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Marty Williamson

MartyWilliamson
MartyWilliamson ✭
January 29 edited January 31 in Family Tree

I am Marty Williamson. I found myself listed twice as daughter. My parents only had one daughter with my name. How do I delete one?

This software is impossible to navigate.😪

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  • MartyWilliamson
    MartyWilliamson ✭
    January 29

    How do I delete a name that was added twice by mistake?

    Software would not let me correct this mistake.

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  • Sanra
    Sanra ✭✭✭✭
    January 29

    @MartyWilliamson

    If you have yourself listed twice in Family Tree, one can not be deleted, because it is the Root Person, the one you used to create your account. You should be able to delete the second one, by clicking on your name, clicking your name again, to bring up the Details page. Now scroll down right for the Tools section, and click "Delete Person" giving the reason it is a duplicate.

    https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-delete-a-person-from-family-tree

    The above article link may be helpful.

    Wishing you success.

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  • Dennis J Yancey
    Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
    January 29 edited January 29

    First make sure BOTH records are listed as LIVING. (its possible someone else added your duplicate record and marked it as deceased) - not a good thing.


    if you now see that both records are marked as living Then you can proceed with a MERGE

    https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-merge-duplicates-in-my-private-space-in-family-tree

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  • Dennis J Yancey
    Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
    January 29

    merging is almost always better than deleting.

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