Gwen, You can minimise the number of returns by selecting as before but also use AND born after a date of your choosing to eliminate those whose are probably dead.
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw And the Fergusons of N.W. England ____________________________________________________ Ron Ferguson Noddie wrote: > Hi there > Thanks for that, The 131 odd ones have the date 1911 in the date > field and are still showing in my search. > > Shall sift through again and see if I can get a better result. > Regards > Gwen > > > On 6/08/2010, at 10:01 PM, Jenny M Benson wrote: > >> On 06/08/2010 00:03, Noddie wrote: >>> I would like to make a list of individuals who do not have 1911 >>> census details in the events I have created. >>> >>> I did a search >>> Individual Event-date Not equal to 1911 >>> All ok I got a list of 3863 individuals >>> >>> I checked the info and found that some on the list had been included >>> even though their 1911 date had been filled in. >>> >>> I am a little nervous with this, as I am not sure now that the >>> search is full proof, and wonder if I am doing it the >>> wrong way. It seems a little hit and miss to me? >> >> If you did actually select "Not equal to" and entered "1911" but you >> have entered the Event date as "02 April 1911" (or some variant) then >> you would not get the result you are wanting. You would need to >> enter the date in your Search criteria exactly as you entered it in >> your Event >> data. >> >> >> -- >> Jenny M Benson >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
