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how to remove duplicates

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731 views asked Sep 23, 2021 by terencehogan (120 points)
You can’t, try asking for this to be added as a feature

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Be careful what you wish for ....

 

Duplicates come in all shape and sizes - keeping track of them is a big responsibility – your bigger problem is GETTING LOCKED OUT of changes to your tree – I have had to erase nearly 60 family members to correct a duplicate entry once and put them back in one by one because I didn’t pay attention – THINK TWICE / CLICK ONCE – It is also best to minimize the ANOM (followed by a number type it in search box) entrees  of this nature they leave a latent contact points in the tree – and finally take the name you are going to use in and type it in the SEARCH BOX BEFORE YOU ADD IT TO THE TREE / watch for the dates / last names / using Sr. and Jr. as well a Roman Numerals I II III IV etc. / Prefix’s and Suffix’s  DR. HON. SGT. ESQ. Pres. Capt. (Sailing ship / Military)  etc  Little things that will SEPPERATE that entry from all the others making your life easier.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WATCH FOR MERGING FAMILIES NAMES - THAT’S WHERE THE REAL TROUBLE STARTS.

Remember this is all done long before you put EACH  ENTRY into YOUR TREE.

 

Good Luck

Tom from Boston MA USA
answered Sep 25, 2022 by thomharte (310 points)
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