Sandy: Ancestral Quest 12 works with your PAF database. It also has a very unique feature that might help you here. In addition to the relationship calculator, it has the ability to generate Custom ID numbers using some of the standard numbering systems for genealogy databases. It should be able to create an ID that will give you the relationship for any person in the file to any other person. Typically, you start with one person (like yourself), and ask it to generate the IDs. If you use either the Dollarhide numbering system or a similar system we created for AQ before we learned of the Dollarhide system, you should be able to see how any person is related to you. (Both systems combine the Ahnentafel numbering for ancestors and the Henry numbering for descendants.) One limitation you might have on using this feature is the fact that a PAF database can only store 10 characters for the Custom ID field (whereas the AQ database allows for 40 characters). If your relationship is quite complex, it may not fit in the 10 characters. The help that comes with AQ will explain in full detail the codes, and give you several examples for how to interpret them to find how someone is related to you. Here is a short example to give you an idea (this was taken from the Help and modified slightly): "'4+163.7' - Remember that the period indicates an ahnentafel number follows, and that the ‘+’ symbol for a spouse was converted to this period. So, reading right to left, this number is the ancestor whose ahnentafel number is 7 (the mother's mother) of the spouse of the 3rd child of the 6th child of the 1st child of the person who is a direct ancestor of the root person, having an ahnentafel number of 4 (the father of your father)." This would take up 7 of the 10 characters in the Custom ID field of your PAF database. Hope this helps. Gaylon Findlay Incline Software Sandy Rozhon wrote: > Thanks for your help, however, I am not a blood relative of the > person I am trying to connect to, thus the relationship tool will > never give me any results. I was hoping there was something else > with PAF that would work, or perhaps someone would suggest software > that could do what I want. So far I've received a suggestion to look > for a gedcom reader that might have this feature. Maybe someone else > will know which one or have another piece of software in mind. > > Sandy > > On 1 Mar 2008 at 15:50, Autumn wrote: > > >> Sandy --- I am not sure this will help but here goes: >> Be sure your name is in the upper left hand box as the Root Person >> Click on Tools Choose Prefence Choose File See the Relationship >> Indicators Check Show Relationships on status bar OK OK and in the far >> lower left hand corner you will see your relationship to whoever is >> highlighted (i.e. 1st Cousin 3 Times Removed) Autumn in Coeur d'Alene, >> Idaho >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Sandy Rozhon" <[email protected]> >> Subject: [PAF-5] Will PAF show me the connections? >> >> >> I have a very large family tree with many side branches (ie. >> following various spousal families) and from time to time I find that >> someone's name is in my file but the path to them from me is so >> convoluted that it is hard to figure out. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.2/1305 - Release Date: >> 2/29/2008 6:32 PM >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >