It means what it says. You may for example wish to have a list of all people who have an AKA, you would then search for all people where the AKA is not equal to and leave the last box blank.
The searches are mathematical but use boolean arithmetic btw.. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ GOONS #5307 "MJ SA" <[email protected]> wrote: >What does "Not equal to" etc in Detailed Search, this isn't math? > >On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 5:35 PM, MJ SA <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thank you, but I couldn't find it. I have 399 people on my family tree >> and I can't find the one person who got married in Catania :( >> >> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Wendy Howard <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Where will you have that town name recorded? >>> >>> It might be in your locations. >>> >>> It might be in an address. >>> >>> It might be in the text of an event or note. >>> >>> It might be somewhere else. >>> >>> Where you have it recorded will influence how you search for it, but you >>> should be able to search none the less. >>> >>> Click on Search > Find, or the Search icon if you have it showing, or >>> press Ctrl+F. >>> >>> Make sure you're at the Detailed Search tab. >>> >>> Set your options... >>> >>> Look for: Individual (unless you want to narrow it down to a Male or >>> Female, or look for a record in a Marriage) >>> >>> Where to look: this is where it depends on where you've recorded the >>> name; choose the appropriate field name >>> >>> How to look: Contains is probably your best option here >>> >>> What to look for: type the name of the town >>> >>> Note that you can set more than one search condition, so you can search >>> for multiple fields at a time by adding conditions. >>> >>> The first time you run the search, make sure you've got the "Clear List >>> before this search" option selected at the bottom. If you want to >>> search for more than three conditions, do your first three then run the >>> search again with the next set of conditions and select "Add results to >>> existing List". >>> >>> Hope this helps. :-) >>> >>> Kind Regards, >>> Wendy >>> >>> >>> MJ SA said the following on 19/10/2012 9:54 a.m.: >>>> Is there a way to search my family tree for a town name? >>> > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
