Hi Jane, Have you used the right search to collect your direct ancestors (with or without their siblings etc depending on which checkboxes you tick)?
Your reference to "instead of getting the ancestor with no parents, I get several of that line" suggests you may have decided to use the miscellaneous search for direct-line ancestors with no parents and thinking you'll use that instead of the focus group? They may be the ones who were alive in 1790 but that depends on how far your research has gone in each line. You need to use the focus group to pick up those alive in 1790 in lines that have been researched further back. This list will have people completely outside the time you are interested in for this census. For example it should include your parents. It's the next step that limits it to those potentially alive in 1790. How accurate the list will be will depend on how many dates you have entered for the potentials and what lifespan you use in the census search. It's a potential list. It's a two step process: Step One: Limit who is even considered in the census search to a group. This is where you create a new search list using that radio button setting at the bottom of the search screen. Step Two: Do the census search just on that group of ancestors by changing the radio button at the bottom of the search screen. Cathy At 04:33 AM 14/03/2014, you wrote: >I don't seem to be able to get the parameters correct. Instead of >getting the ancestor with no parents, I get several of that line. I >also get people who were too old to be in the 1790 census, even though I >have specified that census in the choice box. > >Jane > > >On 3/13/2014 1:38 AM, Cathy Pinner wrote: > > Hi Jane, > > > > First make a search list of your direct ancestors. > > > > Search - Miscellaneous Tab - Focus Group. > > Make sure you are set as the Current Individual > > Click the Edit Focus Group button > > Clear List if necessary and then add individual and ancestors using > > the Direct Line Ancestors and check any additional categories you want. > > OK that. > > Make sure that at the bottom of the search screen Clear List before > > this search is chosen > > Then click Create List > > Close the Search list created. > > Then go back to that Census List search. > > Change the bottom of search screen selection to Only search the Search list > > Create your Report. > > > > > > Cathy > > > > At 08:52 AM 13/03/2014, you wrote: > >> I just found this wonderful thing called "Census Report" which can give > >> me a list of those who have not noted as found in the census. What a > >> great tool! I can almost work it out to use to get a list of all my > >> direct ancestors who have not been found in the census, but I can't > >> quite get to the place where I get only direct ancestors. I just don't > >> see where it allows me to choose those, but I am quite sure it must. > >> > >> Can anyone give me a clue on how to get only direct ancestors who have > >> not been found in - say - the 1790 census? > >> > >> Thanks for a bit of help here. > >> > >> Jane Sarles > >> 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
