A very basic question - what name to use for people who changed their names (whether by marriage or other) I like the format Jane name1/name2/name3 (using "/" as dividers) but this plays havoc with searches for "last name" etc JOHN B PS: I also have probs with e.g. Charles Smith Jones where "Smith Jones" is the family name

Is there any way of identifying duplicate records e.g. on specified fields? I think I may have several sequences of records that are identical e.g. 400-450 and 600-650, but I don't know where each sequence starts. I also have some triplicates! I have done a List printout. (Is there any way I can get this in a Word file so I can edit it before printing?) I'd also like to check if e.g. records 50-60 are EXACTLY the same as 550-560. Thanks for any advice! (Total files is about 5000 records) JOHN BIBBY

Is there a way I can flag all records for which the source contains the string "S1"? JOHN

John, When create a numeric report and include enough of the fields to help you spot dup and export it to a txt file and import into Excel and sort it to your heart desire to identify dup & triplicates. Eliminate them and run the report again. Jim -----Original Message----- From: bk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Bibby Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 6:20 AM To: BK@rootsweb.com Subject: [BK] How to identify duplicates? Is there any way of identifying duplicate records e.g. on specified fields? I think I may have several sequences of records that are identical e.g. 400-450 and 600-650, but I don't know where each sequence starts. I also have some triplicates! I have done a List printout. (Is there any way I can get this in a Word file so I can edit it before printing?) I'd also like to check if e.g. records 50-60 are EXACTLY the same as 550-560. Thanks for any advice! (Total files is about 5000 records) JOHN BIBBY ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:37:51 +0100, John Bibby <johnbibbyjohnbibby@gmail.com> wrote: >I have about 8 files from different sources that I wish to merge - say F1, >F2, F3 etc are being merged into file FF > >I realise this is extremely hazardous! > >I expect there to be about 50 duplicates in FF, out of a total of some >2000. > >I would like to be able to flag each record in FF, so that I know which of >F1, F2 .... file each record comes from. > >Advice please on how to do this. Make separate database and use "Ref Number" to endify each person in each database. Then you can merge or use the new facilty to compare databases -- Otto Jørgensen http://www.bkwin.info/ All email is checked by NORTON

I have about 8 files from different sources that I wish to merge - say F1, F2, F3 etc are being merged into file FF I realise this is extremely hazardous! I expect there to be about 50 duplicates in FF, out of a total of some 2000. I would like to be able to flag each record in FF, so that I know which of F1, F2 .... file each record comes from. Advice please on how to do this. Thanks JOHN BIBBY

On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:11:49 -0400, Geoffrey Wilson <glw4@psu.edu> wrote: >My wife, who died six months ago, was using BK5g >under Windows XP. I took her data base on a >flash drive to her cousin , but BK5g won't run >under Windows 7 64 bit. I tried it on a friends >machine running uder Vista, and it works there, >but I suspect it was the 32 bit version. I >don't know what I should tell her cousin what to do. > As there are no development on BK5 everybody should convert to BK6 if they have XP or never version of MS. You can convert the database from BK5 to BK6 by the use of BK6. You should hvowever use the Windows version of BK5 when converting -- Otto Jørgensen http://www.bkwin.info/ All email is checked by NORTON

On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:13:34 -0500, "Janice Meredith" <janicemeredith@cox.net> wrote: >I have a new laptop and the guy who will help me get it set up said I should >ask if BK runs under Windows 7 64 bit version. Thanks for helping with this >question. there is NO PROBLEM as it has been mention here at the list and at the webpage of JOHN. Do install the program as Normal but be sure NOT to put your database under C:/programfiles/ -- Otto Jørgensen http://www.bkwin.info/ All email is checked by NORTON

