Absolutely correct Mary. I have been having this same conversation on the FamilySearch discussion board on LinkedIn. There are several people there who just want to upload their gedcom file to FamilySearch and leave it at that. They do not want to do the work of checking for merges, duplicates and incorrect information. I keep posting "If not you, then who? If not now, then when?" I have found some errors in my lines, but luckily for me there are few members of the church in my lines so "all the work" hasn't yet been done. It leaves plenty of work for me to do. Miles Meyer Jacksonville, FL "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." - Dr. Seuss, The Lorax On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Mary S. Scott (Michigan) < mscscott28@yahoo.com> wrote: > David's point about cleaning up our family lines on Family Tree is right > on target. > > The other day I was working on Family Tree and looking at some of my > husband's families, particularly the Tanner families from Payson, Utah. > > Earlier that day I had read an LDS biographical sketch about a sister in a > newly published book. > > The sister's husband had married several women before the Manifesto. They > lived in some of the areas where my husband's family had lived. One of his > daughters married a man with the surname of Tanner. > > I went on Family Tree and wanted to see how this daughter was related to > my husband. > > As I looked at the records for the various Tanner branches, I was amazed > at the inconsistencies and inaccuracies which are there. > > For instance, the information about John Tanner (the early convert to the > Church who gave a substantial amount of money for the Kirkland Temple to > Joseph Smith) > needed immediate attention. (John Tanner never lived in Payson but his > third wife and many of his children did.) > > John Tanner's mother was Thankful Tefft but Family Tree had Thankful also > as the wife of John. (Terrible error and not one to let carry down to > people who might not know the difference. It needed to be corrected > immediately and appropriate explanations added.) > > The family relationships were certainly in need of careful examination and > correction. With my husband's approval, I started the process of correcting > these relationships. > > As I told my husband, we will need to look at every one of his family > lines because there are probably changes which need to be made for many > family members. > > My husband isn't that keen on family history but if we don't do these > changes who will? If not now, when? > > Are we going to wait for our children and unborn grandchildren to be > interested? It might not happen. > > I think now is the time and it is a task which we can do while we are able > to do so. > > As I used to tell my family history classes, we can work on one family at > a time. Straighten it out, add sources and notes, check ordinances, merge > if necessary, etc. We don't have to attack the entire tree but only these > smaller twigs in a methodical way. When we feel one family is in order, > than we can move to another family. > > Besides, as we work on Family Tree, we can address issues and offer > insights or feedback. > > Thanks for listening. I learn a lot from each of you. > > Mary Scott > Aurora, Illinois > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Has anyone tried the new upload gedcom thing? I tried it today. Quite interesting--it compares each individual you upload with what is or what is not in ft and then you can choose what info to add or to add a new person. It saved me a little bit of typing which why I did it. when I use that feature I only add a few people to avoid typing all of them in myself. Steve Kelsey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miles Meyer" <milesmeyer@gmail.com> To: "Mary S. Scott (Michigan)" <mscscott28@yahoo.com>; <lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 10:49 AM Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Cleaning up on Family Tree > Absolutely correct Mary. I have been having this same conversation on the > FamilySearch discussion board on LinkedIn. There are several people there > who just want to upload their gedcom file to FamilySearch and leave it at > that. They do not want to do the work of checking for merges, duplicates > and incorrect information. I keep posting "If not you, then who? If not > now, then when?" I have found some errors in my lines, but luckily for me > there are few members of the church in my lines so "all the work" hasn't > yet been done. It leaves plenty of work for me to do. > > Miles Meyer > Jacksonville, FL > > "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get > better. It's not." - Dr. Seuss, The Lorax > > > On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Mary S. Scott (Michigan) < > mscscott28@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> David's point about cleaning up our family lines on Family Tree is right >> on target. >> >> The other day I was working on Family Tree and looking at some of my >> husband's families, particularly the Tanner families from Payson, Utah. >> >> Earlier that day I had read an LDS biographical sketch about a sister in >> a >> newly published book. >> >> The sister's husband had married several women before the Manifesto. They >> lived in some of the areas where my husband's family had lived. One of >> his >> daughters married a man with the surname of Tanner. >> >> I went on Family Tree and wanted to see how this daughter was related to >> my husband. >> >> As I looked at the records for the various Tanner branches, I was amazed >> at the inconsistencies and inaccuracies which are there. >> >> For instance, the information about John Tanner (the early convert to the >> Church who gave a substantial amount of money for the Kirkland Temple to >> Joseph Smith) >> needed immediate attention. (John Tanner never lived in Payson but his >> third wife and many of his children did.) >> >> John Tanner's mother was Thankful Tefft but Family Tree had Thankful also >> as the wife of John. (Terrible error and not one to let carry down to >> people who might not know the difference. It needed to be corrected >> immediately and appropriate explanations added.) >> >> The family relationships were certainly in need of careful examination >> and >> correction. With my husband's approval, I started the process of >> correcting >> these relationships. >> >> As I told my husband, we will need to look at every one of his family >> lines because there are probably changes which need to be made for many >> family members. >> >> My husband isn't that keen on family history but if we don't do these >> changes who will? If not now, when? >> >> Are we going to wait for our children and unborn grandchildren to be >> interested? It might not happen. >> >> I think now is the time and it is a task which we can do while we are >> able >> to do so. >> >> As I used to tell my family history classes, we can work on one family at >> a time. Straighten it out, add sources and notes, check ordinances, merge >> if necessary, etc. We don't have to attack the entire tree but only these >> smaller twigs in a methodical way. When we feel one family is in order, >> than we can move to another family. >> >> Besides, as we work on Family Tree, we can address issues and offer >> insights or feedback. >> >> Thanks for listening. I learn a lot from each of you. >> >> Mary Scott >> Aurora, Illinois >> >> Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to >> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

