Some of you people know me too well, and that is NOT a good situation. David E. Cann decann@infi.net > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Studly [mailto:paulstudly@studly.net] > Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 3:46 PM > To: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [FO] Boo, hiss > > > Feeling like a kid just before Christmas eh? Poor David !!! > He'll have to > be careful he doesn't diddle like an excited puppy. > > Paul Studly > Cleveland/Chesterland, OH > paulstudly@studly.net > <clip>

Feeling like a kid just before Christmas eh? Poor David !!! He'll have to be careful he doesn't diddle like an excited puppy. Paul Studly Cleveland/Chesterland, OH paulstudly@studly.net -----Original Message----- From: David E. Cann [mailto:decann@infi.net] Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 3:24 PM To: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [FO] Boo, hiss Woops! Ya got me on that one <g>. Make that "one of few" in the world. If ya know who they are, I will start disliking them as well, until my RM arrives. Come to think of it, though, I may still be right because I am not sure the BETA testers have the final version of the software, do they? Oh well, such is life in the fast lane, I guess :~) David E. Cann decann@infi.net > -----Original Message----- > From: John Chapman [mailto:wb2bba@hotmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 3:07 PM > To: decann@infi.net; FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FO] Boo, hiss > > > > > > >I jus' thought of a reason for not liking Bruce any more. . . . > . cuz he is > >the only human being in the world who can use RootsMagic right now. Boo, > >hissssssss <g>. > > > >David E. Cann > >decann@infi.net > > > Hmm.. Does that mean the beta testors aren't human <VBG>? > > John Chapman <clip> ==== 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

Woops! Ya got me on that one <g>. Make that "one of few" in the world. If ya know who they are, I will start disliking them as well, until my RM arrives. Come to think of it, though, I may still be right because I am not sure the BETA testers have the final version of the software, do they? Oh well, such is life in the fast lane, I guess :~) David E. Cann decann@infi.net > -----Original Message----- > From: John Chapman [mailto:wb2bba@hotmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 3:07 PM > To: decann@infi.net; FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FO] Boo, hiss > > > > > > >I jus' thought of a reason for not liking Bruce any more. . . . > . cuz he is > >the only human being in the world who can use RootsMagic right now. Boo, > >hissssssss <g>. > > > >David E. Cann > >decann@infi.net > > > Hmm.. Does that mean the beta testors aren't human <VBG>? > > John Chapman <clip>

Another thought. I know we can drag and drop a database to another database and one of the choices is to choose spouses as well. But that only works with descendants. I really didn't want all the descendants. The only way I can figure to do this is by individual Families and that is not what I wanted. Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Stokes" <jstokes@houston.rr.com> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 2:22 PM Subject: [FO] gedcom > Is there a way to create a gedcom which contains all a person's ancestors which includes spouses of siblings. I would like to make a gedcom of approximately the same amount of information that would be produced in cascading Family Group Sheets for ancestors of an individual. > > I could not find it. The choices were just ancestors. Just ancestors and children, or collateral. I was pleased to see that all of my husband's collaterals did not end up on my gedcom (I'll do his later). With collateral, I got too many and Just ancestors and children, not enough. > > Betty > > > ==== 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 jus' thought of a reason for not liking Bruce any more. . . . . cuz he is >the only human being in the world who can use RootsMagic right now. Boo, >hissssssss <g>. > >David E. Cann >decann@infi.net > Hmm.. Does that mean the beta testors aren't human <VBG>? John Chapman >??? FAQ ??? -- http://www.graabek.com/fow/fofaq.html _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

> Paul mentioned RootsMagic, but since nobody has really seen it, I will > answer the questions for it. Bruce I jus' thought of a reason for not liking Bruce any more. . . . . cuz he is the only human being in the world who can use RootsMagic right now. Boo, hissssssss <g>. David E. Cann decann@infi.net <clip>

