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Can't create relations from a long list of people #644

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@jamiefolsom

User can't create new relations between people in FairData when the list is long and there are lots of similarly named people. Likely an issue on other models too.

Since the list of people available is limited to 10 in the "Add related person" modal, and it does not allow search by First and Last name, user can’t find/select the correct person to create the relation.

We should either allow search by both names, or perhaps easier: allow lazy loading another page of results within the add dialog.

Example: open a person (John R. Jones) -- attempt to add a relation to Frederick Battles. Search for just "Battles" > does not bring up Frederick. Search for "Frederick Battles", returns 0 results.

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