Thank you all for your tips. I found and installed a Google desktop gadget but it seems less than perfect. It seems to miss some of the strings. Anyhow, I decided I needed to put it on my ToDo list to connect all the GEDCOMs to my sources. Again, Thanks all, Frank -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dora Smith Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 6:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Windows XP Search and GEDCOMs Will Google desktop do that? Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frankie Heinzmann" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 7:33 PM Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Windows XP Search and GEDCOMs > Is there any way to search a directory full of GEDCOMs for specific > contents? > > I have a several GEDCOMs in a directory and I wanted to separate those > that > I had created from those that had been sent to me or downloaded by me. I > thought if I used the Windows XP Explorer search function to look for my > phone number or street address, I could narrow down the list. The search > always returns "no results". I thought maybe Windows didn't know how to > open the .ged files so I set them to open with notepad, then with WordPad, > and then with MS Word. The result is always "no results". > > Am I missing something about the MS search function? > > Is there a simple program to search GEDCOMs for words/phrases? > > Thanks, > > Frank > > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006 -------------------------------------- Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message