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From: Joan Lowrey <>
Subject: Re: [APG] How to advice needed on Ancestry.com search
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 23:13:04 -0700
In-Reply-To: <6a.3ddd5465.2da774a4@aol.com>


Annette,

The index and the individual data are at two different levels, so you can't
change what's displayed on the index. But you can create your own index
with all of the data in several ways.

First, here is a method that will simplify getting that additional data.
This way you can scroll through all the Womack entries without having to go
back to the index each time to get the next person.

After you search for Womack and get the index, you'll see some people
with other surnames who have Womack as either a first name or middle name.

* Click the first person with Womack as a surname (this person
happens to have no given name, obviously a stillborn child or one who
didn't live very long). This will give you this person's personal data, as
you know. This person is the start of the Womack list.

* Above "What to do next?", click "Next match" to see the next person.

Note that through 1929, there are two more fields -- volume and
certificate number. Strangely, for the 1930s there are no names on the
index, but death date, age and Parish are listed. Starting with the 1940s,
names are back, and there are two additional fields -- sex and race.

Next, to create the index you want, you have several choices:

1) You can print each page of the index and write the additional
information next to each entry. Print only Pages 1 to 1 so you don't print
excess paper.

2) You can cut-&-paste the index entries into your word processor and type
the additional data next to each entry. Advantages: Less pages, as you will
have a more condensed list, and you can create tabs to allow for sorting of
each field. If you want to do really effective sorting, you should set
separate tabs for first name, middle name, surname, day of death, month of
death, and year of death. Ages are a problem, because infants' ages in
minutes, hours, or days, and the rest include the word "years." I think I
would set a separate tab for the number and a separate tab for the time
designation.

3) You can cut-&-paste the text from each individual data screen into your
word processor. Advantages: You won't have to type any data. Disadvantage:
You will have to do find/search-&-replace to eliminate all the text for the
field names and their associated tabs (but doing each field globally is
really fast).

Yes, I saw that there are 183 Womacks in this database, and yes, this will
take some time to accomplish. But you have a complete list, fully sortable,
which you will probably use over and over again. I think it would be worth
the effort. I tried several pages and it wasn't that difficult. I am sure
some others on this list can tell us how to capture this date and put in
into Excel. I would appreciate hearing how to do that, too. I just do
everything in WordPerfect and find it equally as efficient.

Joan Neumann Lowrey
La Jolla, California

At 11:38 PM 4/8/04 -0400, wrote:
>Help:
>
>Can anyone give me instructions on how to do a search on Ancestry.com to
>achieve the following? Or can it be done?
>
>All WOMACK (or other surname) listed in the Louisiana Death Records AND have
>the listing include the vol and certificate number as well as the age and
>date
>of death and place? I really don't want to have to go to each individual
>entry! There were a lot of Womacks in La!
>
>I have a total subscription to Ancestry.
>
>Annette
>
>Annette Carpenter Womack
>Assistant State Coordinator LaGenWeb
>Parish Coordinator of Winn Parish Web Page
>Winnfield LA Family History Center Director
>Author and compiler of books on Louisiana
>Professional Genealogist Specializing in North Louisiana research
>Member of Association of Professional Genealogists - Louisiana Chapter Contact
>Member of International Society of Family History Writers & Editors
>ftp://members.aol.com/annettewomack/genealogy/gservices.htm

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