Ok, but I think that the previous question had to do with the same exact name, so in that case, why was her list (within that same name) not in birth date order?
Dennis, would that be something you could do with LTools, even if just a temporary display and not within Legacy itself? I had thought before that it would be neat if I could get Legacy to search by almost any column (place, spouse, parent, etc.)? Jerry - MerriamFamilyTree.org On 8/20/2011 4:43 PM, Jenny M Benson wrote: > On 20/08/2011 21:27, Jerry wrote: >> Are you sure, Jenny, or am I misunderstanding what you are saying? For >> example, I have lots of: >> >> MERRIAM, William >> >> on my Legacy database, and when I pull the name list up by surname >> order, my Williams are also sorted by birth date. > > There is no option on the Name List screen for selecting to sort other > than by RIN, Forename or Surname. > > However, it seems to be hard-wired into Legacy to do a secondary sort by > date of birth when the user has selected to sort by surname, and if the > user selects to sort by forename Legacy will automatically sort > secondarily by surname and thirdly by date of birth. > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
