Randolph,
The fact that FTM does it without you having to take the time to click on
existing and look. Again, for those of us with large files, these features
are efficient and worthwhile.
Jay
From: Randolph Clark
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 12:43 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
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