In a message dated 1/5/2003 10:19:11 AM Mountain Standard Time, sgowen@ns.sympatico.ca writes: > I have a question about the program re: privacy of living individuals. > If I have living individuals in my database, and were to publish a webpage > using the program, how will the information of the "living" individuals be > displayed, e.g. dates, etc. Will they be displayed or would I have to omit > that information? > > Also, if a date field is left empty, does the program estimate a date and > fill it in automatically? I have seen some programs that do this. Paul mentioned RootsMagic, but since nobody has really seen it, I will answer the questions for it. When publishing to a web page, you have several privacy options. You can have the persons name displayed, or just the word "Living". For facts (events), you can have them printed in full, or not at all, or just date, or just place, or just year. RootsMagic *never* makes up data of any kind. - Bruce <A HREF="http://www.RootsMagic.com">http://www.RootsMagic.com</A>

Is there a way to create a gedcom which contains all a person's ancestors which includes spouses of siblings. I would like to make a gedcom of approximately the same amount of information that would be produced in cascading Family Group Sheets for ancestors of an individual. I could not find it. The choices were just ancestors. Just ancestors and children, or collateral. I was pleased to see that all of my husband's collaterals did not end up on my gedcom (I'll do his later). With collateral, I got too many and Just ancestors and children, not enough. Betty

>>I have a question about the program re: privacy of living individuals. If I have living individuals in my database, and were to publish a webpage using the program, how will the information of the "living" individuals be displayed, e.g. dates, etc. Will they be displayed or would I have to omit that information? FO optional book at p. 194 states you can privatize for the living. No death or burial date or less than 120 years old is treated as possibly living. Only the name without any other data will be listed. Privitizing is optional. If you are fairly sure of demise, any death fact even if you do not know the date or place will force treatment as a deceased person. I.E., you know great uncle John is dead some 20 years or died in the War, but you just do not know the date and place. >>Also, if a date field is left empty, does the program estimate a date and fill it in automatically? I have seen some programs that do this. Not generally, you may however add your own estimate or range. I generally use something like < est 1890s > or < 1870s/80s >, this is treated as textual malerial because of the addition of non numeric data. Program estimates I have seen in FTM are so broad as to be meaningless in my opinion. I generally use the rule of thumb convention that a child is 25 years younger than the father. As crude as that seems, when data are later acquired, it proves to be remarkably close. A 3rd possible program choice is the new RootsMagic by the Family Origins sogtware author due out this January. Pre Febrauary orders get a bargain price. Many here are sufficiently confident to have ordered it sight unseen. beta version review http://www.rootsforum.com/archives/news0251.htm#RootsMagic 23 Dec 2002 By Dick Eastman release expected Jan 2003 Paul Studly Cleveland/Chesterland, OH paulstudly@studly.net -----Original Message----- From: Susan Gowen [mailto:sgowen@ns.sympatico.ca] Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 12:05 PM To: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [FO] Have questions before buying software Hi, I am going to buy a new family tree program and have my choice narrowed down to two. (Family Origins or Legacy) I have a question about the program re: privacy of living individuals. If I have living individuals in my database, and were to publish a webpage using the program, how will the information of the "living" individuals be displayed, e.g. dates, etc. Will they be displayed or would I have to omit that information? Also, if a date field is left empty, does the program estimate a date and fill it in automatically? I have seen some programs that do this. Thanks for any feedback. Susan Gowen http://clix.to/susan ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== Family Origins GenForum - http://genforum.genealogy.com/fo/ Tech Support Knowledge Base http://www.familyorigins.com/support/

Hi, I am going to buy a new family tree program and have my choice narrowed down to two. (Family Origins or Legacy) I have a question about the program re: privacy of living individuals. If I have living individuals in my database, and were to publish a webpage using the program, how will the information of the "living" individuals be displayed, e.g. dates, etc. Will they be displayed or would I have to omit that information? Also, if a date field is left empty, does the program estimate a date and fill it in automatically? I have seen some programs that do this. Thanks for any feedback. Susan Gowen http://clix.to/susan

