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Adrian;

Thank you. Your suggestion worked perfectly!

Thanks, Adrian. In this case, I'm preparing to start a "REDO" of my database. The Repositories are not yet connected to anything, so If the plug-in can clone Repositories it should work fine. I wasn't aware that it considered a Repository to be just another record. I'll give it a try and post to say...

The Source Splitter plug-in was the first thing I tried, but it didn't quite do what I needed. As I became a bit more familiar with how FH7 was intended to work, I decided to re-enter my data from scratch, and do so as a Splitter, in order to take advantage of more features. After I posted about fla...

I'm setting up repositories in new project and some repositories have similar content to the extent that it would be very handy to be able to duplicate them and change the relevant details. I've looked in the Forums, the Knowledge Base and the Help files, as well as trying various things on a test d...

Lorna;

Clicking on the Home toolbar button takes one to the "root" person.
For me, this is quite useful and why I thought he'd have to change the "root" depending upon which group of people is being worked on.

I'm still in the process of switching from a Lumper in RM9 to a Splitter in FH7. But here's how I plan to do it, if it is of use to anyone... I ended up importing a copy of the best I could get out of RM9 and then removing all sources and repositories from within FH7. That left me with essentially j...

You have a rather complex tree then, "KFN".
Unfortunately; most genealogy programs aren't really set up to handle that type of situation very well.
They expect to have one person they call the "root".
Guess you'll need to keep switching the designated "root" to accomplish what you want to do.

Nick and Lorna; I think you both understood what I was trying to do and have answered my question. Thank you. I am planning to flag all the existing facts and let AS replace them as I work through the process of re-entering my records. Based on what you both have said; AS always sees records no matt...

"KFN"; We speak about our family as a "tree". A "tree" begins at it root, a single point, and "branches out" as it grows. The "root person" of the "tree" in FH7 is the single person from which all others appear to "branch out". If you shared the tree with someone else, your "root" is still the same,...

I'm not sure what you mean by "setting it as root in FH7 would be a permanent fix". Mike; Given that FH7 did not automatically set the first person in the tree as root upon database import, I wasn't sure that it would export that person as root if I set it from within FH7. If once it's imported and...

In the case of a direct import the Record ID is maintained and does not automatically get set as the root person.
That was my case and I wasn't sure if setting it as root in FH7 would be a permanent fix, so I renumbered it.
Works fine and no harm done. That said; I'd only do it prior to a REDO.

Lorna;

I didn't try to experiment extensively with AS regarding this, because there are SO many switches in AS that seem like they could affect what happens.
You, on the other hand, are quite familiar with how AS works. So; you know when the setup of AS could affect the behaviour.

Teresa; While it's possible to do it at any time, it can be risky under some circumstances. That is why I tried it prior to a complete re-entry of my data. I have removed all images, sources etc. The risk of spin-off effects are reduced in my case. If it's done any other time, make really sure you h...

I'm hoping to use AS as a way to replace the pre-exiting facts of an imported database. (The database has already been purged of all sources and repositories, but the Individuals+Facts and the Places remain). I'd like to flag the pre-existing facts, so I can see which are left to do, or possibly jus...

Lorna; I knew about the "set root" option. Having the root person as ID #1 ensures that this happens by default. And; I assume that an export with the root as ID #1 would carry this behaviour forward to another system, if I send the data to someone. It's just something I figured I'd do now, as I cer...

Thank you, Mike.
That worked.

I've made the decision to perform an almost complete redo my database, instead of using the RM9 imported version. I have taken a copy of the imported data and removed all but the individuals, addresses and places. Because the individuals are untouched, the bare-bones facts are also still present. I'...

Adrian; I think you will find that Shown Mills shows examples of year-range being used in some of her examples of citing city directories. One tends to have references to several years worth of those as one traces a persons residence. So, yes, the "Source List" or "Bibliography" does use simple rang...

"strathglass"; While you can do a lot of cleanup in FH7 after import, I'd advise taking a look at the issues people have noted and try to revise your records (to the extent possible) in RootsMagic before importing to FH7. The reason is simple; at this point you're still more familiar with RM and mor...

Nick; Don't worry about it. Postings are a terrible way to communicate and one can't use enough words to avoid miscommunication of ones intent to some extent. When I send comments to anyone, it is always done in the sincere belief that even seemingly silly questions and oddball requests may lead to ...

Nick; Transcribing my sources, as I noted recently, is important to me . That is one reason I'm being careful about adopting the first approach I try. However; it appears that AS may not allow me do it in the way that I prefer to work. I'm not interested in how quickly I can enter data, but more in ...

"thestarsatnight"; Welcome from another RootsMagic "refugee"! I imported from RM9 to FH7 and I'm finding that while one can function in FH7 using the "as-imported" database, one cannot really take advantage of all the handy features of FH7 by doing that. The design of RootsMagic, especially in RM8-9...

Mike; I didn't upload an image for two reasons. One is that they are explicitly copyright protected and the other is that they tend to be too large and don't reduce well. While I was thinking about what Nick said, I explored using auto-text directly in source-notes and found that the printed results...

Nick; I put all the census columns in the table, because I use the table as a complete transcription of the record, rather than just an extraction of some of the contained data. In the case of French BMD-like records, I likely won't use the auto-text feature at all. For those, I usually write out a ...

Large companies seem to grow by buying up, or possibly pirating, others data. That really bothers me. So; I tend to "vote with my feet" when it comes to companies like Ancestry, who are more about making money than true genealogical research. Much of what is on Ancestry is actually on other free sit...