Hope Thank you for your response. You did resolve my problem but as a result of the mention of the word England. My search was for a death place England however when I record the death place I abbreviate to Eng. Once I amended to this the results appeared. So silly of me, when I actioned the search I followed the instructions from Jenny to the letter without thinking of how I record the information.
Thank to you all those who responded offering assistance. Regards Anne -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hope Bagot Bees Sent: Friday, 29 February 2008 7:09 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Search problem & More on Sources I would simplify the search into three categories: (1) search for deaths after 1857. If you get a list drawn up, then search criteria (2) and if successful, then add (3). Just a thought - are you sure that all the individuals in your records have a 'Death Place' included and does it include the word 'England' or just SSX or SRY? As the vast majority of my individuals are in Great Britain, I haven't bothered to put England in anywhere, although I do try to put Scotland, Ireland, Wales or IOM. I'm afraid I hate the recommended version which includes seemingly endless commas in some cases, particularly the earlier you go back in time when you may only have a village name and county. My view is that this is for my family and my descendants and if all 'eyes' are dotted and 'tees' are crossed, there will be nothing for any descendant to do for themselves! Whilst on this subject, and at the risk of being shouted at I don't fill in absolutely every detail for sources. If I found someone at a certain address in the 1851 census I shall say just that, e.g. - source 1851 census for Isle of Man at such-and-such an address. No more is needed as far as I am concerned - I have a printout of the page from the census and that has the actual page numbers etc. Why is more needed for a family document? You may say that if it is to be published it is only right to include all detail, but having seen some of the mis-information that appears in Ancestral Files on the LDS site, I can only think that the more double-checking one has to make, the better. I'll now sit back and wait for the backlash . . . . ! Elizabeth smuggler wrote: > > Hello > > Jenny of this previously assisted me when I was endeavouring to locate > all deaths between 1858 and 1946 to enable me to search for any wills > in the English Probate Index. > > Jenny's very clear instructions which worked the previous time were as > follows: > > You need to set up a Search as follows: > > Select the Search Menu, then Find ... Select the Detailed Search tab. > > Under Look for whom select Individual, under Where to look select > Death Date, under How to look select After and under What to look for > select 1858. > > Now tick the box for Second Condition and make sure the radio button > for And is selected. Make selections in each of the boxes as you did > above, but choosing Individual, Death Date, Before and 1946. > > Now tick the box for Third Condition and again select And. Make > selections as above, choosing Individual, Death Place, Contains and > England. > > Finally, select the radio button for Clear List before this search and > then click the Create List button. > > I have just prepared to do an update and I received a "No results > found" message and yet I had just recorded two items which would have > fallen within the scope of the search. > > I even changed it to look for SRY or SSX in lieu of England as I knew > I had recorded events for these counties. > > Is anyone able to advise me if I am doing something wrong? > > > Anne Wiltshire > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Runaway Bay QLD Australia > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
