{"id":3820,"date":"2025-05-15T11:13:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T17:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/?p=3820"},"modified":"2025-05-19T08:24:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T14:24:40","slug":"memorial-day-preparation-finding-my-ancestors-one-cemetery-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/?p=3820","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day Preparation: Finding My Ancestors One Cemetery at a Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Memorial Day is just around the corner, and my latest project is ready to be put to use. I started a new RootsMagic 10 database where I&#8217;m researching the people buried in several nearby family cemeteries. My family has lived in this area since before the Revolution; if we aren&#8217;t blood-related, we&#8217;re probably connected by marriage. The goal is to link everyone together in one family tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I checked the File Properties on the Home page, I saw that I have 843 people in this new RootsMagic database. Using the <strong>Count Trees<\/strong> tool under the Tools menu on the People page, I identified 346 individuals related to me in the main tree so far. My next step is to find out which direct-line ancestors are buried in each cemetery. Ideally, I want to print out a list to take with me so I can visit each grave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-CountTrees.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"646\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-CountTrees-1024x646.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3821\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-CountTrees-1024x646.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-CountTrees-300x189.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-CountTrees-768x484.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-CountTrees.jpg 1123w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creating the Harrisena Cemetery Search<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The first step is to identify which ancestors are buried in which cemetery. To do that, I navigated to the Search Page, specifically Person Search\u2014Advanced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of my favorite new features in RootsMagic 10 is the ability to create, save, and reuse a set of search rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To do this, I clicked on <strong>Find<\/strong> and entered two search rules:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li><strong>Ancestors<\/strong> &#8211; starting with myself, going back 10 generations, and including only direct ancestors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Criteria<\/strong> &#8211; ensuring &#8220;Unselect&#8221; is checked. Under <em>Edit Criteria<\/em>, I chose the following filter:\n<ul>\n<li>Burial \u2192 Place details \u2192 Does not contain \u2192 <em>Harrisena<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-Ancestors.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"646\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-Ancestors-1024x646.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3824\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-Ancestors-1024x646.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-Ancestors-300x189.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-Ancestors-768x484.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-Ancestors.jpg 1123w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-Criteria.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"646\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-Criteria-1024x646.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3825\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-Criteria-1024x646.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-Criteria-300x189.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-Criteria-768x484.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-Criteria.jpg 1123w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Clicked <strong>OK<\/strong> once all rules have been added and RootsMagic displays a list of people who match the sequence of rules I entered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This search removes all ancestors not buried in Harrisena Cemetery, leaving me with a list of just those who are. Surprisingly, I only have two direct-line ancestors buried there, including my Revolutionary War ancestor who first settled the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before moving on to the next search, I saved this one. This allows me to run it anytime without re-entering the search rules. I clicked <strong>Saved Searches<\/strong>, chose <strong>New<\/strong>, and saw the search filter still intact. I named it <em>Harrisena Cemetery &#8211; Ancestors<\/em>, clicked <strong>Do Search<\/strong>, and it re-ran successfully. Now I could safely click <strong>Clear Criteria<\/strong> and <strong>Clear Results<\/strong> to start fresh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5-SavedSearch.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"646\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5-SavedSearch-1024x646.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3826\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5-SavedSearch-1024x646.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5-SavedSearch-300x189.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5-SavedSearch-768x484.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5-SavedSearch.jpg 1123w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/6-SavedSearch.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"777\" height=\"708\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/6-SavedSearch.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3827\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/6-SavedSearch.jpg 777w, http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/6-SavedSearch-300x273.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/6-SavedSearch-768x700.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creating the Seelye Cemetery Search<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This time, knowing I\u2019d want to save the search again, I clicked <strong>Saved Searches<\/strong> first, selected <strong>New<\/strong>, and named it <em>Seelye Cemetery &#8211; Ancestors<\/em>. I entered two similar search rules:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li><strong>Ancestors<\/strong> &#8211; starting with myself, going back 10 generations, and including only direct ancestors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Criteria<\/strong> &#8211; ensuring &#8220;Unselect&#8221; is checked. Under <em>Edit Criteria<\/em>, I chose:\n<ul>\n<li>Burial \u2192 Place details \u2192 Does not contain \u2192 <em>Seelye<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Clicked <strong>OK<\/strong> once all rules have been added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This search generated 10 direct-line ancestors in the results, including the son of my Revolutionary War ancestor and his descendants. Interesting\u2014why the split between cemeteries? More questions to explore another day. With the search saved, I could now focus on generating reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Generating Cemetery Reports<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To create the reports, I used an existing report called <em>Individual List<\/em>. I generated two separate reports from each of the <em>Saved Searches<\/em>. Under <em>Report Settings<\/em>, <em>Include?,<\/em> I chose &#8220;Select from list.&#8221; Next, I clicked <strong>Mark<\/strong> and selected <em>Saved Searches<\/em>. First, I selected <em>Harrisena Cemetery &#8211; Ancestors<\/em>, clicked <strong>Do Search<\/strong>, then <strong>Select<\/strong>, and <strong>OK<\/strong>. Once I ensured the report options were set correctly, I clicked <strong>Generate Report<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/11-IndividualList.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"724\" height=\"494\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/11-IndividualList.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3822\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/11-IndividualList.jpg 724w, http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/11-IndividualList-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/12-IndividualList.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"946\" height=\"731\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/12-IndividualList.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3823\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/12-IndividualList.jpg 946w, http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/12-IndividualList-300x232.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/12-IndividualList-768x593.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 946px) 100vw, 946px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I could have printed the report directly using the print icon, but I decided to save it as a PDF instead. I&#8217;m sure I won\u2019t be the only family member interested in this list. Now, I can save it to my phone and share it as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/14-IndividualList.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/14-IndividualList-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3828\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/14-IndividualList-1024x687.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/14-IndividualList-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/14-IndividualList-768x515.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/14-IndividualList.jpg 1090w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have more preparations to make for my cemetery visits, but I\u2019ll save that for another day&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memorial Day is just around the corner, and my latest project is ready to be put to use. I started a new RootsMagic 10 database where I&#8217;m researching the people buried in several nearby family cemeteries. My family has lived in this area since before the Revolution; if we aren&#8217;t blood-related, we&#8217;re probably connected by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3820"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3820"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3841,"href":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3820\/revisions\/3841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}