I use AncestralQuest to determine who I will be looking for and then use the PID# from the person after they were synced with FS. Using the PID# means you only have to fill in that one field in the FS search screen to find the individuals you are looking for. Miles Meyer Jacksonville, FL "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." - Dr. Seuss, The Lorax On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 12:06 AM, Sebastian Buck <mail@sebastianbuck.name>wrote: > Hi, > > I just wanted to thank you all for your much appreciated input to my > question about how to use the search feature to limit the search only to > your own ancestors. > > So it seems that it's not possible (at least not in FT) to limit my search > to my own ancestors. This is really something that annoys me. I don't have > thousands of ancestors in my own tree but a few dozens. However I often > want > to navigate to a specific ancestor in order to edit some information, add a > child or a spouse a for any other reason. I find it most difficult to get > to > a specific ancestors in the tree without having the ability to search for > his or her name. A data base wide search over billions of entries is not > very helpful either. > > So how do you manage to find specific ancestors in your tree in FT? Using > another software outside of FT is certainly one good way. Have any other > helpful ideas? > > Thanks. > > Sebastian Buck > Esslingen ward, Stuttgart Germany stake > > > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

a word of caution here. The PIDs in FT... if any other PIDs in nFS were merged into different PIDs by somebody else, the chances go very high you won't find the PID that was synced with nFS, in FT anymore. Examine in FT to ensure there are no duplicates before recording the PID in your personal software. David Samuelsen On 6/5/2013 9:09 AM, Miles Meyer wrote: > I use AncestralQuest to determine who I will be looking for and then use > the PID# from the person after they were synced with FS. Using the PID# > means you only have to fill in that one field in the FS search screen to > find the individuals you are looking for. > > Miles Meyer > Jacksonville, FL