With the cursor in the Surname box, the sort is by Surname, then Given Name(s), then date of birth.
So all the John Does are sorted chronologically by date of birth, but John A. Does and John B. Does will sort after all the John Does with no middle initial/middle name. I assume that you are wanting the middle initials/names to be ignored so that John A. and John B. will sort chronologically among the Johns with no middle initials/names. There is no capability to do that, you could put in a suggestion. Rarely, I’ve seen one that seems out of order, but I find that if I go back and clear and reenter the applicable name field on that record, then it gets sorted correctly, so there apparently was a hidden character affecting the sort. From: Pat Hickin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 10:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Name List I just realized that when I click View>Name List and dis play a list of, say, all the John Does in my family, they are not displayed in chronological order. Is there a way to change that? Thanks, Pat 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 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
