Even searching using the search within Family Tree, you are not searching only "your" tree, since there really isn't any such thing in Family Tree. The tree is collaborative. You will always be searching all names that have been entered into Family Tree. Sister Tychonievich On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 3:00 AM, <lds-ward-consultant-request@rootsweb.com>wrote: > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM If you prefer the digest > version, use a D instead of the L in the request address. Please remember > to restrict the size of your post. > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Search feature doesn't make any sense to me (Sebastian Buck) > 2. Re: Search feature doesn't make any sense to me (Miles Meyer) > 3. Re: Search feature doesn't make any sense to me (JCBrooks@aol.com) > 4. Re: ancient history (Jerry Cowley) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 10:37:20 -0400 > From: Miles Meyer <milesmeyer@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Search feature doesn't make any sense to me > To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > < > CAB5+kWyeUb9EDzRxDGDWsoTovALbmBHDMtt-fE+eETrwEKzUNQ@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Use the Search function in the same line where it says Tree - Person - > Search -- not the Search on the top line next to Photos > > 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 Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Sebastian Buck <mail@sebastianbuck.name > >wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 10:42:39 -0400 (EDT) > From: JCBrooks@aol.com > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Search feature doesn't make any sense to me > To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <504da.238c0c2f.3edcb3df@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > I agree this is confusing! > > There is a separate/different tool bar for Family Tree and FamilySearch. > > When FamilySearch is in green in the left corner, mid-page you can see > Family Tree Photos Search. This Search gets you to the indexed names > and > other resources. After signing in, Temple is added for LDS members on > this > page, just to the right. > > After sign-in, and when the pedigree or fan chart appears, there also > appears a second tool bar below the first. It also contains the word, > Search. > This tool bar allow you to search within your own tree and most helpfully > by the Full name or PID numbers for each individuals. > > I have always thought that redundancy was odd as well. > > Michele > > > > > In a message dated 6/2/2013 6:41:32 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > mail@sebastianbuck.name writes: > > 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 > > > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 10:03:50 -0600 > From: "Jerry Cowley" <jbcowley@rmci.net> > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] ancient history > To: <lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <000501ce5faa$c6440a70$52cc1f50$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Good point, Steve. When I began in the late 50's, our instructions were to > check at home, ask, and write letters. There wasn't much emphasis on > documentation, just information. I remember how tired my hand got just > copying information. The copy machine was a miracle as much as the > computer > was. The emphasis on documentation came later, when the church had all > these 4 generation sheets that didn't agree... > > The church still allows some judiciously estimated information if > everything > else is intact. I note that the new iteration of Family Tree allows the > addition of the words about, before, and after on dates. That's a good > thing > because it alerts us to an estimation. You can also add "of" before a > location and it stays if you don't click on the sync. But even with > spelling variations, they want as full a name as possible. With the > mis-combinations, without research, it's difficult to determine some > relationships. So the name is the key piece of identification, even for > ceremonial purposes. > > Some date guidelines I was taught for estimating--when all else fails: > Wife 4 years younger than husband > Marriage 1 year prior to first child > First child 20 years younger than mother, born 1 year after parents' > marriage > Next child, 2 years after first child, and so on > > Obviously there are exceptions in real life and real problems creep in when > you try to apply these over more than one generation. So documentation is > far preferred. > > Jerry > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 17:09:37 -0600 > From: Steve Kelsey <sjkelsey@msn.com> > Subject: [LDS-WC] ancient history..... > To: <lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP1948B3DE78D330058AC1C36D1930@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > One must also remember that much of the early work was done from memories > and there was very little documentation available to these early members. > My great grandfather's uncle did work for John Derry and others with very > little information as to who they were and in fact usually they were listed > as "friends" rather than relatives. Since I know of at least 10 people > named John Derry who are relatives it was very difficult to know which one > he did the work for. We are very, very blessed to have so much information > so easy to get at. Having spent many hours searching census records on > microfilm, or seaching the bmd indexes film by film for one surname, or > trying to make a pedigree from the wills and probates in Herefordshire in > the 1960's and 70's because the parish registers were not available I know > what great strides we have made. One missing item which is not online > which > I believe would be a great benefit for English research is the post 1858 > principal probate registry index for Great Britain and I am surprised that > no one has considered putting it online as yet. > In fact when I started in 1952 I went to the basement of the old Joseph > Smith Building where the Relief Socity bldg is now. You had to requisition > records at a window and sign them out. No copy machines==it was family > group sheets and a pencil and something for notes. I am amazed at what our > early forebearers, great and great great grandparents did at getting temple > work done and how much they were able to do with how little they had. > > Steve Kelsey > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature > database 8403 (20130602) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT list administrator, send an email to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT mailing list, send an email > to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT@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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT Digest, Vol 8, Issue 232 > *************************************************** >