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