Hi Download the latest version and then convert the data files from BK5 to BK6 format. Make a copy before you do the conversion, just in case. George -----Original Message----- From: bk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Wilson Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 12:12 PM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BK] QUESTION My wife, who died six months ago, was using BK5g under Windows XP. I took her data base on a flash drive to her cousin , but BK5g won't run under Windows 7 64 bit. I tried it on a friends machine running uder Vista, and it works there, but I suspect it was the 32 bit version. I don't know what I should tell her cousin what to do. At 10:39 AM 10/12/2011, Otto Jørgensen wrote: >On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:13:34 -0500, "Janice Meredith" ><janicemeredith@cox.net> wrote: > > >I have a new laptop and the guy who will help me get it set up said I > >should ask if BK runs under Windows 7 64 bit version. Thanks for > >helping with this question. > >there is NO PROBLEM as it has been mention here at the list and at the >webpage of JOHN. > >Do install the program as Normal but be sure NOT to put your database >under C:/programfiles/ >-- >Otto Jørgensen >http://www.bkwin.info/ >All email is checked by NORTON > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an >email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word >'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi It will run just fine. Be sure you do not put your data files with the program files. Use a separate folder, such as c:\anyname. Regards George -----Original Message----- From: bk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Janice Meredith Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 10:14 AM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: [BK] QUESTION I have a new laptop and the guy who will help me get it set up said I should ask if BK runs under Windows 7 64 bit version. Thanks for helping with this question. Janice Meredith ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Copy the database into a temp file. Load in the latest BK6. Run the 'Convert BK5 Data' function. Jack in SW Ohio On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Frances LaChance < frances.lachance@sympatico.ca> wrote: > Try upgrading to BK6 and I believe it should work. > > Fran > > > > On 12/10/2011 12:11 PM, Geoffrey Wilson wrote: > > My wife, who died six months ago, was using BK5g > > under Windows XP. I took her data base on a > > flash drive to her cousin , but BK5g won't run > > under Windows 7 64 bit. I tried it on a friends > > machine running uder Vista, and it works there, > > but I suspect it was the 32 bit version. I > > don't know what I should tell her cousin what to do. > > > >> On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:13:34 -0500, "Janice Meredith" > >> <janicemeredith@cox.net> wrote: > >> > >>> I have a new laptop and the guy who will help me get it set up said I > should > >>> ask if BK runs under Windows 7 64 bit version. Thanks for helping with > this > >>> question. > >> there is NO PROBLEM as it has been mention here at the list and at the > >> webpage of JOHN. > >> > >> Do install the program as Normal but be sure NOT to put your database > >> under C:/programfiles/ > >> -- > >> Otto Jørgensen > >> http://www.bkwin.info/ > >> All email is checked by NORTON > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an > >> email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word > >> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >

Try upgrading to BK6 and I believe it should work. Fran On 12/10/2011 12:11 PM, Geoffrey Wilson wrote: > My wife, who died six months ago, was using BK5g > under Windows XP. I took her data base on a > flash drive to her cousin , but BK5g won't run > under Windows 7 64 bit. I tried it on a friends > machine running uder Vista, and it works there, > but I suspect it was the 32 bit version. I > don't know what I should tell her cousin what to do. > >> On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:13:34 -0500, "Janice Meredith" >> <janicemeredith@cox.net> wrote: >> >>> I have a new laptop and the guy who will help me get it set up said I should >>> ask if BK runs under Windows 7 64 bit version. Thanks for helping with this >>> question. >> there is NO PROBLEM as it has been mention here at the list and at the >> webpage of JOHN. >> >> Do install the program as Normal but be sure NOT to put your database >> under C:/programfiles/ >> -- >> Otto Jørgensen >> http://www.bkwin.info/ >> All email is checked by NORTON >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an >> email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

