I am afraid you are out of luck for now. In my database, every individual has a User Defined Fact called Updated. It contains only the date and description fields. Each time I add or modify an individual, I update this fact. Examples: New individual- 7/25/2001, New Changes - 7/25/2001, Maiden name, dob, marr date To find all individuals who have been "updated" since any date, a simple Custom Report provides this data. The key is consistency of data entry. Once you have your database set up, maintaining it is easy. A number of variations of this method can be found in the archives. Several past discussions have been held in the group and many techniques have been presented. Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Huggins" <janeh@umich.edu> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 9:24 AM Subject: [FO] Doable or Wish List > I could use some ideas. A couple of years ago, I published a book of > ancestors and descendents for one of my family reunions. Now, they want > an update to the book. I'm trying to figure out a way to easily generate > an update (given that the next reunion is August 4th). I've managed to > use the Individual Lists and Anniverary Lists to generate a list of all > the events that happened SINCE the last book was published. The problem > is that there is other information that I've acquired since the book was > published that took place before publication. > > So, what I'd like is to find a way to generate a list of information > ENTERED since the last book was published. I'm pretty good at sourcing > information as I enter it, so if there was a way to generate a list of > facts that had citations containing the year 2000 or something like that, > it would help. But what I'd really like is some way to just generate a > list of everything for a particular branch of the family that has been > entered since a certain date. > > Is this possible? > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > Jane Huggins, Ph.D., ATP "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a > station wagon full of tapes hurtling down > janeh@umich.edu the highway." -- Andrew S. Tanenbaum > %%%%%%%%%%%%% http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~janeh %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > FAMILY ORIGINS - Ordering, UPDATES, books, FAQ, FREE DEMO, Newsletter, etc. http://formalsoft.com For the 8.03 and 9.02 PATCHES and what they fix, go to: http://formalsoft.com/files.htm > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog