I change my name by Deedpoll in 1986. When I married I had my husband's surname i.e. SOWDEN. Then I added my maiden Surname and became MARGRIE - SOWDEN. How do I show this on my database please? From Diane Sowden

Hi Gilbert -- There's no such thing as 'Save as' in FOW so you must have done either a gedcom or a backup. Recovery is quite simple if you have either a gedcom or a backup. In order to install FOW, you must have the installation CD. Do you have that handy? If so, all you have to do is stick the CD in the drive and close the door. The program will start automatically - just answer the prompts. Once the program is loaded, put your burned CD in the drive and close the door. When FOW first starts, I think you may get a screen prompting you to open a database, create a database, etc. If so, create a database and then proceed with the following. Open FOW and click on 'File' 'Gedcom' 'Import gedcom'. In the 'Look in' window, find your CD-ROM drive (it should be the first letter after your hard drive (c:) which would make it d: If you have two hard drives installed, it may be e: Once you click on that, you should see a file listing that ends in .ged which, hopefully, you will recognize as a gedcom you created. Click to highlight that file and then click the 'Open' button. If you do NOT see that file, cancel out and then do a 'File' 'Restore'. Go through the same procedure to find your CD-ROM drive and look for a .zip file. Again, hopefully, you'll recognize it as a backup file you created. Click to highlight that file and then click the 'Open' button. Hopefully one of the two procedures worked and you now have your database back. Good Luck! Good Hunting! -- Paul aka Graveseeker on Geocaching.com where YOU are the search engine. ----- Original Message ----- From: "gilbert9" <gilbert9@flash.net> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 9:15 PM Subject: [FO] Need Help with Installing > I need help and hope I can explain what has happened. I have not done much inputting or research in the past year. I have had lots of computer problems in the past 6 months to a year. I did several backups and my computer finally crashed. I think I was running FO9, although I had bought FO10. I have several zip files and I "burned or saved" FO to a CD. > > I now have a new computer and need to try and install or reinstall FO and I don't have a clue how to start. Can someone "walk me very slowly" how I should go about this? > > I never did a GEDCOM (which I think I should have). If I recall correctly I did a "save as" on a zip and just "burned" a CD. > > If this doesn't make much sense, email be directly. > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > PLEASE send personal replies and "THANK YOU" message privately. All messages on this list are archived and archiving takes up valuable space. >

I need help and hope I can explain what has happened. I have not done much inputting or research in the past year. I have had lots of computer problems in the past 6 months to a year. I did several backups and my computer finally crashed. I think I was running FO9, although I had bought FO10. I have several zip files and I "burned or saved" FO to a CD. I now have a new computer and need to try and install or reinstall FO and I don't have a clue how to start. Can someone "walk me very slowly" how I should go about this? I never did a GEDCOM (which I think I should have). If I recall correctly I did a "save as" on a zip and just "burned" a CD. If this doesn't make much sense, email be directly.

Jesse, > Since we enter them with their birth surname how do they get the other name > attached? If you'll notice, I said she was my friend, not a relative. It was a joke, albeit a true situation. Maiden surname Muldoon, also known as Sturzenberger, but she was doing business as Muldoon. Tim Millar > I have a friend who kept her maiden name after she married. I called her > Martha Muldoon, AKA Sturzenberger, DBA Muldoon. But I don't know if FO > would construct that syntax for me<G>.

Since we enter them with their birth surname how do they get the other name attached? J Davis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Millar" <hmillar@attbi.com> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [FO] Use of maiden name I have a friend who kept her maiden name after she married. I called her Martha Muldoon, AKA Sturzenberger, DBA Muldoon. But I don't know if FO would construct that syntax for me<G>. Tim Millar ----- Original Message ----- From: <NBBOONE@aol.com> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 6:06 PM Subject: [FO] Use of maiden name > I have a couple of ladies in my data base who have chosen to use their maiden > name after divorce. Although I have a divorce date, they still appear in > reports with their married name. Is there a way to insure that the maiden > name is used? In one case, it is a very big deal for her. Thanks in advance > > Nancy Burgett Boone in Orlando, Florida > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > PLEASE send personal replies and "THANK YOU" message privately. All messages on this list are archived and archiving takes up valuable space. > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== UNSUBSCRIBE? Send the word: UNSUBSCRIBE(inside the message) and no additional text to: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L-request@rootsweb.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.427 / Virus Database: 240 - Release Date: 12/6/2002

I'm not sure which reports you are indicating. If the individuals in question were entered into the database using their maiden names (the proper method), it would seem that they should show in the various reports using that name. The husband will show in various reports and those reports should show the divorce data, if it has been added to the database. FL Rose ----- Original Message ----- From: <NBBOONE@aol.com> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 6:06 PM Subject: [FO] Use of maiden name > I have a couple of ladies in my data base who have chosen to use their maiden > name after divorce. Although I have a divorce date, they still appear in > reports with their married name. Is there a way to insure that the maiden > name is used? In one case, it is a very big deal for her. Thanks in advance > > Nancy Burgett Boone in Orlando, Florida > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > PLEASE send personal replies and "THANK YOU" message privately. All messages on this list are archived and archiving takes up valuable space. > >

