On 6/24/2011 12:16 PM, Richard Van Wasshnova wrote:
> A short test for you.
>
> View>  Master Lists>  Source>  "Find-a-Grave"
> and
> Search>  Individual>  Source-Master Source>  Contains>  "Find-a-Grave"
>
> The 2 above operations produce a list of names. "Find-a-Grave" is a
> unique source name. (There is not a source like "Find-a-Gravestone".)
> You can substitute for "Find-a-Grave" anything unique in your source
> list.
>
> Will they both produce the same quantity of names? Yes or No?
>
> If "no" why are they different.
>

View>  Master Lists>  Source>  "Find-a-Grave" doesn't give a list of
names.  It shows a list of sources.

Search>  Individual>  Source-Master Source>  Contains>  "Find-a-Grave"
will find all individuals with sources that contain the phrase
"Find-a-Grave".

They produce different results because you are comparing apples with
oranges.  One returns sources, the other returns individuals.

--
Gene Young


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