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Chakoteya
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Sort siblings without parent(s)

Post by Chakoteya » 24 Nov 2014 16:38

Has anyone found a way to re-sort siblings in order of birth date in the focus page without knowing their parents?
This is something that is starting to crop up for me in the early 1910s when the birth mother's surname is given, but I don't yet know her forename or be sure who her spouse is.
Researching Luckings and March surnames
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Re: Sort siblings without parent(s)

Post by tatewise » 24 Nov 2014 16:53

Welcome to the FHUG.
There are a number of ways to get any data into Date order. It matters not whether you know the names of either parent.
A catch all is Tools > Re-order Out-of-Sequence Data.
But you can also open the mother's Property Box and on the Facts tab use the lower right Menu > Re-order Facts by Date.
There are others, but those are the easiest.
Mike Tate ~ researching the Tate and Scott family history ~ tatewise ancestry

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Re: Sort siblings without parent(s)

Post by PeterR » 24 Nov 2014 16:54

You should be able to use Re-order Out-of-Sequence Data... in the Tools menu. If birth dates are not known, you should be able to use the curly black up/down arrows in the toolbar to manually re-order the records.
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Re: Sort siblings without parent(s)

Post by jimlad68 » 24 Nov 2014 19:49

As well as the above options I create Male UNKNOWN and Female UNKNOWN (or the best info you have) parents, this then simplifies many situations.
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Re: Sort siblings without parent(s)

Post by Chakoteya » 25 Nov 2014 15:15

Thank you all very much. I'll give the tools menu a go.
Researching Luckings and March surnames
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