> > I have a couple of ladies in my data base who have chosen to use their > maiden > > name after divorce. Although I have a divorce date, they still appear > in > > reports with their married name. Is there a way to insure that the > maiden > > name is used? In one case, it is a very big deal for her. Thanks in > advance For what it's worth, I never change the birth name in the pedigree. All name changes go into notes (marriage, adoption, etc. even legal name changes) If you follow that rule (which is genealogically correct anyway), then women always print under their maiden names. Good Hunting! -- Paul aka Graveseeker on Geocaching.com where YOU are the search engine.

I have a friend who kept her maiden name after she married. I called her Martha Muldoon, AKA Sturzenberger, DBA Muldoon. But I don't know if FO would construct that syntax for me<G>. Tim Millar ----- Original Message ----- From: <NBBOONE@aol.com> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 6:06 PM Subject: [FO] Use of maiden name > I have a couple of ladies in my data base who have chosen to use their maiden > name after divorce. Although I have a divorce date, they still appear in > reports with their married name. Is there a way to insure that the maiden > name is used? In one case, it is a very big deal for her. Thanks in advance > > Nancy Burgett Boone in Orlando, Florida > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > PLEASE send personal replies and "THANK YOU" message privately. All messages on this list are archived and archiving takes up valuable space. > >

I have a couple of ladies in my data base who have chosen to use their maiden name after divorce. Although I have a divorce date, they still appear in reports with their married name. Is there a way to insure that the maiden name is used? In one case, it is a very big deal for her. Thanks in advance Nancy Burgett Boone in Orlando, Florida

At 10:58 AM 12/26/02 -0500, Jerry Bryan wrote: >This discussion reminded me of an enhancement that I would like to see >someday in Roots Magic. The facility to include or exclude individual >fact types from GEDCOM, from reports, etc. is very powerful. However, the >mechanics of viewing and setting the options is very clumsy. Somebody on >the list (Alfred or Wayne, maybe?) once reported having an empty data base >with all the fact type options set the way they wanted for special >purposes, and into which they would on occasion import GEDCOM. > >I envision an interface which is a matrix, where the rows are the fact >types (so there would be dozens or hundreds of rows) and where the columns >would be actions to be taken for Family Group Sheet, Books, Individual >Summery, Notes/source report, GEDCOM export, and WWW site (six >columns). Each cell of the matrix would either be blank (if the item is >not to be included) or an X (if the item is to be included). A right >click of the cell would open up the dialog to define the sentence >structure for the fact type. You could easily scroll up and down the >matrix to see which fact types were enabled for which operations. > ><snipped stuff> >Jerry Bryan The Genealogical Companion program for Family Origins produces a report that shows this information in a table format. Being a report it is not interactive, but simply eyeballing the report tells you which facts you may want to modify. You can download it at http://www.geocities.com/genealogical_companion/ ======================================== Charles R. Weese, 4012 Pardee Rd., Stow, Ohio 44224 See http://web.raex.com/~cweese/weese/ and http://web.raex.com/~cweese/vance/ for my family info. I maintain the following USGenWeb county sites: Gallia County Ohio at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohgallia/gallia.htm Jackson County Ohio at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohjackso/jackson.htm Vinton County Ohio at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohvinton/vinton.htm

>Open your database, go to the Lists menu and select "Fact Types." >Find the LDS facts that you do not want and edit them so that their >information does not get sent to a GEDCOM file. Do that for each of >the LDS facts that you want to eliminate. > >Then export a GEDCOM of that database and import it into a new, empty >database and see if it is what you want. This discussion reminded me of an enhancement that I would like to see someday in Roots Magic. The facility to include or exclude individual fact types from GEDCOM, from reports, etc. is very powerful. However, the mechanics of viewing and setting the options is very clumsy. Somebody on the list (Alfred or Wayne, maybe?) once reported having an empty data base with all the fact type options set the way they wanted for special purposes, and into which they would on occasion import GEDCOM. I envision an interface which is a matrix, where the rows are the fact types (so there would be dozens or hundreds of rows) and where the columns would be actions to be taken for Family Group Sheet, Books, Individual Summery, Notes/source report, GEDCOM export, and WWW site (six columns). Each cell of the matrix would either be blank (if the item is not to be included) or an X (if the item is to be included). A right click of the cell would open up the dialog to define the sentence structure for the fact type. You could easily scroll up and down the matrix to see which fact types were enabled for which operations. My model for this is Quicken, of all things, where you can easily define which income and expense categories are to be included or not included in a report, and where there are buttons for Mark All and Clear All. (You typically Clear All and add a few, or Mark All and delete a few.) All categories come up in a single list down the screen, and you can easily scan up and down the list (scrolling the list is necessary because it's too long for one screen) to see and set which ones are included and which ones are not. I suppose the model doesn't transfer directly to Roots Magic, but I think it's something to think about. A beginner to Family Origins wouldn't notice the problem. But I can't always remember how I have the options for various fact types set, and it's extremely tedious and time consuming with the present model to verify the setting for each fact type. So when you need a better way to include/exclude fact types from various operations, you need it very badly. Jerry Bryan _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=7474&SU= http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_addphotos_3mf

