Sorry, I sent this earlier with no subject line. I imported a Gedcom from FTM2014. I had many (over 100) items that were imported as Alt Names. I have made several of them nicknames, some alt spelling both First names and Surnames. Now I am left with 30 that are not connected to any name, person, date or anything. I can only get to them in RootsMagic Explorer. They should be deleted but how? If I double click on one of them to open up the person screen, it opens with no name, no dates, no nothing. Is there anything I can do to eliminate them or will I just have to ignore them? They are not in my list of people, only in the RootsMagic Explorer list. Nancy in Louisiana
They can only be deleted from the person edit screen. As you click on them it opens the person edit screen. Like a Fact it is there until you change it. They are called alternate name in RootsMagic. FTM transfers many of them that RM then puts there for you. One at a time is the only way unless they happen to be the same name. I would double check before leaving the person screen. The person must be deleted from the edit tab on the main screen. Jon P Czarowitz On 5/2/16, nancy wright via <rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Sorry, I sent this earlier with no subject line. > > I imported a Gedcom from FTM2014. I had many (over 100) items that were > imported as Alt Names. I have made several of them nicknames, some alt > spelling both First names and Surnames. Now I am left with 30 that are not > connected to any name, person, date or anything. I can only get to them in > RootsMagic Explorer. They should be deleted but how? If I double click on > one of them to open up the person screen, it opens with no name, no dates, > no nothing. Is there anything I can do to eliminate them or will I just > have > to ignore them? They are not in my list of people, only in the RootsMagic > Explorer list. > > Nancy in Louisiana > > > > =================================== > 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 Cunningham Genealogist since 1987 Retired International Genealogist RootsMagic 7 http://www.rootsmagic.com
In RootsMagic Explorer name list, are they prepended with the + icon? If so, then they are Alternate Names for the person displayed in the Individual Information pane when the name is selected. Do you have Tools>File Options>General>Number to display after name>Record number (RIN) set? When you select one of these names, what number do you see after the name in the Individual Information pane? If the number is not zero, use Alt-R to jump to the primary name for that person. The Indiv Info display probably won't change. One final thought and maybe the most logical explanation is the option in the Sidebar Index to Show alternate names. Is that checked? They are always shown in Explorer but are optionally displayed in Index. Tom On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 5:52 PM, nancy wright via < rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Sorry, I sent this earlier with no subject line. > > I imported a Gedcom from FTM2014. I had many (over 100) items that were > imported as Alt Names. I have made several of them nicknames, some alt > spelling both First names and Surnames. Now I am left with 30 that are not > connected to any name, person, date or anything. I can only get to them in > RootsMagic Explorer. They should be deleted but how? If I double click on > one of them to open up the person screen, it opens with no name, no dates, > no nothing. Is there anything I can do to eliminate them or will I just > have > to ignore them? They are not in my list of people, only in the RootsMagic > Explorer list. > > Nancy in Louisiana > > > > =================================== > 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 >