I am hoping that someone can help me. I have Family Origins 6.0, and Windows 95. Recently we started having trouble with the computer and took it to the shop to be fixed. They ended up saying that they would have to re-format the hard drive. I had backed up my FO databases to a 3.5 floppy disk as part of the computer’s problem was that it would not communicate with the CD writer or the printer. After we got the computer back my husband re-installed FO along with the other software, but we have been unable to restore my databases into the program. He has been able to re-install some earlier back-ups but not the last ones. They are zip files and when the floppy is inserted in the tower it shows that both of the files are there, (one shows 546 KB, and the other 330 KB) but we have been unable to restore them into the program. My husband and son have tried everything that they can think of with no success. The way that I tried was to open a new database in FO, go into the file menu and click “Restore” It then asks “Backup to restore?” I selected 3.5 floppy. It shows the two databases that are on the floppy, I selected the first one and clicked on open. I get this error message. “DynaZip Unzip Error: Zip file structure invalid (Problem reading zip file)” I clicked OK and the next pop up says “ The file you selected does not contain a Family Origins backup” When I clicked OK on that one it returns me to my empty database. I have been backing up my databases frequently, and it appeared that I was doing it correctly, but now that I need the backup it is not available to me. There are many, many hours of work that will have to be re-done if I cannot get these files restored. I had heard that there was a FO list and I am hoping that someone can help me. I hope that I have explained it so that you can understand. You are my last hope! (c: Thank you. Marge Howes Battle Creek, MI

My Nephew and his wife have just had a baby boy, Callun James, so I am just going to put him onto my database. He was born at 10.30 this morning. He is their first baby. From Diane Sowden

I know this is not what you are asking, but generally it is not wise to use social security numbers in one's database and reports, as these numbers can be used in identity theft. Perhaps there is no problem for people already dead, but I don't even use them for deceased individuals since sometimes the spouse numbers are almost identical with just a letter indicating they are collecting on the account of a deceased individual. Margaret Scheffler ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Hooper" <hooperhous@earthlink.net> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 4:57 PM Subject: [FO] SSN fact not showing in reports > Suddenly this fact is not showing in any report. I have checked the 'define > fact type' and everything is unchecked. > What am I missing? > > Peggy Hooper > Genealogy page http://www.myroots.net/ > Manager of the CA Tombstone Transcription Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/californ.html > If you have photos you would like added to this project send to > email: cemeteryphotos@earthlink.net > mailto:hooperhous@earthlink.net > > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > PLEASE remove as much of the Original Message as possible when replying to a List Posting. Include only that part of the original message important to your reply. > >

Peggy, You said, "I have checked the define fact type and everything is unchecked"? If everything is unchecked then that would explain why the SSN is not showing up in the report. The Define Fact Type dialog box says "Use this fact in ..." Therefore, Family Group Sheet, Books, etc. must be checkmarked in order for that fact type to show up in reports. Allan Plucinik Colorado Springs, CO Peggy Hooper wrote: > Suddenly this fact is not showing in any report. I have checked the ‘define > fact type’ and everything is unchecked. > What am I missing? > > Peggy Hooper

