Steve Also the following has appeared in the Custodian Forum.... <Snip> Currently, Custodian builds Indexes for Name and Place. I use User Field 1 to keep my paper filing reference in. If this was indexable, and had a View similar to Names (contents of User Field 1 in left frame, Custodian entry in right hand frame), I could check that Custodian has details of everything I have paper copies of, and vice versa. Currently, I believe, I can only run this sort of check on groups of databases (eg Census), not across all databases. Reply .... Hi, Would it be useful to show the User Field 1 field in the Name Index? You can already do this - from the Name Index, choose Views from the Shortcut Bar, then choose the View Wizard. Give the 'new view' a name (or click on Main View to edit the original view)and click on Next and in the next window, find your User Field 1 and tick the check box. When you originally showed the User Field 1 in your form, you could also change the field name to something more meaningful (Filing Ref, or something similar). You might want to go back and do this so the column has a more meaningful title. You can also move the column, once showing in the Name Index, to the front of the other columns or a position where it would be seen without scrolling - just drag and drop the column header and use File, Save Layout. <Snip> Regards Bill -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Hayes Sent: 27 May 2011 15:47 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Event-based database software for historians, biographers and genealogists - redux On Fri, 27 May 2011 09:23:03 +0100, "Harrison Genealogy" <[email protected]> wrote: >Sorry about that it is as you say for tracking Documents BUT documents >relate to events .... So can you enlighten me when you say tracking events >what do you actually mean ? Yes, but you can have several document relating to a single event. An event could be: 1. A 21st birthday party -- documents relating to who was there, who was drunk, who was sober could include a photo (or album of photos), a diary entry, a letter from someone who was there describing the party. Each document may mention different people who were present, but the event record links to all persons who were listed in any of the documents as being present. 2. A committee meeting -- documents could include minutes, letters etc. 3. A car accident -- documents could include witness astatements etc. 4. Publication of a book -- people involved could be author, editor, literary agent etc. And so it goes. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk ------------------------------- 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