Take a second look at the Miscellaneous search screen. There is an Entire Family File section where you can also search for individuals with no parents. That search should find everyone not just within the direct line.
Perhaps I do not understand exactly what you are looking for. In one sentence you say you are looking for individuals within specific trees and in another you say you want tops of all trees because you are doing a one place study. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 04/08/2014 11:39 AM, Dave Keeney wrote: > Thanks Cathy, I thought I had seen a "no parents' option somewhere before. > Unfortunately, I'm looking for all un-parented individuals within specific > trees. As you say, the miscellaneous Tab search only gives them for direct > ancestors. > I'm doing a one place study and would like to find the tops of all the > individual trees (family units) within. > I have subsequently done a couple of SQL searches via Access and it gives > me what I need although quite inelegantly :-) 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

