GenServ - GENHOW2 Genealogical Server 1 August 1997 The latest version of this file may be obtained anytime by sending any message (even a blank one) to: genhow2@GenServ.COM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. RULES FOR SUBSCRIBERS 2. SEARCHCOUNT - SEARCHCOUNT@GenServ.com 3. SEARCH NAME COMMAND BASICS - SEARCH@GenServ.com 4. SEARCH NAME COMMAND EXPANDED 5. SEND COMMAND - SEND@GenServ.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) RULES FOR SUBSCRIBERS Please note: We do not have many rules. 1. For best results in using this system. Read all this file. Postal mailing address for Cliff is at end of this file. 2. Subscribers in these GenServ Subscription Categories may send up to 12 commands per any one hour. REGULAR, SENIOR or STUDENT - You may upgrade your category at anytime by sending the difference in subscription amounts. 3. Subscribers in the PRIME SPONSOR category may send up to 60 requests to the server per any one hour. (please note, this was only 50 per hour, but has been changed to 60 requests per hour.) 4. For your own benefit, read the GenServ DISCLAIMER page. 5. Do Not Forget that New Info will be seen first by Subscribers in the 'fileset' file. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) SEARCHCOUNT ALL SEARCHCOUNT COMMANDS GO TO: SEARCHCOUNT@GenServ.com . ID: CM12345 (Instead of "CM12345" use your own ID#) SEARCH NAME: manis (Instead of Manis, you may put ANY SURNAME) NOTE: The options listed under 4) SEARCH NAME COMMAND EXPANDED can be used with SEARCHCOUNT. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) SEARCH NAME COMMAND BASICS ALL SEARCH NAME COMMANDS GO TO: SEARCH@GenServ.com ID: and SEARCH NAME: are the ONLY required fields, everything else is optional. Names with apostrophes (like "O'Brian") will be found with SEARCH NAME. You may send the command: ID: CM12345 (Instead of "CM12345" use your own ID#) Only those subscribers who have sent us a GEDCOM datafile will have access to this system. SEARCH NAME: manis (Instead of manis, you may put ANY SURNAME) or ID: CM12345 SEARCH NAME: manis, Alda or ID: CM12345 SEARCH NAME: MANIS, a You then will get something like this: LAST, First INDI# Spouse name SNDX Birthdate Deathdate Database ----------------- ------ ---------------- ---- ----------- ----------- ------ MANIS, Alda C 171 OWENS, Joyce F M520 11 Mar 1939 mb5 MANIS, Amos 1443 FRANCIS, Mary E M520 1805 1840 mb5 MANIS, Annas 12572 JONES, John M520 14 Mar 1791 2 Nov 1874 mb5 MANIS, Annas 486 JONES, John M520 14 Mar 1791 2 Nov 1874 char4x MANIS, Arnold M 1459 M520 18 Jun 1893 19 Jul 1893 mb5 MANIS, Arthur M. 866 MOORE, Ollie Lee M520 8 Sep 1886 27 Mar 1950 mb5 ----------------- ------ ---------------- ---- ----------- ----------- ------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) SEARCH COMMAND EXPANDED ID: and SEARCH NAME: are the ONLY required fields, everything else is optional. * ID: AA12345 EXCLUDE: smittd1, bruq6na (up to 10 EXCLUDEs, separated by commas, spaces, or commas and spaces) INCLUDE: mb5 (same limitations as for EXCLUDE. You cannot have both include and exclude in the same message.) SEARCH NAME: Abbott (or) SEARCH NAME: Abbott, J (or) SEARCH NAME: Abbott, John ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPTIONAL COMMANDS: * BORN BEFORE: 1 Jan 1960 * BORN AFTER: 1 Jan 1940 * DIED BEFORE: 1 Jan 1960 * DIED AFTER: 1 Jan 1940 * LOADED SINCE: 10 Feb 1996 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIST FIELDS COMMAND * LIST FIELDS: With this command, we give you the ability to have a subscriber designed report, and put/select fields as you wish for the output of your report. o 1) Name o 2) INDI# o 3) Spouse Name o 4) SOUNDEX o 5) Birth date o 6) Death date o 7) Database Name o 8) S = Sex (M or F) o 9) P = Parents (y or N) o 10) F = Family (# of generations) o 11) Chi = Children (# of) o 12) Birthplace o 13) Death place o 14) Last Update * LIST FIELDS : All - gives you ALL the above fields. * Omitting LIST FIELDS - gives you fields 1 through 8 above (an example of this report is shown above in 2) SEARCH NAME COMMAND BASICS. * LIST FIELDS: 1 2 3 4 5 8 (The listing will be sorted in order by the FIRST field listed.) or These will be listed in the order you show them, so: LIST FIELDS: 5 1 2 3 7 would show ONLY the Birth date, Name, INDI, Spouse Name and database, in that order, sorted by the first field (birth date). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIST WIDTH COMMAND * LIST WIDTH - tells GenServ where to set the effective right-side margin on your reports. There is a minimum of 60, maximum of 200, and default of 80. * LIST WIDTH: 75 * Omitting LIST WIDTH - sets the width to the default of 80. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPLIT COMMAND * SPLIT COMMAND - To control the length of reports you may specify how many kbytes per message. The largest message size is 5m (5000k) and the smallest message size is 16k. NOTE: Before using any split size over 100k, ask your internet provider if they have any limitations on email message size. * Omitting SPLIT - Defaults your messages to a 50kbyte limit. SPLIT: 25 (Will send them in 25k bytes messages to you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHOW REQUEST COMMAND * By default your original request is appended to the end of the message sent from GenServ. If you want to disable this feature, add the following line to any request you send: * SHOW REQUEST: NO * Omitting SHOW REQUEST - Defaults your returns to have your original request appended to the message ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) SEND COMMAND ALL SEND COMMANDS GO TO: SEND@GenServ.com * SEND: datadate - Current listing and time each database was loaded. SEND: datatot - Name and date/time/size of last few databases loaded. SEND: genhow2 - This file. SEND: geninfo - The latest current documentation for the GenServ system SEND: genrpts - Samples of all available reports. SEND: idinfo - You will receive back your own name/address info. SEND: fileset - Current listing of files, plus late-breaking news. Some older files are also listed in the fileset file. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send any message to the addresses below to request these files: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- geninfo@GenServ.com - Latest info about GenServ genhow2@GenServ.com - How to format requests genrpts@GenServ.com - Sample reports gedmake@GenServ.com - GEDCOM file? How to make? genem@GenServ.com - How to send a GEDCOM email genftp@GenServ.com - How to send a GEDCOM ftp genpostal@GenServ.com - How to send a GEDCOM postal mail disclaimer@GenServ.com - GenServ Disclaimer The GenServ System home page on the World Wide Web at URL: http://www.genserv.com Cliff Manis ADMIN@genserv.com HHC, 18th MEDCOM PO Box 579 APO AP 96205 USA