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Re: Splitting lumped Generic or Templated sources by plugin

Posted: 16 Feb 2022 17:27
by Stevel05
Thanks for the plugin. It allowed me to finally sort out my sources.

My gedcom file is probably 20+ years old and has been in and out of a variety of software over those years. I did have to disable the RootsMagic additional fields check. Who knows what additional fields have been added with any of the previous software, On the basis that I have been tidying the sources, and all the information I wanted was in the right place on FH, anything that might have been lost is not a problem. In fact it probably trimmed out what was not needed.

Thanks again for your hard work putting this together.

Re: Splitting lumped Generic or Templated sources by plugin

Posted: 16 Feb 2022 18:38
by tatewise
Stevel05, to find unusual fields that may have been added over the years I suggest you perform some checks:
  1. Run the File > Validate... command. Although that should have run automatically on importing from RM.
  2. Run the UDF List plugin as explained in the FHUG Knowledge Base advice for Handling Uncategorised Data Fields.
  3. If you have odd Date fields see FHUG KB Fixing Dates and Date Phrases.
  4. Review the results from the FHUG KB Check Project Statistics & Exceptions advice.

Re: Splitting lumped Generic or Templated sources by plugin

Posted: 16 Feb 2022 20:06
by Stevel05
Thanks Mike,

Yes there were a few, 50% empty. All tidied now.

Steve