David >>> >>> >>> =================================== >>> 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 ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> =================================== >> 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 ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > > =================================== > 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 ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Those are caused by multiple links, an error that is correctable from within RM, as you have discovered. I'm not sure they should be called "facts" at all, or perhaps, in this context, what we are really discussing is "events", and that is the term I should have used. Identical events across multiple persons may not even be possible within the database design; I've only given this question a cursory thought but realized that it was not clear enough for my understanding of the problem. Tom On 2012-06-07, at 3:02 PM, Susan Farmer <sfarmer@goldsword.com> wrote: > On 6/7/2012 2:09 PM, Tom Holden wrote: >> Do you mean to merge: >> 1. Identical facts for a person? >> 2. Identical facts across multiple persons? >> 3. Identical fact types? >> > > > I'm not the OP, but 1 (which is, at least how I'm looking at it, the > same as #2. I've got a bunch of folks with multiple births listed. > I've got multiple *sets* of folks that are married twice to the same > person on the same date (and I've learned how to deal with that one, but > .....) > > Susan > > -- > Susan Farmer > sfarmer@goldsword.com > Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College > Division of Science and Math > http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/ > > > =================================== > 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 ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

If the fact(event) is the same but worded differently you could edit the GEDCOM file in a word processor and do a search for the odd name and replace it with the standard one. You could do this before importing the GEDCOM into RootsMagic, or after you discover it in RootsMagic by exporting a GEDCOM and editing it. For example: Roots Magic has a standard fact: "Birth" Suppose that the original program called it "Born" RootsMagic lists a birth fact in it's GEDCOM exoprt as "1 BIRT " The original has it listed as "1 _BORN " Do a search and replace for "1 _BORN " and replace it with "1 BIRT " Save the edited document as plain text with the GED extension and import it into a new RootsMagic database. Alfred ================= David wrote: > Morning Tom, > #3 is the one I am interested in since that is the only one I have > problems with. > > David > > On 6/7/2012 11:09 AM, Tom Holden wrote: > >> Do you mean to merge: >> 1. Identical facts for a person? >> 2. Identical facts across multiple persons? >> 3. Identical fact types? >> >> These are very different requirements with very different solutions. >> >> Tom >> >> >> >> On 2012-06-07, at 1:31 PM, David Bryant <davenmesa@live.com> wrote: >> >> >>> Since the folks at RootsMagic apparently have no real desire to provide us with a means of combining IDENTICAL facts (ie a RM default fact with a identical imported fact) I would like to know if any of you computer wizards know of (or have a program) that will combine a RM4 default fact with a identical customer imported fact. >>> >>> Any help will be greatly appreciated. >>> >>> David >>> >

On 6/7/2012 2:09 PM, Tom Holden wrote: > Do you mean to merge: > 1. Identical facts for a person? > 2. Identical facts across multiple persons? > 3. Identical fact types? > I'm not the OP, but 1 (which is, at least how I'm looking at it, the same as #2. I've got a bunch of folks with multiple births listed. I've got multiple *sets* of folks that are married twice to the same person on the same date (and I've learned how to deal with that one, but .....) Susan -- Susan Farmer sfarmer@goldsword.com Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Division of Science and Math http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/

Give the iMac a chance. I was a PC user for decades also, and made the switch to a Mac 6 or 7 years ago. It was a remarkably smooth transition, even for a guy like me who HAS to tinker under the hood. I won't go back to Windows. On 6/7/12 7:51 AM, John Porter wrote: > Thanks for the help I been using PC's for years when s goof friend sold me > on an iMac - So fat so good! > > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Michael Reich<mareich_gen@wideopenwest.com >> wrote: >> If her son opts for a virtual machine (Fusion), which requires having a >> Windows installation disk, there's a free option: VirtualBox from Oracle >> (https://www.virtualbox.org/). My suggestion for Crossover Mac was >> primarily because it does not require a Windows installation disk. In >> overly simple terms, Crossover emulates Windows so you can install >> Windows applications. I have also used Fusion and it works well, but >> not any better than VirtualBox. >> >> On 5/29/12 6:08 PM, Don Strack wrote: >>> Try VM Fusion. It costs $49.99, and works VERY well. I tried >>> Parallels, but VM Fusion was a lot easier to use. Your son would also >>> need a legal copy of Windows to install on the Windows virtual >>> computer that is created inside his Mac. >>> >>> http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/overview.html >>> >>> I sold my iMac when the hard drive crashed, and I was unable to simply >>> open the box and replace it myself. Otherwise I'd still be using it. >>> >>> Don Strack >>> >>> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 4:23 PM, M. A. Beldin<mabeldin@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>> Okay, I probably already know the answer to this, but how can I share >> my RM >>>> data with my son who has a Mac? >>>> >>>> He saw a couple of the Who Do You Think You Are? episodes and has gotten >>>> excited about learning his family history and wants to work on my >> husband's >>>> lines. But, I can't send him my data other than hard copy, is that >> correct? >>> >>> =================================== >>> 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 >> ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> =================================== >> 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 >> ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >

Do you mean to merge: 1. Identical facts for a person? 2. Identical facts across multiple persons? 3. Identical fact types? These are very different requirements with very different solutions. Tom On 2012-06-07, at 1:31 PM, David Bryant <davenmesa@live.com> wrote: > > Since the folks at RootsMagic apparently have no real desire to provide us with a means of combining IDENTICAL facts (ie a RM default fact with a identical imported fact) I would like to know if any of you computer wizards know of (or have a program) that will combine a RM4 default fact with a identical customer imported fact. > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > David > > > =================================== > 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 ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Both Alfred and Tom have the solutions I will use (but hated to hear). <grin> Every other genealogy program I have used has a means of combining (for example) census facts, residence facts etc. etc. RM is the only one where you have to manually use a word processor to make RM happy. Guess that will be my only out. I think I will try Alfred's method first (ie the RM Gedcom modification approach) and if I have any hair left I will give Tom's a try. Thank you both for your advice and help. I appreciate it. Later, David in Mesa, Arizona On 6/7/2012 1:09 PM, Alfred wrote: > If the fact(event) is the same but worded differently you could edit the > GEDCOM file in a word processor and do a search for the odd name and > replace it with the standard one. > > You could do this before importing the GEDCOM into RootsMagic, or after > you discover it in RootsMagic by exporting a GEDCOM and editing it. > > For example: > Roots Magic has a standard fact: "Birth" > Suppose that the original program called it "Born" > > RootsMagic lists a birth fact in it's GEDCOM exoprt as "1 BIRT " > > The original has it listed as "1 _BORN " > > Do a search and replace for "1 _BORN " and replace it with "1 BIRT " > Save the edited document as plain text with the GED extension and import > it into a new RootsMagic database. > > Alfred > ================= > > David wrote: >> Morning Tom, >> #3 is the one I am interested in since that is the only one I have >> problems with. >> >> David >> >> On 6/7/2012 11:09 AM, Tom Holden wrote: >> >>> Do you mean to merge: >>> 1. Identical facts for a person? >>> 2. Identical facts across multiple persons? >>> 3. Identical fact types? >>> >>> These are very different requirements with very different solutions. >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> >>> >>> On 2012-06-07, at 1:31 PM, David Bryant <davenmesa@live.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Since the folks at RootsMagic apparently have no real desire to provide us with a means of combining IDENTICAL facts (ie a RM default fact with a identical imported fact) I would like to know if any of you computer wizards know of (or have a program) that will combine a RM4 default fact with a identical customer imported fact. >>>> >>>> Any help will be greatly appreciated. >>>> >>>> David >>>> >> > > > =================================== > 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 ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Morning Tom, #3 is the one I am interested in since that is the only one I have problems with. David On 6/7/2012 11:09 AM, Tom Holden wrote: > Do you mean to merge: > 1. Identical facts for a person? > 2. Identical facts across multiple persons? > 3. Identical fact types? > > These are very different requirements with very different solutions. > > Tom > > > > On 2012-06-07, at 1:31 PM, David Bryant <davenmesa@live.com> wrote: > >> Since the folks at RootsMagic apparently have no real desire to provide us with a means of combining IDENTICAL facts (ie a RM default fact with a identical imported fact) I would like to know if any of you computer wizards know of (or have a program) that will combine a RM4 default fact with a identical customer imported fact. >> >> Any help will be greatly appreciated. >> >> David >> >> >> =================================== >> 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 ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > =================================== > 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 ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Since the folks at RootsMagic apparently have no real desire to provide us with a means of combining IDENTICAL facts (ie a RM default fact with a identical imported fact) I would like to know if any of you computer wizards know of (or have a program) that will combine a RM4 default fact with a identical customer imported fact. Any help will be greatly appreciated. David

