Richard, As I understand your request, you have three known conditions; the given name of a female, the surname of a male, plus you have them entered as married.
I have 10,800 people in my database. I randomly selected a couple who met your same conditions and tried different searches. The best I could come up with was a list of 21 couples in my database by using the following: Female Given Names Contains ___________ [Mary] Second Condition =or Male Given Names Contains ___________ [Smith] Third Condition =and Marriage Marriage Event-Name Equal to ___________ [checked] I just tried a few different settings combinations and you've probably already gone through the ones I used. I hope someone else can suggest something that will narrow the field a bit more for you but with no more information than you have, I don't know other combinations that would produce a smaller list of possibilities. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Wempe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LegacyUserGroup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 10:15 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Search | Yes, I know this problem has been asked before but I am such a | devotee of Legacy that I keep thinking there must be a way to crack it | with Legacy search power and some work-around process. | If I know a woman’s married name is Mary Smith [with “Mary” and | “Smith” the predominate names in my file – making a “Name List” search | difficult] - but do NOT know her maiden name or the Given Name of her | husband, how can I locate her in the file? | If I should also know her birth place or place of marriage, I can | narrow it down to a workable number using “Find/Detailed Search” – but | with no other information beside the married name, then …! | Help, please, from you puzzle experts. | I have Windows XP-Home and use Legacy Deluxe v.6.0.0.64 | Richard 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
