Example: When searching for a Tom, it will exclude Thomas's unless their alias already has Tom in it.
Also would be helpful if you have several people with the same name to display their spouse in the search bar as well so you can click the correct one.
I agree, when checks are sent in sometimes, they are only in the spouse's name. It's double the work to have to go out of the batch to search for the spouse as to not duplicate. We do not want every spouse to have their own record.