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From: "Stuart Armstrong" <>
Subject: Add-a-Name Express
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 09:49:21 -0600
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I'm entering a census record. I've linked the household members as witnesses. But Mary Carrick is listed in this census as Molly Kerrick. It would be incorrect for a report to say that the household included Mary Carrick, so I need to close the census tag, go to Mary Carrick, add a Molly Kerrick name tag, then go back to the census tag and find Mary and select Molly for her name for that tag. Isn't there an easier way?

a. I could change the tag sentence to indicate the household included persons "identified as ..." so that I wouldn't necessarily have to list the name as written. (I've considered that option -- it would simplify tag entry, and the name-as-written is in my citation detail anyway for reference -- but the sentence would be rather awkward.)

b. or maybe Bob could add an Add-a-Name Express feature, whereby one could "Add a name-tag for this tag". I know that from a programming viewpoint this is a little tricky -- adding a tag from within a tag -- but it sure would make life simpler. The feature would have to be available for all principals and witnesses within a tag, and it would by default select the newly-entered name tag(s) for the event being entered, and link the same citation to the nametag(s) also.
In practice, the drop-down list of names for each principal/witness would include "add new name", or else there would be a button beside the name field for adding a new name.

Anybody else like this idea?

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