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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Re: Family Tree Maker 2011 - Splitting an All-in-One Tree
« on: Saturday 27 July 13 03:15 BST (UK)  »
I have tried Family Tree Maker and Family Tree Builder to perform the function of splitting a tree. Simplistically, I want to split my large tree into all people in any way related to a husband and all people in any way related to a wife.

Neither program does what I want easily. The problem is with in-laws that are not related to the husband/wife directly. When the branch of the tree is split based an ancestors and/or descendants of the person in question, outlying in-laws do not end up in the new split branch. For this reason, I am writing my own freeware program to perform what, to me, seems like a common request and one that is not catered for by current programs.

I am happy to give the program to anyone who wants it. It only runs on Windows - it requires .NET framework - so it will happily run on Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8 - and probably XP.

If anyone wants to help me get this program working, send me an email and optionally an export of your tree as a GEDCOM file. The reason I ask for the GEDCOM file is so I can test the program on as much "real" data as possible. If you do not want to send me your tree, do not do so. However, if you find a bug in my program, you will have to supply the GEDCOM so I can fix the bug.

Anyone interested can contact me at mikelevoi AT gmail DOT com.

Mike

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London and Middlesex / Re: is it Roos or Rees?
« on: Wednesday 09 May 12 01:38 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
I was at school with a Stott, who was born in 1949, and her mother's maiden name was Rees. However, she had three sisters, but none with the names you mention. Hope this is of some help.



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Lancashire / Re: Wigan marriage and death mystery
« on: Tuesday 08 May 12 05:30 BST (UK)  »
Been away for a few days. I would just like to thank everyone for all your help. Jos.

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Lancashire / Re: Wigan marriage and death mystery
« on: Monday 30 April 12 08:59 BST (UK)  »
heatherjulie and gortonboy, thanks very much for the info. I will follow all leads. Jos.

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Lancashire / Re: Wigan marriage and death mystery
« on: Monday 30 April 12 02:56 BST (UK)  »
Oreo,

Thank you very much; I think you may be onto something there. My grandparents remained in the Salford and Gorton areas until after ww2, and all the males were metal workers, blacksmiths, mechanics and engineers. I just wonder what had happened to little Martha Ann by the 1881 census, when I am pretty sure they were at living 33 Casson Street. Anyhow, I am very grateful. Jos.

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Lancashire / Wigan marriage and death mystery
« on: Monday 30 April 12 00:48 BST (UK)  »
Hi All,

I have been searching for information about my g-g grandfather, John Jackson, who was born in Wigan in about 1834. I found him, a widower, in the 1871 and 1881 censuses in Manchester (Chorlton) with two children, Joseph (my g-grandfather) born 1863, and Jane, born 1865. The mystery is that I cannot find any record of his marriage to Mrs Jackson, (no idea of her name), nor any record of a death of a female Jackson, between 1865 and 1871, of about the right age. The children were both born in Salford, but whether John married in Wigan or the Manchester area, I cannot discover.

I would be so grateful for any information or suggestions anyone might have. Thanks, Jos Le Voi, Brisbane.

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Devon Completed Lookup Requests / Re: 1901 census lookup. please, Devonport/Stoke Damerel
« on: Thursday 15 September 05 23:19 BST (UK)  »
Hi Jane,
How wonderful! I didn't realise it had become a school so soon; (I was was there in the late fifties/early sixties). I would love a copy of the page, please:
Thanks very much for your help.
Cheers, Josephine.

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Devon Completed Lookup Requests / 1901 census lookup. please, Devonport/Stoke Damerel
« on: Thursday 15 September 05 08:27 BST (UK)  »
If anyone has access to a 1901 census database by address, I would be grateful for the name of the family living at St Michael's Lodge, Stoke Damerel/Devonport. The house had been inhabited by the Hare family for some years, but by 1901 they are not listed. The beautiful house later became a boarding school, which I attended as a small child, and is now sub-divided, and I am hoping to write a history of it. Thanks, Jos Le Voi, Brisbane.

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Re: 1881 census lookup please - MARSHALL
« on: Sunday 03 July 05 22:25 BST (UK)  »
Hi Iria,

Thank you so much for your help. This could be promising because I had always heard (as a small child, on rare trips to England to see my grandmother), that Sarah's father had been a POLICEMAN! Sometimes the enumerators did make mistakes as regards place of birth, this may be one. I will definitely check it out. Thanks again. Cheers, Jos.

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