Excellent example, Rebecca. Anyone who has ever used FTM can appreciate these tools and see the value of them. If you never used them in FTM, then you don't know what you are missing.
Chick On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Rebecca Williams<rebecca.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > I see what Chuck would like to do, as would I. In index view, you can list > everyone by RIN, First name or surname. There are five other fields that > could be sorted as simply as the RIN, First name and Surname sorts. I can't > think, at the moment, why I would want to sort locations or sex on this > screen, however, the birth date and the death date sort would help to quicky > show duplicate names. > > > > As an example: Suppose I have a Thomas Hughes b. 16 Jan 1725 and a T. > Wilson Hewes b. 16 Jan 1725. I would be able to see at once that it is a > possibility that they might be the same person. It would probably occur to > me that I need to check these names as possible duplicates. > > > > If I had many names in my family that began with the letters Ha, He, Hi, > Ho, & Hu the Hewes and Hughes surnames might not sort close enough together > for me to see this connection. > > > > > > > > Rebecca > > > > From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf > Of Randolph Clark > Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 3:43 PM > > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Things I Would Like to See > > > > The first is easily avoidable by selecting "Link to existing person" to see > if they're already there. > > The second is next to the person's name if you've so customized the Index > View. > > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Chick Lewis <cglewi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have been using Legacy for almost a year now (since V7 came out.) > My previous program was Family Tree Maker. Following are two features > that I would like to see incorporated into Legacy: > > 1. The ability for Legacy to recognize a possible duplicate person > when he/she is being entered. I search for duplicates quite often > because I have inadvertenly entered a person without realizing he/she > is already in my database. I know how to use the merge function and > search for duplicates, but it would be nice if Legacy would "catch" a > duplication when the name is being entered and warn that it is a > possible duplicate. > > 2. The ability to sort/search the index by birth date as well as > alphabetically or by RIN. This is one feature of FTM I really miss. I > often found people who were the same, but had their names spelled > slightly different. Comparing individuals by birth date rather than > name will sometimes reveal the existence of an un-connected individual > with a different name or name change. I have had several instances > where I have been able to connect individuals to families by comparing > birth dates. > > If enough of us request these features, maybe the powers to be will > incorporate them into the next upgrade. > > Chick Lewis > California > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.42/2279 - Release Date: 08/03/09 > 05:57:00 > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
