Thanks to you all. I'll experiment. Joan
On 21/08/2011 02:01, Jan Roberts wrote: > I have AKA and married names showing and my lists still sort in dob order. > > Cheers > Jan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian/Support [mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com] > Sent: Sunday, 21 August 2011 9:10 > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy searching > > Joan, > > There are two things that will affect how the names are sorted. > > First and most important: > To sort in Date of Birth order, turn off the options to include AKAs and > Married Names in the list. As Dennis mentioned in one of his replies > names are not sorted in birth order when AKAs are turned on. To turn off > the AKAs use the option button at the bottom of the search list results > screen. > > There is also one other thing that can make dates appear to be out of > order. The lifespan years in the display will use a Chr/Bapt date as the > beginning year if no birth date is entered. That chr/bapt year is NOT > used for the sort by birth date. If there is no real birth dates entered > then those will sort to the top of the list without reference to any > Chr/Bapt date that may be entered and which is displayed as the start > year of the lifespan. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > br...@legacyfamilytree.com > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > We are changing the world of genealogy! > When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. > Thanks. > > On 20/08/2011 3:53 PM, Joan Kemp wrote: >> Hi! >> >> When searching for a family name in Legacy, the names come in a random >> date order. >> >> Eg, I have just searched for individuals with the surname 'Linnell' >> There are 15 'William Linnell's" in my tree, but in the search, their >> dates are not listed chronologically by birth order >> they start: >> Linnell, William (1821-1880) >> Linnell, William (1833-1837) >> Linnell, William (1740-1779) >> Linnell, William (1767-1832) >> Linnell, William (1740-1817) >> etc >> >> How can I persuade Legacy to order similarly named individuals >> chronologically? >> in the above eg, listed by birth order: >> Linnell, William (1740-1779) (earliest birth) >> Linnell, William (1740-1817) >> Linnell, William (1767-1832) >> Linnell, William (1821-1880) >> Linnell, William (1833-1837) (latest birth) >> >> Many thanks >> >> Joan >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
