Sebastian, "One's own tree" is not a separate entity from the rest of the trees. Family Tree is a community database which allows Open Editing. Any data I submit becomes part of the whole, and my files may become merged with others of the same persons. Anyone who enters the program can edit, like Wikipedia. So one either has to move the tree around to identify immediate ancestors, insert the PID numbers (which can change if records are combined), or use the Search command (lower) which is in the program. So it is vital that I maintain and document my own database to fix any resulting error, and for other reasons. This is not a convenient situation for those who have extended trees, with descendant or collateral lines, but it's workable. I prefer to search by the PID number. It's less typing (arthritis). While our temple was closed, I synchronized with NFS, adding the PID to my personal database with Family Insight. It took awhile, but I combined synching with fact-checking and checking for typos or bonehead errors, or those I inherited from Ancestral File, long ago. One of my frustrations with other new programs beside PAF, is that they don't allow me to directly edit the PID number now. I don't have time to re-synch the whole database for a number or two. So for the time being, I'm back using PAF with two other programs sitting on my computer. But I digress. Your own file that you submit has become part of the whole. What you see when you enter in is your part of that whole, as amended by others. So the whole thing has to be searched unless you know you pedigree and other files very well. Jerry ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 15:39:25 +0200 From: "Sebastian Buck" <mail@sebastianbuck.name> Subject: [LDS-WC] Search feature doesn't make any sense to me To: <lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <002b01ce5f96$9a203c20$ce60b460$@sebastianbuck.name> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Hi, I have never used this feature before so this might sound like a silly question. However I hope you can help me with that: I'm using FT and see the main tree. Now I want to search for one of my ancestors. I see the search feature. However it seems this feature searches through all the billion names in the database. This is helpful when adding a new name in order to find duplicates but doesn't make any sense if you're looking for one of your ancestors in your own personal tree. So is there a way to search only in your own data? Thanks so much! Sebastian Buck Esslingen ward, Stuttgart Germany __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 8404 (20130602) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com