Please delete person who didn't exist and move ordinances to the correct person

RIPoole

Please delete Marlin Cornious Moore LD9B-FXP. He seems to be an odd combination of Marion Lee Moore LDSM-T5T and Cordius Hardin Moore GMPJ-62M. The 1880 Census was incorrectly indexed as Cornious More, and that is probably part of the reason for the confusion. I have edited that and moved it to Cordius Hardin Moore GMPJ-62M, along with the 1900 Census which says C H Moore. 

I also noted that he has ordinances, which probably belong to Cordius Hardin Moore GMPJ-62M. Please let me know what you find and move the ordinances if appropriate.

It also looks like Margaret Moore LHCZ-F1B is an odd person and doesn’t belong. When I look in the Change History, I see that she had a husband, James Pleasant Lovelady, and children who no longer show. However, the husband’s record is now Pleasant Travis Lovelady L6GC-3P7 and the sources for him and the children seem to support that. His wife (the mother of the children) shows as Maude Amanda Phillips L61S-MT6. But Margaret is sealed to Powhatan Leftridge Moore LD9R-1YG and Priscilla E Gibbs K2H8-P8D. Please see if the ordinances were performed for Margaret or if they instead belong to Mary A. Moore G9XM-3KV or Martha A Moore LWXX-P68 or someone else. I don’t know what to do with this person. I find no records for her existence.

Sanra

@RIPoole

Thank you for posting in the Community about deleting Marlin Cornious Moore, We agree that  Marlin Cornious Moore, LD9B-FXP, and Marion Lee Moore, LDSM-T5T, as the Census sources do not have two children born the same month and year. We suggest you merge the two records. Use the steps below:

In Family Tree, the Possible Duplicates feature may not list all of a person’s duplicate records. If you know the ID number of a duplicate that is not listed, you can use it to merge the records. 

Before you start

Obtain the ID number of the record to be merged. 

Steps (website)

1. In Family Tree, display the person page of one of the duplicate records.
2. If the Details section is not displayed, click Details. 
3. Click Merge by ID. It is located in the Tools section, along the right side of the page. 
4. Enter the ID number with capital letters and the hyphen. 
5. Click Continue. The merge screen opens in a new browser tab.
   • Left side: This is the possible duplicate. It is deleted if you merge the records.
   • ​​Right side: This is the record you started from. It is saved if you merge the records.
6. Decide if the records are about the same person. 
   1. Compare the left and right sides for matching names, dates, places, and family members. 
   2. Read any warning messages on the screen.  
   3. If the record on the left is the most accurate, click Switch to keep it instead. 
   4. If the records are not about the same person, click Not a Match. If the records are about the same person, click Yes Continue. If you are not sure, click Cancel. 
7. On the surviving record, review all information that has a green background. Highlighted information will be copied to the surviving record when you complete the merge. If this information should not be saved on the surviving record, click Undo.
8. Click Continue. 
9. Finish the merge: 
   1. Review the surviving record. 
   2. If everything looks as it should, click Finish Merge. 
   3. To explain why you merged these records, either select a suggested reason statement or enter one of your own.
10. Click Save. 

Immediately after the merge and for a short time, an “undo” option is available. It lets you easily unmerge the two records.  

RIPoole

You're right. It is probably safe to assume this record represented Marion Lee instead of Cordius Hardin, since the record attached was for Marion.