How can I delete duplicate items for my parents?
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@Tom68024 We really need a little more info to help.
What is it that you want to detach from your parents? Is it a 2nd copy of a record or are their profiles duplicated?
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As Áine said, that rather depends on what you mean by "items": profiles? conclusions? sources? something else?
The solution to duplicate profiles is merging. After making extra triple-sure that two profiles really are for the same person, you can copy the ID of one, go to the Details page of the other, scroll down to the Tools box in the right-hand column, and click Merge by ID. It's a three-screen process: first you compare summaries of the two profiles, then you make any transfers from the one that's going away to the one you're keeping, and then you explain or justify your actions.
If there are duplicate conclusions, such as a baptism/christening entered both in Vitals and under Other Information, or multiple residence events for the same place and time, you can click the edit (pencil) button after the entry that you want to discard, then click "Delete …" at the bottom of the resulting popup.
Many (most?) profiles end up with multiple sources pointing ultimately at the same event: naturalization file and naturalization index, index of parish register and index of bishop's copy, index of a different filming of the same register, or even second index of the same filming of the same register. None of these possibilities actually count as true duplicate sources, and it's generally best practice to attach all of them. (Gotta collect 'em all!) Sometimes some glitch or weirdness in the system does result in the same URL being attached multiple times; in such cases, you can go to the profile's Sources tab, click the title of the true-duplicate source to see its contents, then use the "Detach" option below the title.
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