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User15964814999343624580
User15964814999343624580
August 3, 2020 edited February 12, 2021 in Family Tree
Merging

Trying to Merge my Gmother "Margaret Oughterson Blacstock" KJ6W-ZRK With two others. 3HJG-8TV AND 94SK-K2P Show up in other trees. I can't access the person record and they don't show up in a merge request. Is there any way to connect them?

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  • Family Bible
    Family Bible ✭✭✭
    August 3, 2020

    thats probably because the ones you cant see - were created under different accounts (not yours) and are still marked as "living" on those accounts.

     

    see: https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/Understanding-Private-Spaces

     

    is your grandmother deceased or alive?

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  • User15964814999343624580
    User15964814999343624580
    August 3, 2020

    Hi -- They were all born 16 March 1868 and have the same parents. I just can't get them to show up in a merge.

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  • User15964814999343624580
    User15964814999343624580
    August 3, 2020

    Now the second one has changed to 31GN-JL5 Is the database assigning codes?

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  • Dennis J Yancey
    Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 3, 2020

    well a merge would pick one of the codes and use it - so from your perspective that could be perceived as a change.

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  • Dennis J Yancey
    Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 3, 2020

    for example this is a record that was merged.

    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KZGW-F8Q?innerId=94SK-K2P

     

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  • Dennis J Yancey
    Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 3, 2020

    the codes are assigned by the system

     

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  • Dennis J Yancey
    Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 3, 2020

    31GN-JL5 does not appear to be a valid ID

    I get the impression you may have copied it wrong.

     

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  • User15964814999343624580
    User15964814999343624580
    August 3, 2020

    If I try to search for them by code, nothing comes up.

    This is the search list that comes up.

    https://www.familysearch.org/search/family-trees/results?count=50&query=%2Bgivenname%3A%22Margaret%20Oughterson%22~%20%2Bsurname%3ABlackstock~%20%2Bmother_givenname%3AJanet~%20%2Bmother_surname%3AHastie~

     

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  • Dennis J Yancey
    Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 3, 2020

    these entries you are finding are in a totally separate database (and not Family Search Family Tree)

     

    all separate entries in FS Family Tree are already merged,

     

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  • Dennis J Yancey
    Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 4, 2020

    when doing merges - you would only be merging what you can find in FamilySearch Family Tree

    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/find/name

     

    (and like I said - everything is already merged for that person)

     

    The Pedigree Resource File - is a totally separate database - I would not concern myself with entries there.

     

     

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  • User15964814999343624580
    User15964814999343624580
    August 4, 2020

    Thanks Dennis. I was just trying to tie up loose ends. I have that family group covered but I thought others could benefit from knowing the connection.

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  • Dennis J Yancey
    Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 4, 2020

    Here is an explanation of the Pedigree Resource File - like I said - totally disjoint from the main FamilySearch Family Tree database

     

    https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Pedigree_Resource_File

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  • Dennis J Yancey
    Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 4, 2020

    anything you want to add, share in ref to these families and "tying up loose ends" just do it in FamilySearch Family Tree

    no reason to worry about Pedigree Resource File.

     

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