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Search records that are not connected with my person

Diego L.
Diego L. ✭
September 21, 2021 in Suggest an Idea

Hello, 

It would be nice to be able to mark a checkbox to search only records that are not connected with my person.

I think this will be good because yesterday I found a record of the sister of my great grandmother that was attached in another ID in a different tree. This ID had a lot of information that I didn't have, and I feel that I found it by pure luck.

I think I would have found that record sooner if I had searched records with variations of the name and lastname of my great grandmother and selecting an option to just search records not connected with my person ID. I say this because when I search new records I always prioritize the records that are not attached to a tree.

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  • Paul W
    Paul W ✭✭✭✭✭
    September 22, 2021 edited September 22, 2021

    @Diego L.

    When making a search, there is a "tree" icon that advises when a source / record has already been attached to an individual in Family Tree.

    In the example below, by clicking on the icon you will find the 1904 death source for Henry C Spencer has been attached to an individual of that name with the ID L3DX-RXS.

    The other records shown in this screenshot do not have this icon alongside, showing none of these have yet been attached to anyone in Family Tree.


    Records already attached to FT ID.png


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  • Paul W
    Paul W ✭✭✭✭✭
    September 22, 2021 edited September 22, 2021

    @Diego L.

    After re-reading your comments, I feel you may already know about this. However, I find it suits my purposes and don't really know how any added feature would make your situation any easier.

    Hopefully, other users will comment here and offer suggestions that might be more suited to your request.

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