Two items: 1. How do you really USE Clooz reports? 2. Need for a better All Persons Report. 1. Okay... I've entered into Clooz almost all of my documents, and I've read the bulk of the manual. While the manual tells me how to enter things, and what reports look like when they're printed, what the manual does not say is how can I really make use of all this data that I've entered into the database. In other words, what would I use each of the reports FOR? How will they help me in my genealogy efforts? I'd appreciate people sharing here how they actually USE these reports in their work. What is helpful about them? (And then I think the answers should be incorporated into the next version of the manual-- in the section where the sample reports are provided.) 2. In thinking about #1, I realize that the All Persons Report doesn't really do much for me that my genealogy program doesn't already do. Why would I want an All Persons report, especially when it doesn't include any of the document information I've included in Clooz? It contains only the information I already have in my genealogy program. The only use *I* can see of an all persons report would be to have a list of all people in my Clooz database, in order to know which records (census, directories, etc.) that I have for each one. Right now, the only way I can do this is to print out a report for each person. If I had such a list, then I'd be able to tell by reviewing the list, who I needed to do research on, or obtain documents for. This gets me back to question #1: How do I really USE Clooz as a tool in moving closer to my genealogy research goals? Thanks! -- Jillaine Smith, Washington DC http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jillaine BETZ; Feilbingert, Rheinpfalz, Germany; 1600-1850* BOGDONOFF; Russia/Poland (to New England) 1870-present DRESSEL; Feilbingert, Rheinpfalz, Germany; 1600-1850 ERHARDT; Unterreichenbach, Calw Wuerttemberg, Germany; 1700-1850* FASSNACHT; Altensteig, Wuerttemberg, Germany; 1600-1850* GLUNZ; Swaebisch Hall, Germany; 1750-1850* JAUCH; Baden, Germany; 1750-1850* SCHMIDT; Baden, Germany; 1800-1850* SEEGER: Rohrdorf, Donaukreis, Wurttemberg: 1600-1850 SESS; Grevesmuehl, Germany; 1803-1900 (to Cincinnati, OH abt. 1840) WAGNER; Feilbingert, Rheinpfalz, Germany; 1700-1850 * Also: Buffalo, New York, USA; 1847-present _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com