Nancy I do have RM 10. So that 2nd email may be the one I try first.
Thank you Nancy. I am getting the hang of it. The problem for me is I have many people who need sentences defined for different facts that came over from Ancestry. Seems like it will be quite an endeavor to fix them all! Also I have to read the narrative for that person in order to then construct a sentence that makes sense. But, if I donât do this, then the entire ânarrative reportâ feature is really impossible to understand!
Thank you again for your kind assistance,
Mary
@englerm1125 as I understand , you have both RM 9 and RM 10, so defining facts can be done 2 waysâŚ
1st way if the fact is something like the Freedman Bank Record, you will have to do all of those as described above.
2nd way IF there is a similar fact already in RM 9/ RM 10 such as you now have 2 Birth/ 2 Death/ 2 Burial facts or a similar fact such as LIVED instead of LIVING ( or RESIDENCE) or MILITARY vs MILITARY SERVICEâeach of these facts can be bulk CHANGED FOR EVERYONE at one time ( but one fact at a time)âŚ
Using the example of 2 birth facts
1st make sure you BACK-UP YOUR DATABASE!!!
Then go to your FACT LIST UNDER the 3 dots and EDIT the name of the Birth Fact that has no sentence to BIRTH FACT 2â
hit okay and then close out of thatâŚ
Then open TOOLS ( left side of screen)-- UNDER FACT TOOLS click on CHANGE FACT TYPE FOR EVERYONEâ click on that and in the box on the right-- in the first box put the fact you want to GET RID OF --2nd box fact you want TO KEEP-- click on RUN SELECTED TOOL and it should be done
once done, you can go back to the FACT LIST and delete the BIRTH 2 factânote if you try to delete it and it says it is still being used, that means it didnât change all the factsâso donât delete it and post a message here and we will tell you how to fix thatâŚ
Basically when writing a fact sentence, you are just changing the wording in between the <[ ]> and deciding if you want to use <[desc]> and getting the spacing right between the
<[ ]> <[ ]> and or words
so it is real easy to change a basic statement like
[person] was born< [Date]>< [PlaceDetails]>< [Place]>.
to
[person] was listed in the Chicago City Directory < [Date]>< [PlaceDetails]>< [Place]>. <[desc]>. ( remembering to put a check mark in desc --so you can list their occupation also)âŚ