Yes, that's what I was wanting to do, Earl. Now, if only I remember this next time I want to do something similar ... Cheryl Earl Park wrote: > Aloha Bill, > I have been following this thread and have done what your suggestion was > Bill, but I just want to be clear on what I have. > > This produces a report that will list all the people in my data base that > are NOT related to me or linked in some way to "my" family chart. Is this > correct? > I do not know if you helped Cheryl but this might have helped me, ha... > > Let me know if I understand what it is I have, ha.. > Earl > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Buchanan"<genealogistbuchanan@gmail.com> > To:<paf-5-users@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 7:37 AM > Subject: Re: [PAF-5] Forest for PAF5? > > >> Cheryl, >> Try this, it will take 5 or 10 minutes, but I think you will be pleased >> with >> the results: >> File menu> Print Reports> Custom> Select (with yourself highlighted) >> All >>> Select> All Related> Deselect> OK> OK >> (back on the Reports and Charts screen) Fields> Surname,given ">" RIN">" >> Birth Date ">" Birth Place">" OK (or whatever fields you want to include) >> checkmark Print to File >> Print >> Give the file a name and location, and click Save. >> NOTE: If you use "Print to Comma Delimited File" instead of "Print", you >> can open the output file in Excel and sort it on any column. But try the >> simpler version first. >> >> -- >> >> Bill >> website: http://billbuchanan.byethost17.com >> blog: http://billbuchanan.blogspot.com >> >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:47 AM, singhals<singhals@erols.com> wrote: >> >>> What I'm after, as 2nd or 3rd choice from what I /really/ >>> want, is a list of all those who are NOT attached to the >>> main tree. And I have never-ever even in PAF2 gotten the >>> NOT filter to work properly,..it insists on omitting people >>> who ought to be there and picking up a few who ought-not. >>> >>> Cheryl >>> >>> Bill Buchanan wrote: >>>> Cheryl, >>>> >>>> In PAF you should be able to create a custom report of everyone related >>> to >>>> someone in the tree you are interested in, and print it out. >>>> >>>> Bill >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 7:33 PM, singhals<singhals@erols.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> singhals wrote: >>>>>> Bill Buchanan wrote: >>>>>>> Cheryl, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I remember that old PAF utility program. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> FamilyInsight or PAF Insight will do this. It calls them pedigrees, >>> but >>>>> in >>>>>>> any case it shows the separate family trees in a PAF file. It also >>>>> allows >>>>>>> you to do better merges and to compare and synch 2 different PAF >>> files. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Great, Thanks, Bill! >>>>>> >>>>>> I couldn't remember if it were PAFI or Legacy or what ... >>>>>> >>>>>> I took some advice that sounded good and turned out to be >>>>>> 4-day-old fish. I need to fix it somehow, but first I need >>>>>> to find all the shards and shreds! >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheryl >>>>> >>>>> Lord Have Mercy! FAMI found 229 separate "trees"!! OTOH, >>>>> its definition of "tree" seems a bit generous, as some of >>>>> those trees had only one person, which sounds more like a >>>>> seedling than a tree to me. (g) A lot of others were >>>>> saplings, with only two people in. >>>>> >>>>> But then, I couldn't make FAMI give me a printed list people >>>>> in each of the trees...or even of all the trees. >>>>> >>>>> Maybe I should make cookies instead. >>>>> >>>>> Cheryl