My wife, who died six months ago, was using BK5g under Windows XP. I took her data base on a flash drive to her cousin , but BK5g won't run under Windows 7 64 bit. I tried it on a friends machine running uder Vista, and it works there, but I suspect it was the 32 bit version. I don't know what I should tell her cousin what to do. At 10:39 AM 10/12/2011, Otto Jørgensen wrote: >On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:13:34 -0500, "Janice Meredith" ><janicemeredith@cox.net> wrote: > > >I have a new laptop and the guy who will help me get it set up said I should > >ask if BK runs under Windows 7 64 bit version. Thanks for helping with this > >question. > >there is NO PROBLEM as it has been mention here at the list and at the >webpage of JOHN. > >Do install the program as Normal but be sure NOT to put your database >under C:/programfiles/ >-- >Otto Jørgensen >http://www.bkwin.info/ >All email is checked by NORTON > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an >email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word >'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have a Win 7 64 bit Laptop, and BK runs fine. Nothing special. The program path I use is c: Brothers Keeper 6/ Just install the complete program and let it do its thing. Jack in SW Ohio On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Janice Meredith <janicemeredith@cox.net>wrote: > I have a new laptop and the guy who will help me get it set up said I > should > ask if BK runs under Windows 7 64 bit version. Thanks for helping with this > question. > > > > Janice Meredith > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >

I have a new laptop and the guy who will help me get it set up said I should ask if BK runs under Windows 7 64 bit version. Thanks for helping with this question. Janice Meredith

Is there a way to attach a PDF to the program? I have an obituary in PDF and would like to attach it to the appropriate person. Jeff Stewart

Hi What do BK users use for viewing gedcoms on an Android handset Tablet, Just wondering if there is a consensus on what is the best ? Cheers Pete PS Sorry if a bit off topic

I use an app called "Family Bee". It's a paid app (not free) and it's only a viewer, but it suits my needs and has worked great for me. They have a fully functional free trial (for 2 weeks) if you want to give it a try. https://market.android.com/details?id=com.beekeeper.android.familybee.trial&feature=search_result -Gary On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:53 AM, P A Glover <peter@postbox.karoo.co.uk>wrote: > Hi > What do BK users use for viewing gedcoms on an Android handset > Tablet, Just wondering if there is a consensus on what is the best ? > Cheers > Pete > PS Sorry if a bit off topic > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >

On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 12:04:12 -0400, David Youse <davidyouse@comcast.net> wrote: >I guess I just don't understand the problem here. Why not just enter the year in the date field and the quarter in the Notes field for that event? It would print correctly on reports and would carry over as expected on Gedcoms. > >David Youse > >Effectus bonus addo bonus > on what subject are this connedted to Why using digest? They are not treaded to the other messages ? -- Otto Jørgensen http://www.bkwin.info/ All email is checked by NORTON

