Pat, Aren't you missing something? Once you've done the pedigree chart and got the correct person, you already have the necessary report available to guide your research. All the facts you are asking for below are in the Family Group Sheet for that person. What could be simpler or more transportable? In addition, RM also offers the chance to use the GenSmarts option under tools. This would provide specific research suggestions. Good luck in your research! Bruce Fosnocht ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat McGrath" <patnbrian@charter.net> To: "'Bruce Fosnocht'" <bfosnocht@charter.net>; "'Jerry Bryan'" <c24m48@hotmail.com>; <rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2016 9:09 AM Subject: RE: [RMagic] HELP - need 'End of Line' report > Actually what I wanted after I got to the correct folks, was a list .... a > report that gave me JUST the B-M-D for that last person thus giving me at > least a starting place to research for the parents of that last person. > > Sadly if I select 'facts' I get a 200 page report ---- not what I > want!!!!! > I have printed the pedigree chart for each direct line and can look at > that > to see who doesn't yet have parents, but I was hoping for a simpler (ha > ha) > and more transportable report to work with! > > Then I'd have something like: > Ben Smith doesn't have parents in my database > ---- where could I begin to look for documents that might show me their > names > ------ he was born in Shoreham, Vermont 25 Jun 1908 > ------ he got married in Gardner, Massachusetts About 1928 > ------ he died in Marlborough, Massachusetts 13 May 1930 > > Places I can begin to search and hopefully find the missing information. > Might be nice to be able to select a military fact for where he entered > the > U.S. Navy (or some selections), but I don't want every single fact about > his > life thus creating a massive report! > > Thanks again. Everyone for your in-depth help! This group is > fantastic!!!!! > Pat Mc > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Fosnocht [mailto:bfosnocht@charter.net] > Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 8:24 PM > To: Jerry Bryan; rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com; Pat McGrath > Subject: Re: [RMagic] HELP - need 'End of Line' report > > Jerry, > > Thanks for your hard work assembling these instructions. I was able to > follow them for my grandfather and they worked. > > But I was totally disappointed with the resulting report. It was a 9 page, > alphabetical list of individuals that I don't know what I would do with. > it > shows their spouse, BMD, and children, but there is no indication of how > they are related to my grandfather, so I don't know how I should > prioritize > my research, or who I should research first. > > Yesterday, and again today, I sent a 4-step instruction on how to make a > wall chart of my grandfather's ancestors. It's much more informative. I > can > readily see their relationship with my grandfather. It tells me that I > have > 1 dead end in the 3rd generation, none in the 4th and 5th, and 8 in the > 6th, > etc. > > Now I can decide which of these dead ends I should research first. > > The other benefit of the wall chart is that I can send a jpeg of it to my > cousins, or my nephew(who I'd like to get interested in continuing my > research), and he can immediately see the path forward. > > The wall chart is far superior. I suggest our readers should try both > methods, and decide which would be better for planning their own research. > I'm pretty sure this is what Pat McGrath wanted. > > Bruce Fosnocht > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jerry Bryan via" <rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com> > To: "Pat McGrath" <patnbrian@charter.net>; <rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 4:39 PM > Subject: Re: [RMagic] HELP - need 'End of Line' report > > >> On 5/20/2016 14:55, Pat McGrath wrote: >>> I hate to be a further 'pain' since it was my question to begin with >>> ..... >>> BUT.... could someone who has made this work send out all the exact >>> steps > >>> I >>> need to find out what individuals are still missing parents in my >>> grandfathers line (back 10 generations) ..... THANKS !!!!!! >>> >> >> 1. Right click any person in your database and select *QuickGroups* >> 2. Click *Manage Groups* at the left bottom of the QuickGroups screen >> (steps #1 and #2 are just a quick way to get into Groups) >> 3. Click *New *at the top left of the Named Groups screen. You will be >> in the mark/unmark dialog. The screen is called Select People. >> 4. Navigate to your grandfather. The easiest way is to type his name >> *Lastname, Firstname Middlename*. It really sort of sucks that it >> does no good to have started out with him highlighted before you get >> into the Select People dialog, but RM is not user very friendly >> about entering into the Select People screen. >> 5. *Mark group -> Ancestors of highlighted person* >> 6. Pick your generations of ancestors value, and keep the default of >> direct ancestors only. Click *Ok*. >> 7. *Unmark Group -> Clear data by data fields* (this is where the >> screen gets complicated) >> 8. *Select field -> Number of sets of parents -> not equal to -> 0*. >> The best way to get to the *Number of sets of parents* option is to >> type N and then scroll down to the correct option. Click *Ok*. You >> will get a message that says *Unmarked nnnnn people*, where nnnnn >> will probably be a pretty big number. It is unmarking everybody in >> your database who have parents, not just your ancestors who have >> parents. So it is unmarking a bunch of people who were already >> unmarked. That'a another confusing aspect of this part of the user >> interface, but it cannot be helped until and unless the >> RootsMagician decides to change it. I think the count should only >> show those people who were previously marked who became unmarked, >> but that's just me. >> 9. Click *Ok *again to terminate the People selection process. >> 10. Enter a name for the Group and click *Ok*. >> 11. Click *Close*. >> 12. Click *Ok *to exit QuickGroups. >> >> Here ends the creation of the group and the beginning of the creation of >> the report. The 12 steps above don't have to be run again unless you >> change the members of the group. The 4 steps below can then be run as >> many times as you wish against the group. >> >> 1. *Reports -> Lists -> Individual List -> Generate report*. This of >> course doesn't generate the report. Rather, it takes you to another >> screen with more options. >> 2. The *Selected People* radio button will already be highlighted. DO >> NOT CHANGE THIS. DO NOT CLICK NO PARENTS OR MULTIPLE PARENTS OR >> ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IN OTHER WORDS, DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WITH ANY >> OF THE RADIO BUTTONS. SOMETIMES THE HARDEST THING TO DO IS NOTHING >> 3. Where it says *People to include *and there is a large button (not a >> radio button) that says *Everyone*. Click on *Everyone *and a list >> of all your groups will appear in a drop down list. Click on the >> group you just created to select that group. >> 4. Click *Generate Report*. This time it really will generate the >> report. Print it or save it to a file or whatever you want to do >> with it. >> >> Jerry >> >> >> >> >> =================================== >> RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS >> WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: >> http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >