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Individual Records List

Posted: 06 Oct 2020 15:41
by oldenstar
This is probably a very silly question but why are certain individuals not in the main Individual records List, but mostly above the alphabetical main list, or occasionally below it?
I find this list very useful when moving directly to other families.
TIA
Paul

Re: Individual Records List

Posted: 06 Oct 2020 15:57
by ColeValleyGirl
I'm not sure I understand. The Individual Records List shows every individual in your project (unless you have filtered it).

Can you post a screenshot to explain what you're seeing?

Re: Individual Records List

Posted: 06 Oct 2020 16:05
by LornaCraig
It depends how you have sorted the list. If you click on the heading of the first column ('Individual Records') it will sort them into alphabetical order. Clicking on other column headings changes the sort order accordingly.

Re: Individual Records List

Posted: 06 Oct 2020 16:19
by E Wilcock
There could be several reasons. Depending on your data entry.
Punctuation and spaces will disturb the sort order.
My alphabetical list is topped by a list of forenames of wives or other individuals whose surname is not known.
example e.g.
, Clementina
Below that comes a similar list of forenames of women whose partner's name is in square brackets
e.g. [Axmann] Frieda.
When I first came to fh, someone suggested putting the married names of women whose birth dame was unknown in square brackets, so I did for a time but was never consistent. And if one has a column for spouse, it isn't really necessary.