Neil Grantham 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2006 (edited) Hello I was trying, via help I found on the Forums, to create a Filter Group to be able to create a new Project for just my wife's side of the family So, I used the FG filter as follows: ID Number =Equal 2:1834 (My wife) END OK so far, that shows two entries - her maiden and married names. so I then changed it to: ID Number =Equal 2:1834 AND Is an Ancestor or Descendant of ID# 2:1834 END This gives me a window saying there are 12 people but when I OK this the FG Window is empty! Using TMG 6.12 UK Gold IF! I get this to work (With your help), is this the best way to create another project (Via List of People report) How can I get to show more than 12 (IE her Uncle's/Aunt's families etc. Thanks Neil PS I have used the maintenance options on the current project, and recently re-installed due to another problem Edited November 16, 2006 by Neil Grantham Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terry Reigel 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2006 Neil, I'm confused about what you are trying to do. Are you trying to use both filters and the Focus Group? They are separate ways of selecting a group of people. You can use either, but not together. A filtered group will allow you to include a person and their ancestors and/or descendants. If you use a filter like: Is an Ancestor of ID# 2:1834 and then below add Descendants you can also get the sibling and their descendants. But you won't get the spouses of those siblings and their descendants. To do that requires a temporary flag and multiple steps. Alternately, you could use the Focus Group. First, add you wife to the FG. Select her, check the Ancestors and/or Descendants options, and click the Add Others button to add her ancestors and/or descendants. Click Select All and add descendants to get siblings and cousins. Click Select All, and then add Spouses to get the spouses of the cousins. Click Select All and add Ancestors to get the parents of the spouses (caution, when you do this, either limit the number of generations, or use Ctrl-Click to unselect yourself, or you will get all your ancestors, which you were trying to avoid.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil Grantham 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2006 Neil, I'm confused about what you are trying to do. Are you trying to use both filters and the Focus Group? They are separate ways of selecting a group of people. You can use either, but not together. A filtered group will allow you to include a person and their ancestors and/or descendants. If you use a filter like: Is an Ancestor of ID# 2:1834 and then below add Descendants you can also get the sibling and their descendants. But you won't get the spouses of those siblings and their descendants. To do that requires a temporary flag and multiple steps. Alternately, you could use the Focus Group. First, add you wife to the FG. Select her, check the Ancestors and/or Descendants options, and click the Add Others button to add her ancestors and/or descendants. Click Select All and add descendants to get siblings and cousins. Click Select All, and then add Spouses to get the spouses of the cousins. Click Select All and add Ancestors to get the parents of the spouses (caution, when you do this, either limit the number of generations, or use Ctrl-Click to unselect yourself, or you will get all your ancestors, which you were trying to avoid.) Terry, brilliant thanks. I thought I'd used the FG in the manner I listed before. Obviously not! Created my project a treat. Thanks again Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terry Reigel 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2006 You're welcome, Neil. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites