-----Original Message----- From: Porter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 8:47 PM To: John A. Shaw [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Subject: Checking names Amen! You got my vote! When I find a certain surname it goes in to my nearly 15,000 person database of ancestors. Both linked and unlinked. Hoping to maybe link them to someone at a later time. Who is going to remember all the islands of loose individuals floating around in a large file. I know I won't remember. As a person is entered they need to be checked against the individuals already entered. Saves some of us considerable time. The other choice of going to search or the name list to check an individual. Is antiquated, cumbersome and a pain in the you know where. PR �-----Original Message----- �From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] �[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John �A. Shaw �Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 7:57 PM �To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] �Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] automerge � � �David, � �No! I, and several others, have asked for an "on the fly" name �check during data entry. FTW has this but Brothers Keeper had it �earlier and better. As soon as you enter the name BK offers a �list of same-names from which you may choose or continue to enter �a new person. I know, why not just look the person up in the Name �List before entering them? Or, enter them then do a "Find �Duplicates". Both alternatives are overly complex and wasteful of �time. The whole purpose of computer-based genealogy is to �simplify, streamline and make more efficient the collection, �storage, and retrieval of data. The two proposed alternatives �would be unnecessary if Legacy simply did a name check as the user �typed. For those who want to take their chances or do it some �other way, this would, of course, be a toggled feature, much like �the location or surname checking is now. � �All the best, � �John �######################################################### � To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
