FTM baptisms

[jennie]

Hi is there anyway i can get a list of baptisms please without having to go through each person.

Jen x

[Glen in Tinsel Knickers]

If you record the details as a fact under the baptism heading then you can create a report

Custom Report>Facts to include>Baptism (and select source, date etc as required).

I listed certs as sources to bmd facts and can pull up a list of all certs held straight away, it makes it easy to see what is still outstanding.

The same for burial locations, census images held etc. It makes it easier to see what i need to input and what i have already done.

[Glen in Tinsel Knickers]

Step 1

Use the edit button on the individual to add a fact (birth, death, baptism etc)






Step 2

Add the relevant fact using the add fact button, select what you need from the dropdown menu of available facts, i also add the source by using the source button and record birth certificate for example





See next post for how to create the report

[Glen in Tinsel Knickers]

Create the report


Select the custom report from the reports menu





Click the items to include tab and select the item(s) you want to put in the report





The steps above gave me the following report








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[jennie]

Thankyou very much Glen. Nicely illustrated as well so i can see what you are doing lol.

[Heather Positive Thinker]

Blimey Glen, I reckon you are wasted driving that truck

[Lynn The Forest Fan]

Oh thanks Glen, I had been going to ask how to do this, as I think Elaine mentioned it the other day & I forgot to write it down. :o

[Bee]

Ooo! Glen! This is brilliant!

Now, if you'd just like to pop over to the 'reference guides and 'how to..' section, and do something similarly well-illustrated for my query on splitting files and gedcoms .....!

Go on, pleeeeease - as Heather said, you're wasted on your 'day job'!

Bee

[Ann from Sussex]

I didn't know you could do that! Brilliant - just what I needed.

Thanks Glen.

Ann

[Glen in Tinsel Knickers]

You can do the same thing for any type(s) of facts by using the custom report. FTM supports 256 different facts!!!

The only drawback is if you haven't got the details recorded as facts then you have to input them under the relevant fact BUT................ it does mean that all your facts are recorded in the correct place and transfer correctly tagged (titled or labelled if you prefer) via GEDCOM.

It also makes recording facts and sources neater within FTM and makes viewing what you have or haven't got far easier.

An example could be the census images held, just record the year(s) as a census fact for the individual as eg 1841, 1851, 1861, 1881 would quickly show that the 1871 image was missing but the remainder have been found.

One word of caution though, don't list too many types of fact in one report, if you do the listing will not fit the width of one page and the report doesn't print or read properly when carried onto a second page.

[Rosie Knees]

just tagging this so I can find it again. Great info on here Glen.

[Glen in Tinsel Knickers]

Just adding this for Meg to illustrate how i add the census years


Adding the ancestry census details into the notes section





By entering the year(s) you hold images as a fact.........





It's easy to list the images held in a custom report

[Guest]

Glen can I ask you something ??? are they screenshots of your Tree??? if so you have lots in your Scrapbook, do you find your tree takes ages to back up to the internet ??? as mine can take up to 2 hours or more sometimes so was thinking of deleteing them all, and just having them on Tribalpages. which is a shame really .

[Glen in Tinsel Knickers]

Glen can I ask you something ??? are they screenshots of your Tree??? if so you have lots in your Scrapbook, do you find your tree takes ages to back up to the internet ??? as mine can take up to 2 hours or more sometimes so was thinking of deleteing them all, and just having them on Tribalpages. which is a shame really .

Yes it is my tree and FTM used, I use 2005 so don't have the internet backup.

[Ann from Sussex]

Glen can I ask you something ??? are they screenshots of your Tree??? if so you have lots in your Scrapbook, do you find your tree takes ages to back up to the internet ??? as mine can take up to 2 hours or more sometimes so was thinking of deleteing them all, and just having them on Tribalpages. which is a shame really .

Val: I back up my FTM2006 to the internet and it takes seconds to do a file of 2.79MBs....but I don't have any images on mine.

Ann

[Guest]

thanks Glen
Ann mine takes forever thats why I am starting to take the photos off , but its a shame really if it has the facilty for them.

[Ann from Sussex]

Besides internet back-up, I also back my tree files up on two memory sticks (belt and braces in case something goes wrong with one) which I find is a quick and easy method.I have all my photos on them too but it still doesn't take very long to do. Internet back up is fine I think but supposing you can't get online or the site is down at the crucial moment when you need to restore? I like the idea of having a back up medium that's completely under my control and doesn't need an internet connection to work. I have never been able to get on with burning CDs so the memory stick is the perfect answer for me.

Ann