Merge and delete false tree & relatives
There are actually two different sets of relatives attached to two different family trees, so they don't compare to enable a merger. Records that are real have been attached to a grandfather that is not in a ghost tree, which has pulled me into a mess.
My actual grandfather, which I have meticulously documented is William Leroy Dorsey 945M-SWH. The false grandfather on another tree is William Dorsey LQT-2PX.
What Can I do????
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@BenitaJenkins1
Are you familiar with the "Merge by ID" option? Even if the duplicates aren't recognized by the algorithms, you can merge them by ID number.0 -
@BenitaJenkins1 The 'extra' William Dorsey came through an erroneous birth record attached to your line. Take a look to see if I got it right…
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@BenitaJenkins1 if the two different William Dorseys are "actually two different sets of relatives attached to two different family trees" then this is a situation where you should never merge. That would just make your problems worse because you would be combining two different people into one. I can't check because the other William is missing one character from his ID number and I can see him on your William's page. Apparently Mark got this taken care of for you.
Since there is just one tree we are all working in, you will be able to see every William Dorsey. There are a couple of thousand of them. So if you run into a situation like the one you describe here in which two different men get added to the same family, the solution is to untangle the family relationships and edit those relationships, it is not to merge.
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