I guess I just don't understand the problem here. Why not just enter the year in the date field and the quarter in the Notes field for that event? It would print correctly on reports and would carry over as expected on Gedcoms. David Youse Effectus bonus addo bonus On Oct 6, 2011, at 3:01 AM, bk-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > To all Digest receivers: There are two forms of the "Digest" differing in appearance. The default is "Plain" and the other choice is "MIME" - if you would like to try the other view send a private message to me at listutilities@cox.net > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Recording the quarter (J. P. Gilliver (John)) > 2. Re: Recording the quarter (J. P. Gilliver (John)) > 3. Re: Recording the quarter (Robert Newman) > 4. Re: Recording the quarter (Pauline & Arthur Kennedy) > In message <390BF4D0-CA4A-47ED-99D1-EC7EE9F3C562@charter.net>, Curt Miller <millerca@charter.net> writes: >> I enter a date range. 01-Jan-xxxx to 31-Mar-xxxx > [] > I think that's the best solution of all those I've seen suggested here - it should allow BK's date handling not to cough. > > It is a bit tedious though: any chance of BK making it easier? (On top of all the other things I ask for!) > > FWIW, I've been recording them as __-0_-yyyy or __-1_-yyyy (though going back and replacing that with __-__-yyyy, as one of them doesn't work in BK, I forget which), and putting "Q1" or whatever in the notes field. Actually, usually "registered Q1", since it could have actually happened in the previous quarter (up to something like 42 days before registration, IIRR). > -- > J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf > > The love that dared not speak its name, has become the love that won't shut > up. - Simon Fanshawe (article on Gay Comedy), Radio Times 25 Sept-1 Oct 2010 > > In message <A3A024A79B3341CF81FF4BA9138CA242@BerthaPC>, Max van Dam <vandam@actcom.co.il> writes: >> Dear Brian, >> >> I work like Jack Ray and Curt Miller. The last time I do the same method as only the month is known. It is clear and correct. > [] > Unfortunately, the month is _not_ known. Ancestry, and other, sources also have this irritating way of recording the quarter in at least some of their displays: when I chided them about it, they said something like "it is a common way of recording the quarter in genealogy". Common it may be, but IMO good it most certainly isn't. > -- > J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf > > The love that dared not speak its name, has become the love that won't shut > up. - Simon Fanshawe (article on Gay Comedy), Radio Times 25 Sept-1 Oct 2010 > > Hi Brian, > > Over here in the UK they are often known as the March, June, September, and > Decembers quarters, so your example I record as Mar 1856, Jun 1856, Sep > 1856, and Dec 1856. > > I hope this helps. I will be interested in other peoples ideas. > > By the way do you have any TAYLORs in Suffolk, England? > > On 4 October 2011 17:36, Brian Taylor <brianh.taylor@ntlworld.com> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I am looking for some advice about how to record the quarters of a year >> that >> British BMD's are indexed by. >> >> If I have the actual date of a life event then I record it but if all I >> have >> is the date from BMD indexes then I currently record this as e.g. Q1 1856, >> Q2 1856, Q3 1856, Q4 1856. Brother's Keeper seems to handle this fine but >> it >> does not translate via Gedcom and I don't want to just record the year when >> I can narrow the date down to the quarter. >> >> How do others get around this problem ? How should the incomplete date be >> recorded for a gedcom file to handle it correctly ? >> >> I assume I will be able to use Global Search and Replace to change my Q1, >> Q2 >> etc. to whatever is the correct format. Any further advice. >> >> I have BK registered version 6.5.1, Windows XP and a database of 51, 623 >> Names 15,135 Families. >> >> Thanks for reading, >> >> Brian Taylor >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > -- > Robert J. Newman > Newman One-Name Study > newman@one-name.org > http://newmanonenamestudy.tribalpages.com/ > > I always use the format "Mar Qtr 1856" for dates from these indexes, and although I always get a warning that this is an invalid date, it transfers OK to all the reports and so on I use. I don't very often produce Gedcoms, but I don't recall having had any problems with this date format. > > I know some people omit the Qtr and put just Mar 1856 (which would be a valid date format), but I find this confusing as it could mean that I know the event took place in the month of March, rather than knowing only that it was registered during the months January to March. > > Hope that helps. > > Pauline > > > On 04/10/2011 17:36, Brian Taylor wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I am looking for some advice about how to record the quarters of a year that >> British BMD's are indexed by. >> >> If I have the actual date of a life event then I record it but if all I have >> is the date from BMD indexes then I currently record this as e.g. Q1 1856, >> Q2 1856, Q3 1856, Q4 1856. Brother's Keeper seems to handle this fine but it >> does not translate via Gedcom and I don't want to just record the year when >> I can narrow the date down to the quarter. >> >> How do others get around this problem ? How should the incomplete date be >> recorded for a gedcom file to handle it correctly ? >> >> I assume I will be able to use Global Search and Replace to change my Q1, Q2 >> etc. to whatever is the correct format. Any further advice. >> >> I have BK registered version 6.5.1, Windows XP and a database of 51, 623 >> Names 15,135 Families. >> >> Thanks for reading, >> >> Brian Taylor >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > To contact the BK list administrator, send an email to > BK-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the BK mailing list, send an email to BK@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text.