Re: find in tree: persons with no immigration event

Les’s solution was timely and works. Thanks Les for responding with a step
by step answer!

You may wonder why I am looking at immigration in my tree. Ancestry has
free access to immigration records through midnight tonight. So I am
searching for immigration records which are not on FamilySearch.

-deborah

On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 11:11 PM Les B <[email protected]> wrote:

> Deborah
>
> Try this:
>
> Select People. On right hand side make sure there are no Tag or Custom
> Filters set.
> Click to Create Custom Filter (the icon on the right of the Custom Filter
> box)
> Give it Name ie No Immigration and any comment you want.
> Click on the + button and select "People with the personal <event>" from
> the Event Filter list. Start adding Immigration in the "Personal Event" box
> on the right and select immigration.
> Tick in the "Return Values that do not match the filter rules"
> Click OK
>
> Then run the Filter and see if it works.
>
> Les
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, 17 March 2022 4:50 PM
> To: Gramps Users List <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Gramps-users] find in tree: persons with no immigration event
>
> This seems so simple, I don't know why I am having trouble . . .
>
> I have an established Family Tree in Gramps.
> I want to find anyone in that tree who does not have an immigration event.
> I can find anyone with an immigration event by using the People list.
> Filter for event->immigration and press the find button. Can I filter for
> the absence of an immigration event? Can I tag everyone with an immigration
> event, then search the list for anyone without that tag?
>
> I feel like this is doable, but I feel dumb that I can't figure it out!
>
> -deborah
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