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Recommend Task is a dangerous tool for Scandinavian ancestors since so many names are the same.

Lynne E. McLean
Lynne E. McLean ✭
August 31, 2021 in Suggest an Idea

Recommend Task is a dangerous tool for Scandinavian ancestors since so many names are the same. 

I suggest the engineers put up a warning flag on these similar person hints.

Many patrons I work with merge these records with the idea that since FamilySearch has found the person that it should match the similar person in their tree.

In so many cases these merges have been made and then the patron realize they are different people.

Please put up a caution message on Scandinavian names.

Thank you.

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