John RootsMagic has a Webinar on this subject. go to *http:// www.rootsmagic.com/webinars *Jon P Czarowitz* ******************* On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 7:51 AM, John Porter <jkporter56@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the help I been using PC's for years when s goof friend sold me > on an iMac - So fat so good! > > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Michael Reich < > mareich_gen@wideopenwest.com > > wrote: > > > If her son opts for a virtual machine (Fusion), which requires having a > > Windows installation disk, there's a free option: VirtualBox from Oracle > > (https://www.virtualbox.org/). My suggestion for Crossover Mac was > > primarily because it does not require a Windows installation disk. In > > overly simple terms, Crossover emulates Windows so you can install > > Windows applications. I have also used Fusion and it works well, but > > not any better than VirtualBox. > > > > On 5/29/12 6:08 PM, Don Strack wrote: > > > Try VM Fusion. It costs $49.99, and works VERY well. I tried > > > Parallels, but VM Fusion was a lot easier to use. Your son would also > > > need a legal copy of Windows to install on the Windows virtual > > > computer that is created inside his Mac. > > > > > > http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/overview.html > > > > > > I sold my iMac when the hard drive crashed, and I was unable to simply > > > open the box and replace it myself. Otherwise I'd still be using it. > > > > > > Don Strack > > > > > > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 4:23 PM, M. A. Beldin<mabeldin@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > >> Okay, I probably already know the answer to this, but how can I share > > my RM > > >> data with my son who has a Mac? > > >> > > >> He saw a couple of the Who Do You Think You Are? episodes and has > gotten > > >> excited about learning his family history and wants to work on my > > husband's > > >> lines. But, I can't send him my data other than hard copy, is that > > correct? > > > > > > > > > =================================== > > > 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 > > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > =================================== > > 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 > > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > *Because HE did I can! > > John Porter > * > > > =================================== > 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 > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com 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 International Genealogist for http://www.clancunninghamintl.org RootsMagic 4 http://www.rootsmagic.com CUNNINGHAMS TOGETHER - CUNNINGHAMS WORLDWIDE!

Listers, I thought the shared event was a great addition to RM when I first saw it. Then I spend one day changing all my census events to shared events for two or three people. When I printed out a family group sheet for someone who needed the info (I actually printed a pdf so I could send it by email), I saw that the shared events printed in a way that I did not even recognize even though I had entered all the info myself. For the censuses, instead of showing the word Census, it showed "Daughter" or "Wife" or whatever family postion the person held in the family. Needless to say, I was disappointed. Plus, I could not create a profile for each person from the census facts as I had done in the past. The only person's notes to show up are those of the principal's. So have to rethink how I use the shared fact. I like the way the shared fact shows who is attached to that source but do not like how it prints. I like being able to attach a picture of the source (e.g., census) to only one person and have it show up in every one else's Edit Person screen. So, there are some plusses to the shared fact; I am sort of thinking of using both the shared fact AND the individual fact because most of the time I do not print out my information, I share it digitally or use it digitally myself. Digitally it does not take up that much space and gives me a bit more information at my fingertips. Now, if we could only turn off the shared fact when printing reports, that would be helpful. In the meantime, I now have to go back and re-add all the census info to those 3 people that I deleted it from. Should have paid more attention to how the fact worked before I spent the whole day changing it, sigh! Margie in Washington State

Thanks for the help I been using PC's for years when s goof friend sold me on an iMac - So fat so good! On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Michael Reich <mareich_gen@wideopenwest.com > wrote: > If her son opts for a virtual machine (Fusion), which requires having a > Windows installation disk, there's a free option: VirtualBox from Oracle > (https://www.virtualbox.org/). My suggestion for Crossover Mac was > primarily because it does not require a Windows installation disk. In > overly simple terms, Crossover emulates Windows so you can install > Windows applications. I have also used Fusion and it works well, but > not any better than VirtualBox. > > On 5/29/12 6:08 PM, Don Strack wrote: > > Try VM Fusion. It costs $49.99, and works VERY well. I tried > > Parallels, but VM Fusion was a lot easier to use. Your son would also > > need a legal copy of Windows to install on the Windows virtual > > computer that is created inside his Mac. > > > > http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/overview.html > > > > I sold my iMac when the hard drive crashed, and I was unable to simply > > open the box and replace it myself. Otherwise I'd still be using it. > > > > Don Strack > > > > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 4:23 PM, M. A. Beldin<mabeldin@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Okay, I probably already know the answer to this, but how can I share > my RM > >> data with my son who has a Mac? > >> > >> He saw a couple of the Who Do You Think You Are? episodes and has gotten > >> excited about learning his family history and wants to work on my > husband's > >> lines. But, I can't send him my data other than hard copy, is that > correct? > > > > > > =================================== > > 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 > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > =================================== > 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 > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- *Because HE did I can! John Porter *

