This has been an interesting addition. It is a great idea to have a tool to detect if the new person is already in the database. To make it more useful, could you restrict the search a little? If it pops up too often when there is no duplicate, it will lose its effect. The pop-up has appeared on my screen 3-400 times in the last 2 weeks. It was of use just once when I was about to add a duplicate.
- It throws up all the people for whom I have no family name - mainly women. For example, I have about 400 Elizas and Sarahs and Marys with no family name and each time I add another, the pop-up appears. There is no way to tell one Eliza, Mary or Sarah from another. So that warning is not useful. Could you eliminate those with no family name from the search?
- It also appears when I am adding the son with the same name as the father. Or, a father with the same name as a son or grandson. A very common practice. Could you not show the pop-up for people who are in a direct line relationship?
- This might be more difficult. Many of those women without family names often get one when I do a bit more work. However, the database action now is an update not an insert, so the check is not done. It would be good to know if the update person is now a duplicate. However, a record can be updated for many reason and many times - not just a name change.