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2 FamilySearch Sources with the exact same citation?

brooklyngardner
brooklyngardner ✭
March 5, 2023 edited July 11, 2024 in Family Tree

I have a Pierre Robidoux KFYY-XXC with 2 sources from FamilySearch that contain the same citation. Link: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/KFYY-XXC

The sources are both Titled: Pierre Robidoux, "Rhode Island Town Births Index, 1639-1932"

I thought I was going crazy and opened the same source twice.

Not sure if anyone else has come across this or the reason behind it. Screenshots below:

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  • Gordon Collett
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    March 5, 2023 Answer ✓

    They do have the same URL so they really are the same source. Can't tell you why this kind of a minor glitch happens. But FamilySearch is a pretty complex place. The best way to handle this is to click on Review Attachments to enter the Source Linker so you don't lose the source. Detach the source from Pierre. You might have to click detach a couple of times. Then reattach it.

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  • brooklyngardner
    brooklyngardner ✭
    March 5, 2023

    Thank you!

    When I reattached it the source URL and title both changed. Not what I expected but it works.

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