Thank you for your comments. I only merge Hints from FTM so I'm not familiar with how the merging from the AMT worked. I suspect the reason you don't get the URL placed in the new field when you merge from the AMT is an oversight. I think all of the processing is done within FTM and they simply didn't include the code to update the new field. I find it interesting that the AMT merging the census for the wife actually links to the Husband or head of household. I had not seen that before. The View Online has always been displayed when you merge records. That is the main reason, I merge information from the Ancestry.com data bases. I've found it to be very useful over the years. In fact, I use it just after I've merged the data and want to update/revise my source-citation data. That way I can ensure I'm inputting correct data such as the film numbers, etc. from the online record. I normally place that information into the Citation Detail. You are correct about the Census. It is logical that when you merge the data from the wife's record that is the one it returns to. I'm a bit surprised that when you merged the wife's record, that FTM also linked the source to the husband. This may be a change. The last time I merged a census match for any family member (except the head of household), it only presented me with the one individual but no other members of the family. For that reason, I always merge the census from the head of household match. That would generate the option to merge the family members also. However, I have changed my processing methodology of census records so it is more efficient. Currently, this is what I do. 1. I always merge the head of household record. If I don't have a match on the head of household, I ensure I have the same name as found in the census even if I must add it as an alternate name and mark it as Preferred and redo the web search. 2. During the merge, I merge only the head of household and ignore all other members of the family. 3. I download the census image so it is linked to the Source-citation. I edit the name of the file to be saved to my naming conventions. 4. I also edit the source-citation information as much as I can changing the title to one that I normally use for the census. 5. Complete the merge. 6. I then go to the source-citation and click on the View Online so I have a copy to view while I'm editing the source-citation, the fact and the media details. I make any changes needed to this information. 7. Once I've edited the fact to my satisfaction such as changing the date of the census (I only use the enumeration date at the top of the census page). I resolve the place name and enter any Fact notes. 8. At this time, I use the Fact copy and paste feature to link the census to all of the other members of the family including adding new names which I didn't have previously. Using the fact copy/paste feature allows me to make my revision one time and ensures they are all consistent. Thanks again for your comments. BJ On 5/26/2015 7:26 AM, Barb Januscheitis wrote: > BJ...I wondered why sometimes I do not have the "View Online" link on > my sources. I assumed they were old sources. I generally link from > FTM, but occasionally from the AMT. > > I did a couple of test cases to check this out. I merged a source > from the SS Death Index and a census record from AMT to my tree. > When I checked FTM, both sources did have the "View Online" link, BUT > did _not_ have the web address. Other records from the SS Death > Index and Census records that I merged from FTM have both the "View > Online" link AND the web address. > > Another thing I observed about the census record that I downloaded via > ATM. I selected both the husband and wife when I merged the records. > On the source in FTM, the citation does not state ' Record for NAME' > in the citation text. Also the "View Online" link takes you to the > person that the record is attached to instead of to the person from > whom the record was merged from. In my case, the 1930 census, I did > the merge from the wife's record in AMT. In FTM, when I click on the > "View Online" link for the husband, it takes me to the 1930 census for > the husband. > > If I had merged that record from the wife via FTM and click on the > 'View Online' link for the husband, it would take me to the wife's > record for the 1930 census in Ancestry. > > I thought you might be interested in my results.