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