I guess I have answered my own question. I went to the list and scanned down to "Birth" on that list and found that enabling the birth information to show up was not checkmarked. I just had not paid attention to this feature, and I guess I am not absolutely familiar with all of the new features of version 10 yet. Dogonne. Sorry for the question, that was stumping me! Patience is a virtue! Pat FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote:> ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 3 Today's Topics: #1 [FO] Using FO Explorer to find all ["gnolte2" ] #2 Re: [FO] Using FO Explorer to find ["Alfred Eller" #3 Re: [FO] Using FO Explorer to find [wleague@mindspring.com] #4 RE: [FO] Using FO Explorer to find ["Stombaugh, Thomas" Administrivia: ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== Tag 1: ------------------------------------------------------------ UNSUBSCRIBE? 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Write to FormalSoft@aol.com for ordering information. ---------------------------------------------------------- Tag 8: ---------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE remove as much of the Original Message as possible when replying to a List Posting. Include only that part of the original message important to your reply. ---------------------------------------------------------- Tag 9: ----------------------------------------------------------The "Family Origins� Wish List" http://formalsoft.com/wishlist.htm ??? FAQ ??? -old, BUT STILL SOME HINTS - http://www.graabek.com/fow/fofaq.html ---------------------------------------------------------- Tag 10: ---------------------------------------------------------- Think your question may have already been answered? BROWSABLE ARCHIVES - http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS/ ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 23:25:54 -0600 From: "gnolte2" To: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [FO] Using FO Explorer to find all entries of a specific given name I'm trying to identify all the "Allen" given names in my data base as I made a very stupid mistake using Global Search and Replace. (new laptop, NOT used to the hair trigger touch pad!!) I changed all given names "Allen" to "Alan". I have a lot of "Alan"s now and want to correct the spelling of those that need it... I have over 32,000 people in my data base so it is hard to scan them all. I have tried to use Explorer- Fine- but all I come up with is the 1st Allen listed in the Explorer. What do I need to do to find all of them? Can I print out a list? Perhaps I'm using the wrong tool for this? Tried to search archives this evening but am having a problem staying online. Thanks for any and all help. Mary Nolte ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 00:10:57 -0600 From: "Alfred Eller" To: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FO] Using FO Explorer to find all entries of a specific given name Someone on the message board just asked about changing the spelling of a surname. I mentioned that it is always best to have a backup before doing something like this. Shame on you id you don't have one. But, to get a list of everyone in the database with a given name which contains "Alan" you can: Go to the Reports menu, Select "Lists" Select "Individual List" - Hit the create button -- on the Individual List dialog window, Select "Select Individuals" And any other options you want on the list Send it to a file or screen printer to preview and/or print == Select OK -- On the green side, the mark side of the "Print which individuals?" dialog window, choose "Find" Then choose given name for "Which field" Choose "Contains" as the comparison And enter "Alan " in the "Search for? Field and hit the Ok button, hit Ok again and you should have your list. Alfred D. Eller http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adelr/ ===================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "gnolte2" To: Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 11:25 PM Subject: [FO] Using FO Explorer to find all entries of a specific given name > I'm trying to identify all the "Allen" given names in my data base as I made a very stupid mistake using Global Search and Replace. (new laptop, NOT used to the hair trigger touch pad!!) I changed all given names "Allen" to "Alan". I have a lot of "Alan"s now and want to correct the spelling of those that need it... I have over 32,000 people in my data base so it is hard to scan them all. > > I have tried to use Explorer- Fine- but all I come up with is the 1st Allen listed in the Explorer. What do I need to do to find all of them? Can I print out a list? Perhaps I'm using the wrong tool for this? > > Tried to search archives this evening but am having a problem staying online. > > Thanks for any and all help. > > Mary Nolte > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 4 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 12:03:01 -0500 From: wleague@mindspring.com To: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FO] Using FO Explorer to find all entries of a specific given name "gnolte2" wrote: >I have tried to use Explorer- Fine- but all I come up with is the 1st >Allen listed in the Explorer. What do I need to do to find all of >them Use the "next" button in explorer to find the next Allen. Wayne League ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 5 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 11:09:09 -0600 From: "Stombaugh, Thomas" To: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [FO] Using FO Explorer to find all entries of a specific give n name Can't you write a quick report within FO looking for all the Allen's? - Tom Stombaugh -----Original Message----- From: wleague@mindspring.com [mailto:wleague@mindspring.com] Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 11:03 AM To: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FO] Using FO Explorer to find all entries of a specific given name "gnolte2" wrote: >I have tried to use Explorer- Fine- but all I come up with is the 1st >Allen listed in the Explorer. What do I need to do to find all of >them Use the "next" button in explorer to find the next Allen. Wayne League ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== PLEASE send personal replies and "THANK YOU" message privately. 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Suddenly this fact is not showing in any report. I have checked the ‘define fact type’ and everything is unchecked. What am I missing? Peggy Hooper Genealogy page http://www.myroots.net/ Manager of the CA Tombstone Transcription Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/californ.html If you have photos you would like added to this project send to email: cemeteryphotos@earthlink.net mailto:hooperhous@earthlink.net

