Easily going from sources to merging
Greetings friends,
I am loving the update to the source attaching on the web version. The one thing I like more on the mobile app is that if there is a source that is a suggestion that is already attached to someone, you can easily move to a page to merge the two individuals. I’d like there to be a button to merge the one that is suggested with the one that is already attached. If more info or details are needed to provide clarity on this suggestion let me know.
looking forward to reading others thoughts
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Personally, I want to do more review than is possible using the app. I admit it, I'm an old fuddy-duddy, and I do as little as possible on my phone. I use my tablet for a few things, but any serious genealogy research takes place at my desk where I have a 3-monitor set-up. I can do in-depth comparisons between profiles and records.
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I'm afraid I can never agree to easier merging, with less review required. I really appreciate the recently added safeguards to merging, and yet even they aren't enough sometimes. Anyone that has ever had to disentangle merged families (or deal with merges in the wrong direction) will EVER want merging review to be easier.
Families in many cultures reuse names constantly. So a grandfather's name can show up in many of their grandchildren's families, and often living in similar places, with similar dates. There are lots of reasons why certain names become common in certain areas. You need to check ALL their relatives, including their parents, children, spouses, with their dates and places, occupations, street addresses, etc.
I'd prefer even more warnings appearing, such as an apparent wrong direction of merge (because of profile creation dates, or quantity of sources, or amount of improvement activity, etc), considerable change history about to be lost/hidden, etc.
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