Lisa yes. There is more information on the forum and it stays there. There is also "Tip and Helps", Discussion, Issues and Wish list sections. You can look at it before joining for free. Go to the website and Click on Community and then message boards it will take you to the forum. There is a lot of information from version 4 and 5, which for many of us, 5 is an upgrade to 4. There are search buttons/fields. Some of us on here are also on the Forum. I quit this email list when the forum became available to us and re joined here about a year ago. Same questions or request seem to come up many times on both of them. A good place to learn and find answers. Nettie's Genbits Annette DeCourcy Towler -----Original Message----- From: rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lisa Gorrell Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 5:41 PM To: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RMagic] Research Reports Annette, Thank you for your comments. Is the Forum different from this rootsweb mail list? Lisa On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Genbits <genbits@charter.net> wrote: > Shared events do not move into a gedcom to another software. Also > many reports may not show shared events like you would like. I am one > of them that do not use shared events, because of the issues with reports etc... > Join the Forum [free] and there are more topics on this subject. > > Nettie's Genbits > Annette DeCourcy Towler > Researcher for 20 years with RM and FO -----Original Message----- > From: rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lisa > Gorrell > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 9:50 AM > To: ROOTSMAGIC-USERS@rootsweb.com > Subject: [RMagic] Research Reports > > I am a relatively new convert from another genealogy program. I have > been converting my general notes into events, adding sources, and > making comments about the sources. When I print out the Research > Report (Research > Report>Research Notes), I do not see any of the events that are "shared". > Is this correct? Should I stop "sharing" events? Can anyone tell me > any other reasons not to "share" events? > > Thank you. > > Lisa Gorrell > Martinez, CA > > > =================================== > 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 > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > =================================== > 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 > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > =================================== 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 ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I second that. I started using them for a few weeks, but was not happy with how they showed on reports. I also noticed they didn't move into a gedcom. I publish my tree on WorldConnect and, since it didn't go on the gedcom, it didn't show on the website for the "shared" people. I decided to just add the individual facts separately to each person I wanted it to be on - i.e. census facts. It's easy to copy/paste the notes, now if only you could just copy/paste the entire fact with notes and sources it would be really simple! Cheri Zuber http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~zuber/ -----Original Message----- From: rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Genbits Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 12:11 PM To: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RMagic] Research Reports Shared events do not move into a gedcom to another software. Also many reports may not show shared events like you would like. I am one of them that do not use shared events, because of the issues with reports etc... Join the Forum [free] and there are more topics on this subject. Nettie's Genbits Annette DeCourcy Towler Researcher for 20 years with RM and FO -----Original Message----- From: rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lisa Gorrell Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 9:50 AM To: ROOTSMAGIC-USERS@rootsweb.com Subject: [RMagic] Research Reports I am a relatively new convert from another genealogy program. I have been converting my general notes into events, adding sources, and making comments about the sources. When I print out the Research Report (Research Report>Research Notes), I do not see any of the events that are "shared". Is this correct? Should I stop "sharing" events? Can anyone tell me any other reasons not to "share" events? Thank you. Lisa Gorrell Martinez, CA =================================== 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 ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message =================================== 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 ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Annette, Thank you for your comments. Is the Forum different from this rootsweb mail list? Lisa On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Genbits <genbits@charter.net> wrote: > Shared events do not move into a gedcom to another software. Also many > reports may not show shared events like you would like. I am one of them > that do not use shared events, because of the issues with reports etc... > Join the Forum [free] and there are more topics on this subject. > > Nettie's Genbits > Annette DeCourcy Towler > Researcher for 20 years with RM and FO > -----Original Message----- > From: rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lisa Gorrell > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 9:50 AM > To: ROOTSMAGIC-USERS@rootsweb.com > Subject: [RMagic] Research Reports > > I am a relatively new convert from another genealogy program. I have been > converting my general notes into events, adding sources, and making > comments > about the sources. When I print out the Research Report (Research > Report>Research Notes), I do not see any of the events that are "shared". > Is this correct? Should I stop "sharing" events? Can anyone tell me any > other reasons not to "share" events? > > Thank you. > > Lisa Gorrell > Martinez, CA > > > =================================== > 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 > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > =================================== > 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 > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Shared events do not move into a gedcom to another software. Also many reports may not show shared events like you would like. I am one of them that do not use shared events, because of the issues with reports etc... Join the Forum [free] and there are more topics on this subject. Nettie's Genbits Annette DeCourcy Towler Researcher for 20 years with RM and FO -----Original Message----- From: rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lisa Gorrell Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 9:50 AM To: ROOTSMAGIC-USERS@rootsweb.com Subject: [RMagic] Research Reports I am a relatively new convert from another genealogy program. I have been converting my general notes into events, adding sources, and making comments about the sources. When I print out the Research Report (Research Report>Research Notes), I do not see any of the events that are "shared". Is this correct? Should I stop "sharing" events? Can anyone tell me any other reasons not to "share" events? Thank you. Lisa Gorrell Martinez, CA =================================== 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 ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message