Good advice Kathleen. I should have included those instructions with the original post. Thanks, Sarge At 9/11/2011 07:52 PM Sunday, Kathleen B. Simons wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >One can check easily for the existence of an entry by typing the name in the >field at the top of the page -it is a box with a magnifying glass and says >"Find a person in this tree." I would do that search beforeadding each and >every person~ > >On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 7:13 PM, George W. Durman < >GermannaResearch@comcast.net> wrote: > >> >> Please be EXTRA careful when adding individuals to the Tree. >> I've found a few cases where people were added when they >> already existed in the Tree. When this is done, it is very, very >> difficult to correct the problem. It is several magnitudes more >> difficult than making corrections in a genealogy program. >> >> Not only must one of the duplicate individuals be deleted, but >> any spouse and/or children added for the duplicate individual >> must be unlinked, but then they must be added back to the >> remaining individual. >> >> Just a reminder, >> Sarge >> >> >> My Germanna Database at Rootsweb: >> http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=germanna >> >> My Germanna Website at Rootsweb: >> http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/index.html >> >> ******** >> Hear Steve Hoffman of Madison County October 1, 2011 at Graves Mountain >> Lodge, Madison, VA speak on What's in the Attic at Hebron Lutheran Church. >> For more information: http://germannacolonies.org >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GERMANS-VA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > >-- >Kathleen Bowen Simons >Falls Church, Virginia > >Imagine keeping it simple: Worship, Community & Service at Image Church ( >http://www.imagechurch.com; listen to Pastor Chris Rhodenhizer's >thought-provoking messages by clicking on the Audio link!) > >Listen to a beautiful song, "Feel the Ocean Calling," by Roderick C. Simons: >http://www.myspace.com/roderickcsimons >******** >Hear Steve Hoffman of Madison County October 1, 2011 at Graves Mountain Lodge, Madison, VA speak on What's in the Attic at Hebron Lutheran Church. For more information: http://germannacolonies.org > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANS-VA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT*********** My Germanna Database at Rootsweb: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=germanna My Germanna Website at Rootsweb: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/index.html