I have several duplicate people on my database i.e. two records AS1 and AS2 for the same person AS. AS1 and AS2 both have lots of information and links. I want to get a new record which merges all this information. What is the best way of dealing with this? The guidance given on p.67 of the manual is not very helpful here. (If I had to delete one, it's not even clear to me which of A1 and A2 is best to delete.) Is there any way of printing out all the info and links for AS1 and AS2 so that I can compare them? JOHN BIBBU

Hi John, Look at both entries for the duplicated person, see which one has the most information on it. Write down the information from the second entry that is not on the first entry. Check the links for parents, spouse and children. If there are any to person 2 (that is going to be deleted) write down the BK code number for them. And the details of the marriage if you are deleting a marriage. Once all this has been done, go to the person you are going to delete, choose delete link to spouse from the Delete menu, if there is a spouse to delete, then select delete person. Now go to the entry being kept and remake any links that you have deleted to parents, spouse or children by choosing the appropriate add option then entering the BK code number that you previously recorded. Add in any other information you have recorded from the deleted entry. This process is used when only one person has been duplicated. If there is a family or line, then it is the same basic process but you have to expand it to include everyone that is duplicated. If you have a large family to delete and you want to print out information before doing the deletes then use a group sheet and include all the fields that you use in your database. Just print out the descendants of the oldest person in the family group you are needing to delete. Make sure you have a good backup of your database before you start doing this process in case something goes wrong. You can use the compare database routine by making a copy of your database and giving it a new name, then run the compare routine. However, once you compare the data you will still need to manually delete the marriage then person who is duplicated as above. Hope this helps. Bye Karlena -----Original Message----- From: bk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Bibby Sent: Wednesday, 4 January 2012 10:48 PM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: [BK] Duplicate people I have several duplicate people on my database i.e. two records AS1 and AS2 for the same person AS. AS1 and AS2 both have lots of information and links. I want to get a new record which merges all this information. What is the best way of dealing with this? The guidance given on p.67 of the manual is not very helpful here. (If I had to delete one, it's not even clear to me which of A1 and A2 is best to delete.) Is there any way of printing out all the info and links for AS1 and AS2 so that I can compare them? JOHN BIBBU ------------------------------- 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1901 / Virus Database: 2109/4721 - Release Date: 01/03/12