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- CHAPTER 11 LISTS OF SIMILAR PERSONS, FAMILIES AND NOTES
-
- OR
-
- SEARCHING YOUR FOLDER FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION
-
-
- PART F: KEYWORDS USED IN ORDER COMMANDS...
-
- In this section we assume that you know what a list is, and
- how to make one. If you haven't done so already, review the
- first section in this chapter, which is entitled "An
- Introduction with Basic Examples". Also, review the ORDER
- command description in the second section of this chapter,
- which is entitled "A Glossary of GIM LISTS Commands with
- Examples".
-
- In those sections, we briefly introduced the ORDER command.
- In this section, we'll cover it in more depth.
-
- QUICK REVIEW...
-
- The ORDER command is followed by one or more keywords, such
- as MARRIAGE DATE or SURNAME. The GO command looks at these
- keywords as it builds a new list, and sorts them in the order
- of the first specified keyword. If two entries in a list
- have the same value for the first keyword, then those entries
- are sorted in the order of the next keyword, and so on.
-
- In other words, if you give GIM LISTS the command:
-
- ORDER SURNAME GIVEN
-
- ... then GIM LISTS will sort all the members of the list by
- surname. For those members of the list who have the same
- surname, they will be sorted by their given names.
-
- Once this list is created, it will be DISPLAYed or PRINTed or
- FILEd in that order.
-
- GLOSSARY OF KEYWORDS...
-
- Listed below are all the keywords that are currently
- recognized by the ORDER command. We have only implemented a
- subset of all the keywords that are possible here, and it
- would be a simple matter for us to add more keywords to this
- list. If you would like to see other keywords added to this
- list, please contact the GIM Authors.
-
- Lists of persons may be ORDERed with the following keywords:
-
- AFN
- -- the person's Ancestral File number
-
- BAPTISM DATE
- BAPTISM PLACE
- -- the person's LDS baptism data
-
- BIRTH DATE
- BIRTH PLACE
- -- the person's birth data
-
- BURIAL DATE
- BURIAL PLACE
- -- the person's burial data
-
- CHILDREN
- -- the person's number of children
-
- CHRISTENING DATE
- CHRISTENING PLACE
- -- the person's christening data
-
- CODE
- -- the person's "code" value
-
- DEATH DATE
- DEATH PLACE
- -- the person's death data
-
- ENDOWMENT DATE
- ENDOWMENT PLACE
- -- the person's LDS endowment data
-
- FIRST
- -- the person's first (given) name(s)
-
- FULL
- -- the person's full (first and last) name
-
- GENDER
- -- the person's gender, as "M", "F", or "U"
-
- GIN
- -- the person's GIN number
-
- GIVEN
- -- the person's given (first) name(s)
-
- LAST
- -- the person's last name (surname)
-
- NUMPARENTS
- -- the person's number of parents
-
- NUMPARENTSETS
- -- the person's number of sets of parents
-
- PIN
- -- the person's PIN number
-
- REFN
- -- the person's reference number
-
- SEALPAR DATE
- SEALPAR PLACE
- -- the person's LDS sealing to parents data
-
- SPOUSES
- -- the person's number of spouses
-
- SURNAME
- -- the person's surname (last name)
-
- Lists of families may be ORDERed with the following keywords:
-
- CHILDREN
- -- the family's number of children
-
- FATHER FIRST
- -- the family's father's first (given) name
-
- FATHER FULL
- -- the family's father's first and last names
-
- FATHER GIVEN
- -- the family's father's given (first) name
-
- FATHER LAST
- -- the family's father's last name (surname)
-
- FATHER SURNAME
- -- the family's father's surname (last name)
-
- FIN
- -- the family's FIN number
-
- HUSBAND FIRST
- -- the family's husband's first (given) name
-
- HUSBAND FULL
- -- the family's husband's first and last names
-
- HUSBAND GIVEN
- -- the family's husband's given (first) name
-
- HUSBAND LAST
- -- the family's husband's last name (surname)
-
- HUSBAND SURNAME
- -- the family's husband's surname (last name)
-
- LAST
- -- the family's (father's) last name (surname)
-
- MARRIAGE DATE
- MARRIAGE PLACE
- -- the family's parents' marriage data
-
- MOTHER FIRST
- -- the family's mother's first (given) name
-
- MOTHER FULL
- -- the family's mother's first and last names
-
- MOTHER GIVEN
- -- the family's mother's given (first) name
-
- MOTHER LAST
- -- the family's mother's last name (surname)
-
- MOTHER SURNAME
- -- the family's mother's surname (last name)
-
- SEALSP DATE
- SEALSP PLACE
- -- the family's parents' LDS sealing to spouse data
-
- SURNAME
- -- the family's (father's) surname
-
- WIFE FIRST
- -- the family's wife's first (given) name
-
- WIFE FULL
- -- the family's wife's first and last names
-
- WIFE GIVEN
- -- the family's wife's given (first) name
-
- WIFE LAST
- -- the family's wife's last name (surname)
-
- WIFE SURNAME
- -- the family's wife's surname (last name)
-
- Lists of notes may be ORDERed using the following keywords:
-
- NIN
- -- the note's NIN number
-
- NOTE
- -- the first line (only!) of the note
-
- NOTES
- -- the first line (only!) of the note
-
- SORTING IN REVERSE...
-
- It is also possible to do sorts in reverse order -- for
- example, to sort surnames from Z to A instead of from A to Z.
-
- You can tell the ORDER command to do a reverse sort by putting
- the keyword "REVERSE" in front of the keyword that should be
- reversed, such as:
-
- ORDER surname REVERSE given birth date
-
- This command will sort by surname from A to Z; when surnames
- match, it will sort given names from Z to A; and when surnames
- and given names both match, it will sort birth dates from
- earliest to latest.
-
- The REVERSE modifier may be used with any of the keywords
- listed above.
-
- ADVANCED HINTS...
-
- It is not necessary to order a list at the same time that it
- is being created.
-
- Instead, you can experiment with your WHERE command until it
- selects the members of the list that you intend. Then, once
- the list is created, you can order it by leaving out the
- WHERE command altogether.
-
- In other words, suppose you have created an unsorted list of
- Czechoslovakian marriages, called "Czech Mates", which you
- want to sort by surname and marriage date. You can do this
- by leaving out the WHERE command as follows:
-
- MAKE Sorted Czech Mates
- FROM Czech Mates
- ORDER surname marriage date
- GO
-
- When the GO command finishes, all the members of "Czech
- Mates" will be in the new list called "Sorted Czech Mates",
- sorted according to surname and marriage date.