Why does the option to search for surname variables only show up part of the time?

Question

I notice that sometimes the search page that comes up has the option to turn off the surname variations, and other times I get this one:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thoughts??

 

 

Answer 1

Hi Julie,

You're on Find Matches, the tool that searches for matches for an existing person, rather than for the names/dates you enter. (The distinction is fuzzy, especially if you "refine search" by entering names/dates.)

I don't know why we don't offer the surname variants option on Find Matches. I'll make a note to look at it.

Chris

Comments

Thanks, Chris!

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This has now been fixed.

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Thank you!!