Thanks Ron - yes it does. I had tried it earlier but it didn't work until I
closed the program and reopened it. Now works a treat and is a very good
option for my many-of-the-same-name.
Proves the benefit of the user group, so thank you.
-Original Message-
From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com
I have been following the discussion with interest and suggest the following
potential use for User Ids and index lists
I have more than 150 men in my database named William Snell, most of whom
have either no firm dates, or just a baptism or just a burial. Its really
difficult trying to
I add a new child status called Perhaps and attach it to the child in
question. This then appears on the Family screen and lets me know
immediately that there is some doubt. For marriages I do the same thing -
make a Status entry of Perhaps, or Probable, which also appears on the
family screen. I
Thanks to all those who gave suggestions as to how to organise many
individuals of the same name. The biggest issue is having to add in extra
information that has no meaningful relevance to the information stored about
individuals, simply in order to make them appear in the right order in a
list.
Does anyone know how to manage many individuals (more than 70) of the same
name in order to find the one you want easily? Most do not have birth dates,
only baptism or burial dates and the name list only sorts in alphabetical
order of name, then in birth date order. For some I add a suffix which
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