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From: "William D. Allen Sr." <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Archive Of TMG Filters-some I have used.
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 11:47:17 -0800
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Thanks, that's a good start for me!

WDA

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----- Original Message -----
From: <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: [TMG] Archive Of TMG Filters-some I have used.


> In a message dated 11/30/00 2:55:40 PM Central Standard Time,
> writes:
>
> <<
> Help, help!
>
> Has anyone made available a set of tested TMG filters so we newbies can
use
> a fully functional filter without having to build our own untested
filters?
>
> Hoping for a savior!
> >>
> Sorry, can't be a savior, that has already came to pass, but I can give
you
> some of my favorite filters.
> For possible military service, I use the arbitrary ages of 18 -50 (you
can
> make these higher or lower). So you want all males 18-50 during a certain
> time period. For the Civil War I used: You can use the same filter for
any
> war time. (Except for more modern wars, where you wouldn't need the sex
flag
> filter}
> ANY BIRTH-DATE YEAR < 1844 AND
> ANY BIRTH-DATE YEAR > 1812 AND
> ANY DEATH DATE YEAR >1866 AND {YOU ONLY WANT ALIVE GUYS.}
> SEX FLAG = M END
>
> For possible census candidates: I used 1920 as my sample:
> ANY BIRTH-DATE YEAR <1921 AND
> ANY BIRTH-DATE YEAR> 1821 AND
> ANY DEATH-DATE YEAR> 1921 END
> This gives you everyone under 100 years old, who was still living during
the
> year 1920. You can change the numbers depending on the census year you
are
> using.
>
> I have one marriage book that gives the marriages from 1804-1872. I used
the
> following filter.
> ANY MARRIAGE-DATE YEAR > 1804 AND
> ANY MARRIAGE-DATE YEAR< 1872 AND
> SEX FLAG = M END
> That gave me a pick list of all the men, so that I could use the index
that
> was by male surname.
> Basically, I think out exactly everyone I want to include in my list, and
> then I try to think of how to get that result. Sometimes it's very
logical,
> sometimes it takes a pen and paper to think it through.
>

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