Using People Search Delimiters

[Sue S]

Are there keyboard delimiters for use in the People List? I'm not talking about the Find function, but, rather, the ability to reduce the People List to just, say, Gold instead of it showing Gold, Golden, Goldey, Goldsmith, and anything else starting with Gold.

[ttl]

Re: Using People Search Delimiters

I don't think there's a way to do what you want directly but a possible (but not foolproof) workaround might be to use the soundex number for the surname of interest. The soundex number can be easily found in the edit person window.

[kmgenealogy]

Re: Using People Search Delimiters

The only way I know of getting a list with the last name you want is to use the "Find" button. For instance, I have a preset in Find that has conditions set up for Stroop:
Last Name > Contains > Stroop
and
Last Name > Doesn't Contain > Stroops

to separate the two families.

You would have to put in a condition for each of the surnames you don't want, but, once set up as a preset, you wouldn't have to do it again. You can also add other names as they may come up.

[ttl]

Re: Using People Search Delimiters

Kaye, FWIW you can simplify a search like this by using the "Is" qualifier, if you want only "Stroop." You have the preset now, but maybe you'll come across another name you need to distinguish in the future.

[Sue S]

Re: Using People Search Delimiters

Thanks for the suggestions. I'm a heavy user of the People List, primarily so that I don't duplicate names of those I already have. I use it to scan all new entries. While it's current set-up is useful to scan for, say Curtis vs. Curtiss where there could be an obvious overlap, it's cumbersome when I know that overlap doesn't exist as in my previous example. Using the Find feature is too slow--verry slow--for my purposes in this initial entry phase.