Glen: What I want is to be able to search for (1) extracted records or (2) contributed records or (3) both, as separate searches. I am not interested in the ordinance information. I'd prefer there be a menu with options for (1) direct line ancestors only (2) direct line with all children and spouses (3) all related and (4) all in file. I realize I can set tags, but it would be simpler with a drop down menu and set tags available.
Regards, Steven C. Perkins On 22 Feb 2005 at 1:35, Glen Ballard wrote: Date sent: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 01:35:31 -0800 From: Glen Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] IGI Search feature To: [email protected] Send reply to: [email protected] > > One question I have - if you limit the Search to 50 hits, do you get the > > "best" 50 - or just the first 50? Thanks, Mary Young > > Mary, > > I don't know the answer to this question. Ken might be able to answer how > the search routine works. > > These are my observations while using the IGI search feature: > > 1.) I am on my first pass. With this pass, I will fill as many > ordinances as possible. > > 2.) When I limit the results to 50 and at 15 or 20 I stop using the > "that's enough" button, I don't get all the best results. I have gone > back and re-run the search on the same person and found that there were > more results that had very high probability of being matches. In fact > these were the ones I needed. It program does different hits. I don't > know how much I am missing and won't until I finish this pass. Once I > have this pass done, I will go back and limit my search to only people > with a tag of 2. (Tag 2 indicates to me that I still need ordinances.) > > I think that limiting your search you may loose some information. If you > have a small enough file, (under 1000 individuals to search) you may not > want to limit the results. However, doing so will greatly increase the > size of the .IGI file > > 3.) I use several tag numbers in Legacy to limit the program from having > to do unnecessary searching. My tag structure is as follows: > > Tag1 = Needs to be searched > Tag2 = Needs ordinances (either all or some) > Tag3 = All ordinances filled in > Tag4 = Living individual > > Before using the IGI Search, I went through my file and did a search for > all set to living. I then verified that they were actually living. Then > I marked them with Tag4 and removed Tag1. (There are over 15,000 > individuals in my database that are living and the IGI doesn't contain > information on the living. This would have been a huge waste of time > searching the living.) > > I do a filtered search on Tag1. When I find and update individuals, I > then go back and do a search on those modified today. I then change Tag1 > into either Tag2 or Tag3. > > 4.) The next pass I run, I will put the search results back to the default > of 5000. > > Once I am satisfied that all ordinance work that has been done is > recorded, then I will be able to do Temple Ready and submit more ordinance > work to be completed and added to my file. > > I know this didn't exactly answer your question. But, I hope that my > observations help with your IGI search decisions. > > Glen > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
