Possible Duplicate Link on Person Page

LegacyUser

Miles Alexander Meyer said: Possible duplicate - the possible duplicate link to the right on the Person page should have an indication if there actually is a possible duplicate - maye a symbol or marker (similar to the ordinance page). This saves time checking to see if there actually is a possible duplicate.

LegacyUser

Cathy Anderegg said: Seemingly good idea. However, like most functions of this kind, a live person, and not a computer needs to make these decisions. Folks are sometimes known by different names at different times in their lives. And Royalty or older records before 1600, this is really the case.

LegacyUser

Ron Tanner said: The issue is that if we did the search each time the page came up (which we did originally), it significantly slowed the painting of the page. We decided to not automatically search because we wanted the performance of the person page to be more acceptable. We are discussing ways to provide this without significant performance penalties.

Corky Cook

I'm not sure where to enter this question, but might Marietta Jones L2QY-KHW and

Marietta Weight LDJK-4MT be the same person. Same mother born 1839-1840,

Married to John Weight

Just wondering, hope this might help, Corinne Cook

dontiknowyou

@Corky Cook your question can go in the Q and A category, under Family Tree there. Perhaps a moderator will come along and split off your question from this old discussion.

Brett .

@s10297588641

FYI

I am just another 'lowly' User/Patron ...

I would suggest that ...

▬ It is NOT, the responsibility of 'FamilySearch', to clean-up the "Duplicates"; and, the whole 'Tree'.

▬ That is what WE, the Users/Patrons, are DOING, trying to REDUCE the "Duplication", fixing the 'Tree'.

ie. 'sorting the wheat from the chaff'.

And, what a 'Task' that is ...

[ Literally, a mammoth task ... ]

As you say, good luck, on that ...

Part of the problem/issue is that, even though WE are very slowly, reducing the number of "Duplicates", there are OTHER Users/Patrons, that "Create" even MORE "Duplicates", each and every day, admittedly, certainly not, as many as there were originally in "New.FamilySearch" (the forerunner); and, later, in the beginning of "Family Tree", of 'FamilySearch'; but, they are still being created, even today.

Just my thoughts.

Brett

Brett .

@s10297588641

FYI

Short Answer: NOTHING.

As, that is the 'nature' of "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch'; otherwise, there is a risk, of stifling participation, altogether.

I, for one, would NOT want ANY of such ...   

Now ...

As to, GEDCOM Files ...

That is VERY easy ...

Better still ...

I really wish 'FamilySearch' would ...

Just STOP allowing the "Upload" of GEDCOM Files into "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch' altogether ...

There is just NO need to "Upload" of GEDCOM File into "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch' ...

Under ANY circumstance ... even if one's "Ancestral" Lines are NOT already in "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch'.

Brett