Hello Tonnie, Yes, I see that Jacob is entered twice, once as COONS and once as KUNTZ. In the original database, he was listed as Jacob KUNTZ, with an AKA of Jacob COONS. Someone else entered the duplicate Jacob COONS after I posted the database. Again, he/she did so without checking to see if the person was already in the database, with a different variant spelling of the surname. Yes, there are NOW duplicate entries for Jacob KOONTZ/COONS, his wife, her parents, etc., BECAUSE someone added Jacob COONS without checking to see if he, his spouse, parents, etc,, were already in the database. I looked to see if I could delete/merge/correct the duplicate entries, but it is going to take some time. This one is not an easy job! Don't worry, what you entered is OK. Just wish I knew who made the duplications. I "think" I've now fixed the duplication problem. Please check it out and let me know if I messed up anywhere. I changed "Jacob KUNTZ aka COONS" to "Jacob COONS", with an AKA fact of "Jacob KUNTZ". I think that instead of listing someone like "Jacob KUNTZ aka COONS" it is better to enter him with the more common name (in this case COONS) and then making an AKA fact for the other surname. Just my preference, and it does make it easier to find someone in the database. Sarge At 10/9/2011 02:01 PM Sunday, Wetaunah Cates wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* Sarge, you stated "Please, don't duplicate people in the database! Check to see if such a person already exists in the Tree. If you find errors for a person DON'T simply add another entry for him/her with different data. If there are errors, such as wrong parents, spouses, etc., either try to make corrections TO THE PERSON, rather adding him/her again. If you don't feel comfortable making corrections, contact me and tell me what is wrong, what corrections you suggest, additions, deletions, etc., and if we come to an agreement I'll make the changes. Just remember that if you haven't worked extensively with a Shared Tree at Ancestry and learned how to do things, you could easily make things worse. Detaching a person from parents and re-attaching to a different set of parents is NOT easy". Regards, Sarge. I am a descendant of Johann Jost (Joseph) Coons b. 1712 Germany d. 1794 Culpeper, or Madison VA, (son of Johannes Kuntze & Anna Gertrude Steiger) Joseph Coons md Elizabeth Mnu Coons abt 1716 VA - 1782 Little Fork, Culpeper, VA. My maternal ancestry is through thier son Jacob Coons 1740-1747 Culpeper VA - 1807-1808 Montgomery, KY (md x2) , with his wfie #1, Elizabeth Heimbach (Hanback) 1747 VA - 1793 Culpeper, VA (he md #2, Letita Whitsides). As I was looking for the person to add my info into your tree, there are two individuals, that are the same person, one is Jacob Kuntz (no parents listed) md to Elizabeth Hanback (which is correctly showing her parents are Johan Jacob Hanback & Mary Gertrude Jung (Young). and another Jacob Coons md to Elizabeth Hanback which shows no parents for her, or him. So, I added some of my data to the "Jacob Kuntz " and Elizabeth Hanback, but edited his name to be as Jacob Kuntz aka w surname as COONS. I hope I did not do this too wrongly. I have not added their children yet. I did add some tax list information from ancestry sources, and photos' but am reluctant to continue adding anything further, until I have your approval on what I have entered so far. There are already many duplicate entries on these ancestors, and I am finding it too hard to decide which ones to work with. So I feel I should ask you to correct and or delete my added information, and help me straighten out the tree, and then I'll add back my data. Any Help at all will be appreciated. And I apologize for not seeking your help to begin with. I am a subscriber and have trees on ancestry.com. So I do realize and appreciate the concerns in your statements. I look forward to your advice and guidance. Thank you, Wetaunah "Tonnie" Coker Cates [1]tonniec@windstream.net **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT*********** Germanna Database at Ancestry: [2]http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/28427876/recent?o_iid=41125&o_lid=41125&o_ sch=Web+Property My Germanna Database at Rootsweb: [3]http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=germanna My Germanna Website at Rootsweb: [4]http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/index.html References 1. mailto:tonniec@windstream.net 2. http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/28427876/recent?o_iid=41125&o_lid=41125&o_sch=Web+Property 3. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=germanna 4. http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/index.html