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    1. Re: [FHU] Individuals missing from custom query result
    2. Jayne Harry
    3. Thanks Mike, Adding the extra rows, one for each census fact did solve the problem and now all the relevant individuals are listed. Best regards, Jayne ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Beryl & Mike Tate" <post@tatewise.co.uk> To: jayne.h@telus.net; family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Received: 12/02/2012 2:26:48 PM Subject: RE: [FHU] Individuals missing from custom query result >Have you checked how many Census Facts these Individuals have? >You Row Filter is only testing the 1st Census Fact %INDI.CENS[1]%. >You also need to cater for %INDI.CENS[2]% and %INDI.CENS[3]% >and so on up to %INDI.CENS[9]%. >I assume you will eventually want to repeat this exercise for every >Census year from 1851 to 1911 and maybe 1906 & 1916. >Some Individuals may be alive for every one of these years and thus >may have 9 Census Facts. >I would check Birth Date versus Census Date rather than the Year. >Also remember to exclude Individuals with a Death Date earlier than >Census Date. >Are you aware of the free utility Ancestral Sources that offers not only >a convenient way to enter Census and Baptism (and soon >Marriage) details but also helps manage your Flags. >Regards, Mike Tate >-----Original Message----- >From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family- >historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jayne Harry >Sent: 12 February 2012 20:55 >To: FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS@rootsweb.com >Subject: [FHU] Individuals missing from custom query result >Hi Everyone, >I made custom queries for each census year to help clear old flags >and set new ones. When I run each query the results look good. >For example, running the 1891 query gives me a list of individuals with >birth dates before 1891 and the census date column shows the >1891 date for all individuals. I used the "clear flag on result set" but >noticed that the flags set on an individual were still >showing in the property box against his name. When I checked the >results list from the query, he is not on it (and there are a >couple of others who aren't , but should be.) >I checked to make sure they had the census details in the "fact" box >and this is ok. They have birth dates in the right place (he >was born in 1859) I can't work out why he isn't showing in the query >results. These are my parameters in the query" >Birth Date: %INDI.BIRT[1].DATE% >Census Date: %INDI.CENS[1].DATE% >Add if %INDI.BIRT[1].DATE:YEAR% was earlier than 1891 >Exclude unless %INDI.CENS[1].DATE:YEAR% was on 1891 >He doesn't show in any of my custom census queries, but I ran the >standard query "Census Record Checklist" and he showed up ok in >that for 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901. >Obviously I have overlooked something, can anyone help please? >Best Regards, >Jayne >Vancouver Island, Canada >GFHS Member 8271 >

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