Delete a duplicate spouse
I need to remove a second Margaret McKergo in the lower box from this tree otherwise it will confuse members
Margaret Mckergo K4ZY-BXP is duplicated
Tree https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K4ZY-BXP
I missed a generation when adding parents and somehow Margaret ended up remaining after I removed a duplicate James Tom. I still don't quite know how I did that. I hope that the full tree will then work! https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9MCM-6K9 and
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9Q4V-8DQ
Help please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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@Derek Thom you did fine. It's just that where there is one duplicate usually there are more. I merged her husband's duplicates and removed some duplicate links to the children. All is well now.
Er, all is well is relative. There may be additional duplicates and/or other families with similar names. Focus on the historical records and you'll get it all sorted out.
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Her son John Thom has a duplicate link to her alone. Delete the link.
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On the details page in the right sidebar is a merge button. Copy-paste the PID of the less complete profile, go to the details page of the more complete profile, and paste the PID into the merge tool.
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Did you solve your issue of the duplicate Margaret McKergo in your Family Tree following the advice given by @dontiknowyou
JBPurdie
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I appear to have bred even more of the same couple. I think someone else needs to prune the extra s now. Apologies!!!!!
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The page on which I am now seeing the problem is for John Thom (1801-) at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9Q4V-8DQ. From his sources, he appears to be the son of a John Thom and Margaret Paterson, so you need to remove him from the relationship with John Thom KH47-KLZ and Margaret Mckergo.
To fully tidy-up the details of the page, you also need to merge John Thom M1CC-QSS with John Tom 9MCM-6K9 and Margaret Paterson M1CC-QSH with Margaret Paterson GNK1-9F8.
The apparently separate families (of Ayrshire and Lanarkshire) should then be unlinked. Do not forget to remove any sources currently attached to IDs to whom they do not apply.
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I'm trying to do this. I need to retain any Ayrshire Lanarkshire links as these are required.
How do I get rid of the dulicate Margaret Paterson displaed with Add a spouse below the one I want?
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Many thanks. I think I'm beginning to see how this works. Fingers crossed.
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Sorted. Just a big thank you to everyone who contibuted to helping me resolve the issues. Very much appreciated. Cheers, Derek
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