This one baffles me. I have just spent the better part of this day trying to figure out why the "birth" information is not showing up in my printed book. When I go to write a report, on one single individual, the first thing that the sentence states is death information. I have gone to see if "birth" information was deleted from the printing setup, but I do not see that that has happened. I even tried to see if by adding the information to the "note" would cause the birth date to appear, it does, but then not immediately after the name of the person in the report is given. I would prefer to have it as the first source of information in a book or a report. I believe that it used to work correctly in my previous Family Origins programs, versions 4,5 and 7. With all of the strange things that have happened to my version 10, I am wondering if something was deleted to cause the birth information to be deleted when writing up a report. I would like to have this show up! in my book in a reasonable sequence, is there any way I can correct this problem? Pat FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote:> ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 3 Today's Topics: #1 [FO] Using FO Explorer to find all ["gnolte2" ] #2 Re: [FO] Using FO Explorer to find ["Alfred Eller" #3 Re: [FO] Using FO Explorer to find [wleague@mindspring.com] #4 RE: [FO] Using FO Explorer to find ["Stombaugh, Thomas" Administrivia: ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== Tag 1: ------------------------------------------------------------ UNSUBSCRIBE? Send the command UNSUBSCRIBE(inside the message) and no additional text to: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-D-request@rootsweb.com ------------------------------------------------------------ Tag 2: ------------------------------------------------------------ Think your question may have already been answered? 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All messages on this list are archived and archiving takes up valuable space. ------------------------------------------------------------ Tag 4: ------------------------------------------------------------Very basic Windows: http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.com/~adelr/index.htm basic HTML: http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.com/~pasher/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Tag 5: ------------------------------------------------------------The Genealogical Companion http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2399/tgc.htm FOWUL Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Tag 6: ------------------------------------------------------------FAMILY ORIGINS - Ordering, UPDATES, books, FAQ, FREE DEMO, Newsletter, etc. http://formalsoft.com For the 8.03 & 9.02 PATCHES and what they fixes, go to: http://formalsoft.com/files.htm --------------------------------------------------------- Tag 7: ----------------------------------------------------------GETTING THE MOST OUT OF FAMILY ORIGINS by Bruce Buzbee - FO DEMO http://formalsoft.com NO WEB ACCESS? Write to FormalSoft@aol.com for ordering information. ---------------------------------------------------------- Tag 8: ---------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE remove as much of the Original Message as possible when replying to a List Posting. Include only that part of the original message important to your reply. ---------------------------------------------------------- Tag 9: ----------------------------------------------------------The "Family Origins� Wish List" http://formalsoft.com/wishlist.htm ??? FAQ ??? -old, BUT STILL SOME HINTS - http://www.graabek.com/fow/fofaq.html ---------------------------------------------------------- Tag 10: ---------------------------------------------------------- Think your question may have already been answered? BROWSABLE ARCHIVES - http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS/ ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 23:25:54 -0600 From: "gnolte2" To: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [FO] Using FO Explorer to find all entries of a specific given name I'm trying to identify all the "Allen" given names in my data base as I made a very stupid mistake using Global Search and Replace. (new laptop, NOT used to the hair trigger touch pad!!) I changed all given names "Allen" to "Alan". I have a lot of "Alan"s now and want to correct the spelling of those that need it... I have over 32,000 people in my data base so it is hard to scan them all. I have tried to use Explorer- Fine- but all I come up with is the 1st Allen listed in the Explorer. What do I need to do to find all of them? Can I print out a list? Perhaps I'm using the wrong tool for this? Tried to search archives this evening but am having a problem staying online. Thanks for any and all help. Mary Nolte ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 00:10:57 -0600 From: "Alfred