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From: Terry Reigel <>
Subject: TMG-L: Extra person after GEDCOM import
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 11:35:03 -0400


Message text written by Afina Broekman:

>After I imported a GEDCOM, there is a person with just a number and a
>citation in the dataset, no name, nothing else. I tried deleting the
>peson, but then get a message: This person is identified with source #1
>(the Gedcom), delete the link first by hand. However, I can't find
>anywhere a link between the person and the source.

This "person" is the creator of the GedCom file. Apparently the name of the
creator was left blank by the program that created the file, so you are
seeing a person with no names.

The person is identified as the "source of the source" in the definition of
source #1, the GedCom file. Lee has told you how to get rid of the person.
If the creator is actually in the file you have, you could substitute the
actual ID number of that person as the source of source #1 if you perfer.

Terry Reigel
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