Need an Easy Way to "Attach" Duplicate Sources to a Record

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Richard George Reynolds said: I frequently get multiple identical sources to attach to a record. They are indeed identGM9K-CMW). I have attached four (4) copies of United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014, and there are twelve (12) more waiting. Obituaries are relative long and complex to attach, with spouses of siblings, requiring a variety of dance moves to get everything properly assigned.

I need an easy way to attach an identical record ... even taking the 'risk' of missing some new scrap of information vs. wading through 30+ attachment actions, and getting nothing for it --- but not wanting to leave the sources sitting there with the high likelihood of a new, duplicate record being created by another user.

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gasmodels said: Just attach to the primary person who died and don't worry about all the other names brother John etc. They will not show as hints. Parents or spouse might need to be attached. I think this is the easiest way to handle. I have the same issue sometimes.

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crhansen said: Duplicate records are a huge problem. I think having a method to flag a source as a complete duplicate to another specified source is a great idea! That way we take it off the table and duplicate individuals never get created to match records that are not attached. I don't know what possessed FS to create so many initial copies of people in Denmark. The merging required to tie them all together is a nightmare.
-crh