Finding People
The fastest way to find people is to search for a person by name. To do this...
- click in the search box at the bottom of the family card
- type a name in this format: LastName, FirstName (Don't forget the comma; that's how Reunion knows the difference between a last name and a first name.)
- press Return or Enter
- keep pressing Return or Enter to find more people who match the name in the search box
As Reunion finds people who match, it shows their family card.
You can search for people by typing only the first few letters of names into the search box. For example, the quickest way to find "Francis Scott Key" is to search for "key, fra sco." Or you could search for "key, sco fra." It doesn't matter what order the first names are typed into the search box.
Remember this shortcut if your searches include people with very long names ó you don't have to type in entire names. The search box searches for names that start with the letters you enter in the window.
To search for somebody by first & middle name(s) only, enter a comma and the first/middle names into the search box. Then press the Return or Enter key. Remember: when Reunion is searching, anything to the left of the comma is a last name; anything to the right of the comma is a first or middle name.
Similarly, to search for last name only (surnames) just enter the last name and no comma. Then press the Return or Enter key.
The search box could show many different family cards with people having the same or similar name. That's why you need to keep hitting the Enter or Return key ó to search for additional occurrences of the name. However, to speed the process, you could focus the search. One way is to specify a first name and a last name. Another way is to use longer text strings in the search box. For example, instead of searching for "Wil, Rob " you could search for "Williams, Robin."