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paf-digest V1998 #34
paf-digest Friday, July 31 1998 Volume 1998 : Number 034
In this issue:
Re: [PAF] Re: FTM GEDCOM files
Re: [PAF] Family History Support new address
Re: [PAF] [Fwd: PAF3WRAP]
Re: [PAF] Focus and Design report-Thanks
Re: [PAF] suggestions for using Focus and Custom Reports
[PAF] New Temple
[PAF] RDF
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Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 13:59:42 -0700
From: "Linda Crawford" <lcrawfor@mail.orion.org>
Subject: Re: [PAF] Re: FTM GEDCOM files
Concerning the FTW files vs GEDCOM,I thank all of you for your suggestions.
They have sent me a GEDCOM file now. I'm going to try some other
suggestions just out of curiosity. Thank goodness for PAF and you great
people. They thought PAF3 should except FTM files. Linda
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Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 15:09:23 EDT
From: Gfahs@aol.com
Subject: Re: [PAF] Family History Support new address
In a message dated 98-07-29 10:28:10 EDT, you write:
<< I got this attachment, but I cannot open it in anything, including Word.
I would really like to see it. Am I doing something wrong? >>
I can't open it either. Is this file in base 64?
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Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 16:41:30 EDT
From: Mlharline@aol.com
Subject: Re: [PAF] [Fwd: PAF3WRAP]
In a message dated 98-07-29 14:40:51 EDT, you write:
for Ann Turner's programs try
>http://members.aol.com/APTurner/gedutils.htm
note that is "htm" not "ntm"
I don't have access to my regular computer with the real list, but I hope that
is correct. I haven't heard that she has changed her address.
Mary Lou
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Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 21:54:01 +0000
From: "Alice Harris" <akh@molalla.net>
Subject: Re: [PAF] Focus and Design report-Thanks
Tom,
Thanks for the text format and the report.
Alice Harris
> here is the text format for any of you that would like to try it. This is
> the v2.31. Version 3.0 is just slightly different, but achieves the same
> results.
>
> Tom
>
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Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 16:58:09 EDT
From: Mlharline@aol.com
Subject: Re: [PAF] suggestions for using Focus and Custom Reports
In a message dated 98-07-28 18:04:13 EDT, you write:
> I would welcome your
> comments on how you use these features to assist research efforts.
>
One way I can use Focus and a Custom Report in my research is o find all the
records in my database with the births or christenings or marriages in the
same place. Many of my records are inherited from family members or from the
old LDS Archives where the family group sheets gave some sources in rather
cryptic form. I feel it necessary to check the records. Since many are New
England families, one of the first places to check is the book of the town
vital records.
I can use Focus to search for the town. I'll use Scituate, Plymouth,
Massachusestts as an example. In PAF 3.0M, I first tried match any data with
the search data being Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. I put this
information in the fields for brithplace, christening place, death place,
burial place, and marriage place. I got over 600 replies and realized that it
included everyone with Massachusetts in those fields. I tried again and put
only Sciutate in the search fields.
The name list was displayed with the results of the Focus search. An
advantage of PAF 3.0M is that the results are displayed as a name list with
the names on the left and details of the highlighted individual on the right.
The names selected by Focus have the little triangle in front of the name. You
may not see any triangles on the first screen. You can use page up and page
down to see other names.
I press V to see only the names on the Focus list. Then I can highlight a
name and press V to see other records with the same surname to see if anyone
was not added to the list because I did not have any place name in that
record.
My database is too big to go though all the names looking for "missing
persons," but by going back and forth on View Selected/All I can see if any
others should be added to the Focus list and add them as individuals.
Then save the focus list and give it a name.
As far as the report is concerned:
I could probably use just the regular name list. However, I created a
custom list and included the birth/christening place and a full
birth/christening date. This gave me a list that I could then take to the
library, or use with a CD of the vital records to check what I had.
I probably should have added death/burial dates and places to this list.
When I checked the vital records of Scituate I did find why the Ancestral File
has two different couples as parents of my Ruth Bryant. Two girls of the same
name were born in that town about 5 years apart. That means more records are
needed to find the true parents, but this was a start.
I would appreciate suggestions on how to improve this procedure.
Mary Lou Harline
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Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 19:37:32 -0400
From: kjhamlin <kjhamlin@oakland.edu>
Subject: [PAF] New Temple
I thought I woul pass this along.
Bruce hamlin
> From: JCBrooks@aol.com
> To: HANDCART-L@rootsweb.com
> Subject: [HANDCART-L] NEW TEMPLE ANNOUNCED FOR THE UKRAINE
> Date: Thursday, July 30, 1998 3:00 AM
>
> Dear Friends.....
>
> I received this over an LDS chat list....I cannot verify it's
veracity...but,
> if true, it would be WONDERFUL!!
>
> Michele
>
> Greetings:
>
> After seeing reports and rumors of reports about a Ukraine Temple
> announcement over the weekend on this and other Internet sources, I
> decided to check the facts with a reliable source.
>
> I interviewed a spokesman with the Church's Public Affairs Department
> this afternoon (Wednesday, July 29, 1998) by telephone shortly before
> 4:00 p.m. MDT (2200 UTC). He confirmed the following:
>
> * President Hinckley did announce the planned construction of a small
> temple for Ukraine during at least one of the several Monticello,
Utah,
> Temple dedicatory sessions on Sunday and/or Monday.
>
> * No official press release will be issued until it can be announced
"in
> an official LDS publication in about a week and a half." (Watch for
it
> in the August 8, 1998, issue of LDS Church News, 10 days from today
> --DVT)
>
> * Even though a press release has not yet been issued, President
> Hinckley has already announced construction of a small temple in
> Ukraine and, according to the spokesman, "You can't get more official
> than that."
>
> Hope this helps clarify,
>
> David V. Tilton
> Palm Bay, Florida, USA
> dtilton@bellsouth.net
>
>
>
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Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 15:59:57 EDT
From: JPlum11566@aol.com
Subject: [PAF] RDF
Help! I have accidently deleted my Research Data File Program and cannot
access the data. I am now using PAF3. Can someone send me a copy via e-mail
at Jplum11566@aol.com? Thanks,
Jeanne
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