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From: "myrnice" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] name search
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 23:15:22 -0500
References: <5.1.0.14.0.20011101184818.00b0f888@mail.eskimo.com> <02c901c1634d$ce637260$d7b9fea9@MYRNICE> <002a01c16354$38a19200$11c3fea9@oemcomputer>


Bill

See my reply to Victoria.

Myrnice

"Bill Kullman" wrote:

>
> > "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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