Eller" To: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FO] Using FO Explorer to find all entries of a specific given name Someone on the message board just asked about changing the spelling of a surname. I mentioned that it is always best to have a backup before doing something like this. Shame on you id you don't have one. But, to get a list of everyone in the database with a given name which contains "Alan" you can: Go to the Reports menu, Select "Lists" Select "Individual List" - Hit the create button -- on the Individual List dialog window, Select "Select Individuals" And any other options you want on the list Send it to a file or screen printer to preview and/or print == Select OK -- On the green side, the mark side of the "Print which individuals?" dialog window, choose "Find" Then choose given name for "Which field" Choose "Contains" as the comparison And enter "Alan " in the "Search for? Field and hit the Ok button, hit Ok again and you should have your list. Alfred D. Eller http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adelr/ ===================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "gnolte2" To: Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 11:25 PM Subject: [FO] Using FO Explorer to find all entries of a specific given name > I'm trying to identify all the "Allen" given names in my data base as I made a very stupid mistake using Global Search and Replace. (new laptop, NOT used to the hair trigger touch pad!!) I changed all given names "Allen" to "Alan". I have a lot of "Alan"s now and want to correct the spelling of those that need it... I have over 32,000 people in my data base so it is hard to scan them all. > > I have tried to use Explorer- Fine- but all I come up with is the 1st Allen listed in the Explorer. What do I need to do to find all of them? Can I print out a list? Perhaps I'm using the wrong tool for this? > > Tried to search archives this evening but am having a problem staying online. > > Thanks for any and all help. > > Mary Nolte > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 4 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 12:03:01 -0500 From: wleague@mindspring.com To: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FO] Using FO Explorer to find all entries of a specific given name "gnolte2" wrote: >I have tried to use Explorer- Fine- but all I come up with is the 1st >Allen listed in the Explorer. What do I need to do to find all of >them Use the "next" button in explorer to find the next Allen. Wayne League ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 5 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 11:09:09 -0600 From: "Stombaugh, Thomas" To: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [FO] Using FO Explorer to find all entries of a specific give n name Can't you write a quick report within FO looking for all the Allen's? - Tom Stombaugh -----Original Message----- From: wleague@mindspring.com [mailto:wleague@mindspring.com] Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 11:03 AM To: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FO] Using FO Explorer to find all entries of a specific given name "gnolte2" wrote: >I have tried to use Explorer- Fine- but all I come up with is the 1st >Allen listed in the Explorer. What do I need to do to find all of >them Use the "next" button in explorer to find the next Allen. Wayne League ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== PLEASE send personal replies and "THANK YOU" message privately. 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I have converted at least 3 machines from Win 98 to Xp. Strongly recommend it. Only incompatibilities noted were with old DOS programs. The increased stability is worth the cost. I have not had that old a version of FOWIN. Mine, one one machine is ver 10. Earnie Breeding ----- Original Message ----- From: <Waldron131@aol.com> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 7:42 AM Subject: [FO] Windows XP I'm using FO 8.03 with windows ME. I'm considering upgrading my operating system to windows XP. Has anyone done this? If so, what was your experience? Is anyone running ver 8.03 with XP? Thanks. Jim W. ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== Family Origins GenForum - http://genforum.genealogy.com/fo/ Tech Support Knowledge Base http://www.familyorigins.com/support/

I'm using FO 8.03 with windows ME. I'm considering upgrading my operating system to windows XP. Has anyone done this? If so, what was your experience? Is anyone running ver 8.03 with XP? Thanks. Jim W.

> I'm using FO 8.03 with windows ME. I'm considering upgrading my operating > system to windows XP. Has anyone done this? I've never run ME but I've upgraded to XP from 2000. > If so, what was your experience? Works fine. > Is anyone running ver 8.03 with XP? FOW has proven stable on all versions of Windows. Have no fear. Good Hunting! -- Paul aka Graveseeker on Geocaching.com where YOU are the search engine. ----- Original Message -----