Focus groups are sets of people you can define in PC genealogy software The Master Genealogist. Actions within the program, like reporting and exports, can then be focused on this group.

One useful focus group is one which contains a subject’s patrilineal
and or matrilineal lines. Learn a quick way to create such a focus group in this video.
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There is an often overlooked part of The Master Genealogist’s person view called the Other Info box. By default it displays the following information about the focal person, in this order:

• Reference
• Number of Children
• Surname Soundex
• Number of Tags
• Person’s Age
• Date Last Edited

This is all helpful information, but there’s a problem. The box doesn’t display all of the information at once, so you must scroll the list. It would be better to have the information you most often need displayed at the top so that it’s available at a glance instead. I prefer having the last edit date and person’s age displayed at the top with the reference number. You can put them in whatever order you desire.

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The Master Genealogist is the PC genealogy database software from Wholly Genes. In this video I walk you, step-by-step, through downloading and installation. In future screencasts I’ll cover configuration and features.
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