find my relative
Could FamilySearch include a search option to find persons by name who are connected to my family tree. Frequently while searching images I see a name that I recognize from my family tree, but can't remember the exact relationship. A general search locates too many options to narrow down.
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This is a very frequent request or suggestion, but unfortunately, on a shared tree the size of FamilySearch's, it's just not currently feasible. The problem boils down to scope: how do you propose that FS should determine who is or isn't "connected to your family tree"? Should it compile a list before the search, of all of your ancestors and all of their descendants? In third-party software that can synchronize with Family Tree, a download like that can take hours. Or should it do the search first, and then run the "show relationship" routine on each result? That would cause each page of Find results to take several minutes to load.
If you've edited the profile of the person in question, you can search by name in My Contributions. If the person is a direct ancestor, you can use the fan chart and your browser's text-finding function. You can also keep track of profiles using the Following option. And finally, you can use one of the third-party programs to download your relatives into that software, and then use its search features. (As I said, the download will take time, but you'd only need to do it once.)
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