To Search Across all Parishes using Family Explorer for Family
Add columns for "Church Name", "Church City" and "Church ID" to your explorer layout. This will allow you to see all the parishes a family is part of once you’ve searched.
Then in the Church ID column – you'll see it automatically filters for your Church ID. Simply clear the filter by clicking the crossed off funnel icon (clear) next to the funnel.
To find your specific church ID - look in the URL it is the number after wigbdiocese/____/. (Or use the Church Name/Church city to filter for your church and identify the Church ID in the Church ID column)
Fill in the family last name in the Family Name column. All the churches for the family are now visible.
You can click any family in blue, as this indicates they have a relationship with your parish.
If you want to see the registration status and registration date for each family at each parish – Add the columns for “Is Registered” (y/n) and “Registered” (date registered at that parish).
If you want to see which parish a family is registered with - where the Registered Status is Y, match it to the column for Parish Name and Parish City. (for more specific instruction to see if your Family is Registered elsewhere- See Below)
To search across the diocese in Classic View - click here for instructions. The family information visible is only a few columns of data.
Examples - click these fields to add the columns to your explorer view.
Filter Church ID for "not equal to" 0 (zero) to see all churches.
Search for the family
Check Registration status and date Registered at that parish location
See if your Family is Registered elsewhere, or to do a Status vs. Registered census clean-up
Family Explorer allows you to see all of the family's with a relationship with your parish and see if they are registered at your parish or at another parish
Add columns for "Church Name", "Church City" and "Church ID" and “Registered Church ID” to your explorer layout. This will allow you to see all the parishes a family is part of once you’ve searched for a particular family. If you are doing a census clean up, leave the Family Name unfiltered to see everyone. You can only select families that are highlighted in blue.
To see only families with a relationship with your parish, Filter the Church ID for "equal to" your church ID (as found in the URL).
Look at the "Registered Church ID" column and compare it to the "Church ID"
If the "Church ID " matches the "Registered Church ID ", then the family is registered at your church.
If the "Church ID " doe NOT match the "Registered Church ID ", then the family is registered at another Parish.
If the "Registered Church ID " is blank, then the family is not registered anywhere.
In this example - Felix Abano shows as N registered at church 159, Inactive Status at Church 159,
and IS REGISTERED at Church ID 49. If I click on the family name, and check the Churches Tab - I can see that he is active and registered at St Anne, Lena.
You can add a filter for Y or N to see if the family is registered
If you are searching by Family Status – then filter for the "Status" Y/N as well.