I have just found an individual living at an address that I am sure I have encountered before but I cannot remember where. Is there anyway to look for a particular address? I have tried to write a query but the address field appears in so many different facts that I am not getting very far. Sue

Sue Try using the "Contains Text" standard query. It won't give the actual event but will show the relevant individuals. Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: <ThomasFlawn@aol.com> To: <FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 7:36 AM Subject: [FHU] Searching for an address >I have just found an individual living at an address that I am sure I have > encountered before but I cannot remember where. Is there anyway to look > for a particular address? I have tried to write a query but the address > field > appears in so many different facts that I am not getting very far. > > Sue > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Sue Have you tried edit/find record/, enter your search address, set record type to 'All Record Types' and check 'All text fields'? Always check the All Record Types and All Text Fields, if your like me I sometimes refer to addresses in Notes and other text fields although I will always put an address in the appropriate Address field first. Otherwise you could do a search with Notepad or Word or any other one of the other text editors (some more have been mentioned here before) directly on a COPY of your GEDCOM file - note that 'COPY' is written in capitals, do not do this on your 'live' GEDCOM file. Are you distinguishing between 'Place' and 'Address'. I use Place for a City, Town, Area, Village, Hamlet etc. and Address is the full address with Post Code etc. This way I can do a quick search for a Place using standard FH reports and Queries, particularly if I am off to a record office and need to collate all my queries together before I go. I add all my 'Record Office' queries to a named list and add columns for Baptism Place, Marriage Place, Burial Place etc. This way I can take the list with me to do my searches. David -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of ThomasFlawn@aol.com Sent: 02 October 2011 07:37 To: FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS@rootsweb.com Subject: [FHU] Searching for an address I have just found an individual living at an address that I am sure I have encountered before but I cannot remember where. Is there anyway to look for a particular address? I have tried to write a query but the address field appears in so many different facts that I am not getting very far. Sue ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Open the file in Notepad and do a search there, when the text is found, the nearest name should be the one that is connected to it. Mary On 02/10/2011 07:36, ThomasFlawn@aol.com wrote: > I have just found an individual living at an address that I am sure I have > encountered before but I cannot remember where. Is there anyway to look > for a particular address? I have tried to write a query but the address field > appears in so many different facts that I am not getting very far. > > Sue > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >