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From: "Jones" <>
Subject: Re: [UFT-L] Mailing list
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 12:21:56 -0600


Dick,
Thanks for your help. The only problem with this is I want more than
descendants. My aunt is having her 90th birthday in Feb and I need cousins,
neices and nephews, etc. too. Any other suggestions as to how to get these?
Peg
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Cleaveland <>
To: <>
Date: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: [UFT-L] Mailing list

>At 09:28 AM 1/5/1999 -0600, you wrote:
>>I'm trying to get a list of addresses from my database. I'm being dense
with
>>this grouping thing and need some help. I have multiple family lines and
>>only want living people from one line. How can I only pick only that line
>>and make sure I have everyone? I have read the manual but seem to be
missing
>>something.
>
>I assume by "one line" you mean descendants of one person, and you want a
>grouping of those descendants who are still living (why would you want the
>addresses of those who were not living, is what I figured).
>
>First, put that person in the individual record edit window.
>
>Then select search - individuals - relationship. On that screen pick the
>option "descendants only" and "replace the list with those found". Click
>on "search". You should see a list of those people appear. hit escape to
>close that list window and then close the search window.
>
>Next select search - individuals - vitals. On that screen select the
>options "living" and "replace the list with those found". Click on search.
>you should get a list of all persons in your data base who have the living
>code set to "Y".
>
>Back out of those windows and select search - grouping. Select the
>individual search "names" and "replace the list with those found". Click on
>"Search". Note: this doesn't really search, it just uses that
>previously-formed list. Now your grouping list is a copy of the first
>search you did - descendants of that individual you picked.
>
>Now in that same window, select the options "vital statistics" and "Keep if
>in selected list and grouping". Click on search, and you should have in
>the grouping list all descendants of that person who are still living.
>Click on "history" to see how you went about forming the group.
>
>However, you said "How can I only pick only that line and make sure I have
>everyone?" I really can't tell you how to be *sure* you have everyone you
>want other than by looking at the list of people that comes up. If you
>have made mistakes in the "living" code they will be reflected in the
results.
>
>If this doesn't solve your problem for you, let us know in a little more
>detail and we'll try to help further.
>
>Dick
>====================================================
>Richard G. Cleaveland:
>Personal genealogy at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/cleav
>Roots Users Group of Arlington, VA homepage at http://www.genealogy.org/ru

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