I've been merging individuals since the feature was first introduced. One problem that has always seemed to plague me is which of the myriad of persons with the same name do I merge without proceeding to page through as many as 20 or more? John Cline, is a case in point. If a female has two John Clines listed, I select the first one and change his name to xCLINE, and do the same to the second John Cline. This makes the merge a lot easier. --Derick