Well, with some digging, it turns out that my example was not valid, but I think I have some other examples that are.
In my example, the actual missing match was with Ruth Emma Cook and Ruth E. Cooke. So the surname did not match within 5 characters. I now spot the following duplicates in my file, which were brought in via the drag & drop merge of the mothers line: - Isaac J. Walker and spouse Angelina Carmon; and Isaac John Walker and spouse Angeline Carmon. - Hannah Ann Walker and spouse Joseph Farquhar; and Hannah Anna H. Walker and spouse Joseph Farwuhar. The two Isaacs have births one year apart. The two Hannahs have the same birth year. They all have the same parents.` I see no reason why the Isaac/Angelin* couples were not presented as potential duplicates. For the Hannah/Joseph couples, the spouse's surname does not match within 5 characters. Certainly the parents could have had two different Hannahs, although it would be unlikely that both lived to marriage in that case, and they do have the same birth year. (One has a month and day as well.) Is it a requirement that the spouse must also be a potential match, for this to be presented as a potential duplicate? I've had way more far-fetched potential duplicates presented to me, including twins with different given names. Ward -----Original Message----- From: Brian/Support Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 1:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Find Duplicates does not handle middle initials If that is the case do your Ruth E. and Ruth Emma have the same husband in both files so they can be considered due to family relationships? Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com 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
