Ellen Naliboff
Tue, 19 Sep 2000 18:55:10 -0700
My personal library Author Title LofC classification Hodges, John C. Harbrace college handbook 9907 Mac Conghail, Měre Tracing Irish ancestors 929.1072 McC Burdick, John Ellis Island 9705 NOT YET IN LC Bernstein. Morey The search for Bridey Murphy BF1141.B48 Holzer, Hans Ghosts of old Europe BF1472.U6H6372 Akeret, Robert Family tales, family wisdom BF724.85.R45A44 Cotterell, Arthur Celtic mythology BL900 .R87 Index of householders in 1901 Census of Ireland Surname Given Parish Townland Year Area Coleman Bridget Kilmovee Aghadiffin 1901 East Mayo PoorLawUnion Swinford Colgan Thomas Kilmovee Aghadiffin 1901 East Mayo Swinford Convey Morris Kilmovee Aghadiffin 1901 East Mayo Swinford Gordon John Kilmovee Aghadiffin 1901 East Mayo Swinford Gordon Mary Kilmovee Aghadiffin 1901 East Mayo Swinford Surname Given Reg. Dist. date recorded Vol/page date CLARKE Thomas Swinford mar 1889 v 4 p 255 27 Jan 1889 Spouse Mary Carty MULDERIG Alice Swinford mar 1885 v 4 p 334 1 Mar 1885 Eamon Gallagher CLARKE John Swinford 1878 v 4 p 466 10 Feb 1878 Bridget Larkin CLARKE Maggie Swinford sep 1890 v 4 p 292 10 Mar 1890 Pat Carney CLARKE Maria Swinford 1877 v 4 p 432 11 Feb 1877 Martin Lally CLARKE John Swinford 1878 v 4 p 483 11 Mar 1879 Catherine Brennan CLARKE Honor Swinford mar 1889 v 4 p 317 13 Dec 1888 Thomas McNicholas MULDERIG CatherineSwinford 1876 v 4 p 541 13 Feb 1876 James Murphy Just some samples of my use of Excel files. I prefer this program because I can sort by name, parish, townland, etc. Ellen richhart wrote: > > Have been giving your idea some thought. Not merely for genealogical use but for > other type listings -- surname, first name, e-mail addresses, etc. > I have one index on word perfect (WP) quarto pro and one on wordperfect word > processor which I can also sort. However, not all members (all users) have WP, > some have MS office 97 (access or excel) which would incorporate into office > 2000. I tried to save the WP file into another word processor or spreadsheet > and in so doing lost all the formatting or columns, it no longer sorts properly, > and as a with each data base or spread sheet --a line is considered a > '''page'''. In FILE/save file as, brings up menu, scroll down to ''save as file > type'' and select the file type (lists numerous ones). Opening that 'file' into > the appropriate software per the 'file type' works. Again, I caution you, the > original formatting of the document may be lost, particularily if a 'txt' > file. A generic word processer/spreadsheet/data base would be best. Most > computers have MS works which comes with MS windows 95 and 98. > Lots of luck.. Place only one item per column--name, surname, dob, etc for > easier sorting. > Glory bee > > Christine Pettit wrote: > > > You may not need it for your index, but while you're doing it, you should > > separate surnames from given names, so you can sort either way. It can be > > revealing. > > > > This is interesting, because I have wondered how to do this myself. It > > seems like an overwhelming task. > > > > At 03:15 PM 9/19/00 -0700, you wrote: > > >I am thinking of indexing a book from a parish district in Wales. The names > > >of people and places are very similar and LLs very popular. I am not a > > >great typist and do not have a plan yet on how to do this task. Maybe a bit > > >of input from listeners will help. > > > > > >I was thinking of using a Database or Spreadsheet by MS. Have not decided > > >yet if I am going to do one or two indexes. I was thinking of making the > > >first column for two indexes, second column for names and the third for page > > >numbers. I would start on page one and it is a persons name give it a one > > >in column one and if a location give it a two. I would just go page by page > > >and not try to put all the page number at this time together. If I decided > > >to make it into two indexes I could program it to pull out all ones or twos, > > >them alphabetize the names and thirdly have the pages in numerical order by > > >name. Then go back an edit duplications of names and add the page number to > > >the remain name. Does this sound practical or am I trying to hard to make > > >it a major problem???? > > > > > >Please be kind and civil. No four letter words. Thank you > > > > > >John in California > > > > > > > > > > > >==== LDS-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== > > > > ==== LDS-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== > > LDS-GENEALOGY-L List Archives: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/LDS-GENEALOGY-L/ > > Also now at http://www.mail-archive.com/lds-genealogy-l%40rootsweb.com > > ==== LDS-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== ==== LDS-GENEALOGY Mailing List ====