I congratulate you in finding them. Jon On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 3:40 PM, Pat McGrath via < [email protected]> wrote: > Well, must admit how dumb I am !!!! Just figured out how I shot myself in > the foot! On the report screen I had unchecked the CITATION box because > earlier I had wanted a list of all the sources without that detail and had > NOT TURNED CITATION DETAILS back on ....... > > ..... must be brain frozen with all the snow over the past 30 days in > central Mass!!!!! At least it was a major brain cramp and I don't have to > had lost 8-10 hours of work on my database!!!! > ..... YES, go ahead and laugh!!! > > Thanks folks! > Pat > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Pat McGrath via > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 4:22 PM > To: 'Tom Holden' > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [RMagic] Sources - deleting a source > > I knew I would have to edit each source and put all the proper info into > the various fields ... but my sources, mostly, were so sadly BASIC that would > make a difference so I might just as well have the template ones instead (I > figured)! I certainly did not think if I had a 'birth certain place' that > was the source for 100 folks creating a 'birth certain place' using the > template THEN merging them would make the connection to the 100 people > disappear!!!!! NOW I don't dare touch anything! > > > > Pat > > > > From: Tom Holden [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 4:19 PM > To: Pat McGrath > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [RMagic] Sources - deleting a source > > > > If you try to merge Free Form sources with sources based on a template, > you are out of luck. If you try to merge sources based on different > templates, your odds are only slightly better. The source into which > another source is to be merged must have all the desired field names from > the latter in its definition else their values will be invisible. There are > so many pitfalls with source templates that I think it is best to use them > only as a guide to what information should be contained in the Free Form > sentences. > > > > Tom > > > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Pat McGrath <[email protected]> wrote: > > No idea if knowing what I was doing might help - just submitted this to > tech support as I don't dare continue with anything! > > > > Last night I had no problem creating reports for each source in the source > list to show people, families or fact types that were using a given source; > even printed a few out. TODAY no matter what source I select the report is > blank except for the heading !!!! I have spent HOURS creating new sources > with the correct formats and merging the new one with an old one because my > old ones transferred in free-form..... > > > > I was certainly ASSUMING my connections would be there, no reason not to, > and then I could clean up each relationship separately! Sources have never > been my strong point so this attempt to do them 'correctly' is off to a > very bad start! (Yes, those of you who know me are laughing!!) Anyway, > TODAY no lists to work from !!!! > > > > Pat > > > > From: Tom Holden [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 3:23 PM > To: Pat McGrath; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [RMagic] Sources - deleting a source > > > > Sounds distressing. Have you tried to see if File > Database Tools run > from top to bottom makes any difference. If not, you will likely have to > restore from a backup and redo some work. The questions remain: what > happened and will it happen again? > > > > Tom > > > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 2:26 PM, Pat McGrath via < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Well, it appears that NONE of my sources are now showing the people, > families or facts that are using that source! They were last evening as I > have a FEW of the printed reports sitting beside me!!!! > > HELP > Pat > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pat McGrath > via > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 2:06 PM > To: 'RootsMagic Users List ' > Subject: [RMagic] Sources - deleting a source > > Hi: > > Working on cleaning up some of my sources .. I seem to have several, all of > a sudden, that don't show them being used anywhere by anyone when I do a > print/generate report. However, when I try to delete the source I get the > message that there ARE people, families or facts using it . do I really > want > to delete it???? > > > > Is this a bug or am I safe deleting the source???? > > 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 > > > > =================================== > 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 > > > > > > > > =================================== > 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 > > > > > =================================== > 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!