Well, I'm back to square one. unchecking "update links on save" may have prevented some of the unwanted hyperlinks, but it also prevented all pictures and diagrams from loading. I rechecked it and have the same hyperlink problem in that they look OK until saved; after which they all reappear.

I've renamed the master URL http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~la...ierfamily2.htm thinking I had fixed it. No such luck.