I discovered a new tool that has proven to be very useful. It's called Roots Wizard and it's a batch file that runs queries against the RM Database and creates groups and optionally color codes those entries that could use a little work. It looks for possibly missing family members, members whose status has changed on FamilySearch, etc. It's so fast that I thought it had failed, but it worked great. It is $10 and I'd say it's well worth the money just to have a quick method of sorting out areas that could use additional work.
I know this could be done in RM, but this is a very easy and fast way to make it happen and work through what needs to look looked into. Once a member has been finished, you can mark it with a new Fact type which is set up using this tool.
Note that this tool does NOT work on the Mac version either using Crossover nor in a VM unless the VM is isolated from the Mac (not difficult to do)
Here's the link:
https://www.rootswizard.com/
Here's the user guide:
https://www.rootswiz...9/UserGuide.pdf
Here's the output and the changes that were made (and the time it took - 1 second!):
RootsWizard Group Records Description
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RW01. Target Group 3668 RootsWizard Target Group
RW02. Whats New on FamilySearch 24 Records with changes on FamilySearch
RW03. Review: For Spouses 1766 Review for possible missing spouses
RW04. Review: For Children 97 Review for possible missing children
RW05. Review: For Parents 3123 Review for missing parents
RW06. Review: All Needing Review 3248 Records not yet reviewed
RW07. On Hold 0 Records with the RW-On Hold fact
RootsWizard Color Records Description
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Black 0 Not in RootsWizard Target Group
Gray 140 Records that are set to Living
Teal 280 Deceased and born less than 110 years ago
Navy 0 Records that are On Hold
Brown 0 Records with events dated before DateLimit year
Red 3133 Review for missing family
Maroon 115 Other records not yet reviewed
Blue 0 Records that have been reviewed
Total Data File Records 3668
RootsWizard Setting Value Description
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AutoColor ON RootsWizard colors are enabled
AutoTarget ON Target Group set to automatic
DateLimit OFF DateLimit is disabled
LDS-Support OFF LDS-Support is disabled
Start time: 2019-01-18 08:21:35
Finish time: 2019-01-18 08:21:36
Elapsed time: 1 Seconds
