Some people in my tree show 3 spouses where in actuality there is only one. Sometimes there are 3 names listed for spouse, but it is the same person with different spellings. How do I change the count to make it correct? Couldn't find anything in the help file. Frank

Frank, Are these 3 spouse names in the index as unique persons? If so, you have the same person in the database 3 times and will have to merge them. If they're not in the index 3 times then does the person have 3 different marriage facts, once for each different name of the spouse? In this case you will need to edit that person to have only one marriage fact. There may be other scenarios that I haven't thought of. Rosemary On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Franklin Tucker <[email protected]> wrote: > Some people in my tree show 3 spouses where in actuality there is only one. > Sometimes there are 3 names listed for spouse, but it is the same person > with different spellings. > > How do I change the count to make it correct? Couldn't find anything in the > help file. > > Frank > > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > Version 2008 - 2012 > http://ancestry.custhelp.com/app/home > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

> Some people in my tree show 3 spouses where in actuality there is only > one. Sometimes there are 3 names listed for spouse, but it is the same person with different spellings. > How do I change the count to make it correct? Couldn't find anything in > the help file. You have merely added additional spouses when there is really only one. Correct the spellings to merge the correct one, and if the birthdate is exactly what you good one is, then FTM should prompt you to merge them automatically. Otherwise merge 2 people manually - see pages 263-265 in the companion guide.