I received your first message at 9:19 this AM. You were unsubscribed at 9:22 AM You don't need to send any more notes. Alfred D. Eller Family-Origins-Users-admin@RootsWeb.com FOW fact diagnostic tool, using Excel Spreadsheet http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.com/~adelr/FOFacts.htm --------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "John J Abbott" <johnjabbott@juno.com> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 9:22 AM Subject: Re: [FO] Gedcom import with LDS info. > Unsubscribe! > >

Hello! Alfred ... At 10:04 PM 25/12/2002 -0600, you wrote:You can go to the Reports menu, select "Lists" then "Fact usage" and select any fact and get a report on which individual use that fact. I just checked that. It seems as though I will be spending time looking at several of the items under "Fact Usage" to better know my databases. Thanks for your help ... and I have kept a backup of the original database. -=Carl=-

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CHR, Christening and Burial are not exclusively LDS facts, a lot of religions have Christenings, and nearly every one buries the dead in some manner. I do not know about Christening (Adult) You can go to the Reports menu, select "Lists" then "Fact usage" and select any fact and get a report on which individual use that fact. My database has no adult Christenings in it. I wouldn't be in a big hurry to delete the original database, Just in case there might be something in there that you later decide that you want. Make a backup of it and store it away for safekeeping. Alfred D. Eller http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adelr/ ===================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl O Demings" <carl.demings@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 7:01 PM Subject: Re: [FO] Gedcom import with LDS info. > Hello! Alfred ... > > At 02:06 PM 25/12/2002 -0600, you wrote: > >Import the GEDCOM into a temporary database, but if you have already > >imported it, the same thing applies.... etc. > > I already imported it and have added to it, so I followed your instructions > and "voila" my new database excludes the LDS (Endow, Bapt, Seal Par, and > Seal Sp) entries which popped up before. > > Two other entries (Chr and Burial) still appear in the records. I am > hesitant to delete these from the "Fact Type" list as they may serve a > non-LDS use. > > I would appreciate your comments. > > And, thanks, so far. > > -=Carl=- >

Hello! Alfred ... At 02:06 PM 25/12/2002 -0600, you wrote: >Import the GEDCOM into a temporary database, but if you have already >imported it, the same thing applies.... etc. I already imported it and have added to it, so I followed your instructions and "voila" my new database excludes the LDS (Endow, Bapt, Seal Par, and Seal Sp) entries which popped up before. Two other entries (Chr and Burial) still appear in the records. I am hesitant to delete these from the "Fact Type" list as they may serve a non-LDS use. I would appreciate your comments. And, thanks, so far. -=Carl=-

Unfortunately only 13 southern states have the 1930 Soundex. The best results will be obtained when extant efforts to transcribe all censuses and other database get the support that they need. Earnie Breeding ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Bryan" <c24m48@hotmail.com> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 10:00 AM Subject: [FO] ancestry.com At the risk of remaining off topic, here's how I have chosen to deal with my ancestry.com subscription so as not to stay mad all the time. My library has ancestry.com (and much more), but their hours are not very convenient for me. So I do subscribe to ancestry. However, I view it as a database of images, and most of the time try to pretend that the indexes don't exist. Going to the ancestry.com images is usually *much* faster than going to the end of a reel of microfilm. The indexes are useful sometimes, but they are full of omissions and serious errors. So I do a lot of index lookups at the library (which doesn't take too long), and then come home and lookup the images on ancestry.com. I *really* wish ancestry.com (or somebody) would place the 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 Soundex online. It wouldn't cost very much as compared to having human beings do all that indexing. And I have found a lot of people in the Soundex that I can't find in the ancestry.com indexes. But I just use the Soundex at the library. Jerry Bryan _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 limited-time offer: Join now and get 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=7474&SU= http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_newmsn8ishe re_3mf ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== The Genealogical Companion http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2399/tgc.htm Browsable Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/family-origins-users/

Someone mentioned that you needed to add both a mother and father to link the children to a family. However, a father will do just fine to keep them together, and you can later add the mother when you find who it is. For an unknown father for siblings James Hawkins, I would click on add parents and add just the surname Hawkins without a given name. If you want something in the given name spot, you could put something like __?__ which may look better in a print out than just plan HAWKINS and print out something similar to "he was the son of __?__ HAWKINS. To add more children just highlight your HAWKINS and click add child. Margaret Scheffler