To Kay C The routine can be set to look for the same name and the same birthday, so that should find duplicate George Whites, but not other people named George White. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: N & K Chestnut To: John Steed ; bk@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [BK] How to compare records? John, that sounds like a good idea. However, it may not work well for me with all my common surnames. There must be lots of George WHITEs or James WILLIAMSes or David SMITHs. :=) Kay C. ----- Original Message ----- From: John Steed To: bk@rootsweb.com Sent: 2012-05-27 06:16 Subject: Re: [BK] How to compare records? To John Bibby I am working on a new routine to find duplicates in one database, and merge them into one person. It should be ready in a month or two. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Bibby" <johnbibbyjohnbibby@gmail.com> To: <BK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 1:36 PM Subject: [BK] How to compare records? >I have two records which each relate to the same person. > > Is there anyway of comparing the two records and moving events and > relationships over from one to the other? I know this can be done with the > "Compare databases" routine but that seems a very complicated way of doing > it. > > JOHN BIBBY > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message