Saturday, March 26, 2011

SNGF - Surnames

For this mission (I hear the Mission Impossible theme in the background!) I took a look at two databases in my Genealogy Management Program (GMP).  I have my personal family database and my Newfoundland Families' database (the start of a one-place study for the Bonavista South region).

  1.  How many surnames are in my family tree database:
    1. Keough/Lidman database = 1,133 surnames
    2. Newfoundland families database = 302 surnames
  2. I use Legacy Family Tree version 7.5 and this is how I performed the task:
    1. Open family file
    2. Click on Reports - All Reports
    3. Click on Surname Summary
    4. Click on Preview Report - Screen/Printer
    5. Surnames are listed in alphabetical order so I paged through to find the top five surname entries - the report gives you the name, the quantity and the date range
  3. The top five surnames in my family tree databases are:
    1. Keough/Lidman database:
      1. Keough = 347
      2. Murphy = 173
      3. Shaughnessy = 116
      4. Tracey = 63
      5. Kavanaugh = 62
    2. Newfoundland Families database:
      1. Keough = 414
      2. Walsh = 228
      3. Sullivan = 200
      4. Philpott = 148
      5. Aylward = 147
  4. Posting in my blog!
DONE!  Key the music as Randy Seaver's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun post self-destructs (am I dating myself?).  Cheers

No comments:

Post a Comment

Welcome - thanks for sharing - just so you know, all comments are moderated.