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From: "Bill Kullman" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] name search
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 20:09:49 -0800
References: <5.1.0.14.0.20011101184818.00b0f888@mail.eskimo.com> <02c901c1634d$ce637260$d7b9fea9@MYRNICE>


> "Victoria" wrote:
>
> > I needed to look up an ancestor with the name of "Hervey"...but I
couldn't
> > remember if that was his given or surname. It turned out to be his
middle
> > name, which of course I knew the minute I saw it. But I couldn't figure
> out
> > a good way to look for him in TMG. I finally resorted going back to UFT
> and
> > doing a name search where you type in a name and you have the option of
> > seeing everyone with that name, no matter if it's a first, middle or
last
> > name. Is there such a search available in TMG? I sure couldn't find one.
> >
> > Victoria

that was a very nice feature in UFT/Roots
its a major drawback in TMG...and presents great difficulties on occasion,
especially in medieval times with no surnames... I used to be able to just
put in the search field, "conqueror" and I could find William the Conqueror
in a couple seconds.... not so here. So if I want to fine "Eleanor of
Aquitaine"....I either look for her husband, or have to scroll through 600
Eleanor's to find her. Not a very elegant search program. "Search
for"....only gets you one.. still looking for a better way to find names in
a 30,000 name database.

Anyone with a good fix for this?

bill kullman
on the old oregon trail

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