This browse mode displays information about a family. The top panel shows basic information about the family. The bottom panel shows the menu of available commands.
father: Thomas Trask WETMORE IV (1) born: 18 December 1949, New London, New London, Connecticut died: mother: Luann Frances GRENDA (2) born: 10 July 1949, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania died: married: 1 August 1970, Governors Island, New York, New York child: Anna Vivian Wetmore, b. 1974, Alaska (3) child: Marie Margaret WETMORE, b. 1979, Conn. (4) child: Thomas Trask WETMORE V, b. 1982, Mass. (5) _______________________________________________________________________ Please enter the next family browse operation e Edit the family s Add spouse to family t Enter family tandem f Browse to father a Add child to family b Browse to new persons m Browse to mother r Remove spouse from z Browse to new person c Browse to children d Remove child from q Return to main menu n Create new person x Swap two children _______________________________________________________________________ LifeLines – Family Browse Mode |
Edit the family's record. LifeLines writes the record to a file and puts you into an editor to edit the file. When you return from the editor, LifeLines asks you to confirm the update; the family is changed only if you do so.
Browse to the father/husband of the family, switching to person browse mode. If the father is not there, there is no change.
Browse to the mother/wife of the family, switching to person browse mode. If the mother is not there, there is no change.
Browse to a child in the family, switching to the person browse mode. If the family has more than one child, LifeLines asks you to identify a specific child.
Create and add a new person to the database. LifeLines creates a record template and puts you into the screen editor to edit the record. When you return from the editor, LifeLines asks you to confirm the operation. If you do, the new person is added to the database. If not, the new person is not added. In both cases the display does not change.
Add a spouse to the family. LifeLines asks you to identify the new spouse. If the command you ran just before the s command were the n command, LifeLines guesses that the new spouse will be the person just created. LifeLines asks if this is the case, and if so, makes that person the second spouse in the family. If not, LifeLines asks you to identify the other spouse.
Add a child to the family. LifeLines asks you to identify the new child. If the command you ran just before the a command were the n command, LifeLines guesses that the new child will be the person just created. LifeLines asks if this is the case, and if so, adds that child to the family. If not, LifeLines asks you to identify the child. If the family already has children, LifeLines also asks where to place the new child in the family.
Remove a parent/spouse from the family. LifeLines asks you to identify the person, and if you do, removes him or her. The person is not removed from the database.
Remove a child from the family. LifeLines asks you to identify the child should, and if you do, removes the child from the family. The person is not removed from the database.
Swap (change the chronological order) of any two children in the family. LifeLines asks you to identify the two children and then swaps them.
This command takes you to the tandem family browse mode. LifeLines asks you to identify a second family, and then takes you to the tandem family mode, displaying both the two families.
Browse to a new person or list of persons. You can identify a person or list by name, by key, or by list name. If you successfully identify a new person or persons you will switch into the person or list browse modes.
Zip browse to a new person. LifeLines asks you to identify a person by name or key value, and if you do, browses to that person.
Return to the LifeLines main menu.