If I feel my style has not been correct should I start with a new GEDCOM?

Question

I had no idea I was citing sources wrong and now feel I have a lot of profiles I need to correct and feel I should start over.

Comments

Citing sources wrong doesn't matter. Having sources matters.  Just start where you want, improve things, and in a year or two, improve what you already improved.  I rotate through the profiles on my watchlist, editing one or two every day that I haven't looked at in awhile.

Answer 1

Importing a new gedcom will not replace or overwrite your current profiles, as you might think. Instead, it will merely give you the option to merge together the information from both -- and probably create a bigger mess.

Don't worry about citing your sources "wrong". Just continue to improve them...as we all are doing.

Answer 2

Hey Carol,

No worries, reformatting is a very normal thing to do. After importing a GedCom it is rather important to do, as the imports hardly ever give a nicely formatted biography.

If you have added the profiles, you should not 'start' over again, as the profiles are already there. If you compare a new Gedcom you will find matches of the existing profiles.

The way to go is to edit the profiles. If you post a link to the profile(s) (you can add one to your question) we can have a look.