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 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