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From: "Mike Landwehr" <>
Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Data Base Searches
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 19:38:34 -0600
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Ann,

I'm not here to advocate any genealogy program as being better than any
other. Each of us has different needs, and different degrees of interest in
learning computer software. I use The Master Genealogist, and can confirm
that it will allow you to perform just about any kind of a search you could
ever think up, and report the results in a variety of ways. Searches of any
field(s) you specify for any county and/or state (or group of counties
and/or states) is very easy to accomplish with The Master Genealogist. When
I say "easy", I mean it is easy once you learn how to use the program's
reporting system. I am not aware of any limits on the number of individuals
you can handle with this program.

I love the program, but it is a bit daunting when you first begin using it,
because it is so flexible, and you need to decide how you want to use the
program. I certainly don't recommend it for everyone. I wrote a fairly
sophisticated genealogy system for the Apple II in the early 1980's, and
used it exclusively for about 15 years. When I wrote the first version of
my system, there were no commercial genealogy programs available. When I
published a book on my Landwehr line in 1986, more than half of the chapters
in the book were "written" entirely by the computer system. The Master
Genealogist was the first (and only) program I found that did everything
that my own system did (and, of course, a LOT MORE than my system did). I
switched systems in the late 1990's.

There are several very good genealogy programs available today. Family Tree
Maker is very popular. Reunion, with Lanita apparently uses, is, I believe,
a good program. Generally speaking, genealogy programs range from those
that are very easy to learn and use, but do not provide a lot of features,
to those that have a significant learning curve, but are capable of just
about anything you can think of doing. I believe that The Master
Genealogist anchors one end of that spectrum.

Annd, you probably know more about the programs available today than I, but
you asked about programs that are flexible in their searching capability,
and I wanted to make sure that you were aware of The Master Genealogist.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann (Jobe) Brown" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 7:43 AM
Subject: Re: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] pick your brains again


> Lanita,
> I have the very same problem. As many of you know, I have 10 major files
on
> World Connect - and this probably only covers about 70-75% of what I
> actually have entered in my FTM files. Then for these, you probably have
to
> take away another 5-10% that doesn't show in the actual file due to being
> filtered by the the 'clean filter' to protect privacy.
>
> But I do have to say for the 60-70% that I do have on World Connect - you
> just can't beat their search engines where you can put in states,
counties,
> etc. It makes you wonder why FTM or one of the many other genealogy
> software programs don't come up with something similiar. I also have the
> same problem when say I'm given the name of Elizabeth Jobe and I know Jobe
> is her married name and she is somewhere in my file under her maiden name.
> In this situation, I just go to my 2 major Jobe files and check there
(using
> advanced search within my own file) for an Elizabeth married to a Jobe and
> enter any other identifying information. It does work!
>
> If anyone has a better solution or know of a software that allows us to
> search by state/county/etc -please don't keep it a secret. And like
Lanita
> says, we're talking masive files that are growing. I have 3 major files
in
> FTM and one is now at 99,000 entries.
>
> By the way, I'm the new list owner of the Job list (without the e) and
would
> love to have anyone else researching the name to come and join us. All
the
> Jobe families from this area of MO-AR used the Job spelling as Isaac for
the
> War of 1812 even has both spellings listed. His children have been found
> with and without the "e".
>
> Ann (Jobe) Brown
>
>
> From: "Lanita Sconce Miller" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 12:07 AM
> Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] pick your brains again
>
>
> > Okay.. it's that time to pick your brains again..
> >
> > Has anyone found a good way to find a particular county and state in
> > your gedcoms?
> >
> > Problem:
> >
> > I see an offer to do lookups in one of the counties and states I need..
> > problem is, between hubby's massive lines, and my massive lines [and
> > several gedcoms because of the sizes of each], I can't remember what
> > family was in that state and county..
> >
> > Anybody got a good solution.. the only thing I can think of is to start
> > a file of some sort.. but need it fast, simple to find, and one with no
> > extra space taken on my desk [it's already crowded enough]..
> >
> > Any ideas??
> >
> > Thanks for any help!
> > Lanita
> >
>
>
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