and screwy, check the custom events getting duplicated from vitals. it is currently suspended via "Genealogies". It has 5 major flaws to correct. I or anyone else haven't heard back since I was contacted two weeks ago. David S. On 5/31/2013 12:47 PM, Steve Kelsey wrote: > Has anyone tried the new upload gedcom thing? I tried it today. Quite > interesting--it compares each individual you upload with what is or what is > not in ft and then you can choose what info to add or to add a new person. > It saved me a little bit of typing which why I did it. when I use that > feature I only add a few people to avoid typing all of them in myself. > > Steve Kelsey

Does that feature carry PAF (or GEDCOM) sources along with the basic data? > From: sjkelsey@msn.com > To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com > Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 12:47:00 -0600 > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Cleaning up on Family Tree > > Has anyone tried the new upload gedcom thing? I tried it today. Quite > interesting--it compares each individual you upload with what is or what is > not in ft and then you can choose what info to add or to add a new person. > It saved me a little bit of typing which why I did it. when I use that > feature I only add a few people to avoid typing all of them in myself. > > Steve Kelsey > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Miles Meyer" <milesmeyer@gmail.com> > To: "Mary S. Scott (Michigan)" <mscscott28@yahoo.com>; > <lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 10:49 AM > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Cleaning up on Family Tree > > > > Absolutely correct Mary. I have been having this same conversation on the > > FamilySearch discussion board on LinkedIn. There are several people there > > who just want to upload their gedcom file to FamilySearch and leave it at > > that. They do not want to do the work of checking for merges, duplicates > > and incorrect information. I keep posting "If not you, then who? If not > > now, then when?" I have found some errors in my lines, but luckily for me > > there are few members of the church in my lines so "all the work" hasn't > > yet been done. It leaves plenty of work for me to do. > > > > Miles Meyer > > Jacksonville, FL > > > > "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get > > better. It's not." - Dr. Seuss, The Lorax > > > > > > On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Mary S. Scott (Michigan) < > > mscscott28@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > >> David's point about cleaning up our family lines on Family Tree is right > >> on target. > >> > >> The other day I was working on Family Tree and looking at some of my > >> husband's families, particularly the Tanner families from Payson, Utah. > >> > >> Earlier that day I had read an LDS biographical sketch about a sister in > >> a > >> newly published book. > >> > >> The sister's husband had married several women before the Manifesto. They > >> lived in some of the areas where my husband's family had lived. One of > >> his > >> daughters married a man with the surname of Tanner. > >> > >> I went on Family Tree and wanted to see how this daughter was related to > >> my husband. > >> > >> As I looked at the records for the various Tanner branches, I was amazed > >> at the inconsistencies and inaccuracies which are there. > >> > >> For instance, the information about John Tanner (the early convert to the > >> Church who gave a substantial amount of money for the Kirkland Temple to > >> Joseph Smith) > >> needed immediate attention. (John Tanner never lived in Payson but his > >> third wife and many of his children did.) > >> > >> John Tanner's mother was Thankful Tefft but Family Tree had Thankful also > >> as the wife of John. (Terrible error and not one to let carry down to > >> people who might not know the difference. It needed to be corrected > >> immediately and appropriate explanations added.) > >> > >> The family relationships were certainly in need of careful examination > >> and > >> correction. With my husband's approval, I started the process of > >> correcting > >> these relationships. > >> > >> As I told my husband, we will need to look at every one of his family > >> lines because there are probably changes which need to be made for many > >> family members. > >> > >> My husband isn't that keen on family history but if we don't do these > >> changes who will? If not now, when? > >> > >> Are we going to wait for our children and unborn grandchildren to be > >> interested? It might not happen. > >> > >> I think now is the time and it is a task which we can do while we are > >> able > >> to do so. > >> > >> As I used to tell my family history classes, we can work on one family at > >> a time. Straighten it out, add sources and notes, check ordinances, merge > >> if necessary, etc. We don't have to attack the entire tree but only these > >> smaller twigs in a methodical way. When we feel one family is in order, > >> than we can move to another family. > >> > >> Besides, as we work on Family Tree, we can address issues and offer > >> insights or feedback. > >> > >> Thanks for listening. I learn a lot from each of you. > >> > >> Mary Scott > >> Aurora, Illinois > >> > >> Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > >> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In trying to clean up my line on Family Tree, I have run into the situation where the merge function will not work - an error message says merges can not be performed on this person. Is anyone else having this problem or know why this is happening? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miles Meyer" <milesmeyer@gmail.com> To: "Mary S. Scott (Michigan)" <mscscott28@yahoo.com>; <lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 10:49 AM Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Cleaning up on Family Tree > Absolutely correct Mary. I have been having this same conversation on the > FamilySearch discussion board on LinkedIn. There are several people there > who just want to upload their gedcom file to FamilySearch and leave it at > that. They do not want to do the work of checking for merges, duplicates > and incorrect information. I keep posting "If not you, then who? If not > now, then when?" I have found some errors in my lines, but luckily for me > there are few members of the church in my lines so "all the work" hasn't > yet been done. It leaves plenty of work for me to do. > > Miles Meyer > Jacksonville, FL > > "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get > better. It's not." - Dr. Seuss, The Lorax > > > On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Mary S. Scott (Michigan) < > mscscott28@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> David's point about cleaning up our family lines on Family Tree is right >> on target. >> >> The other day I was working on Family Tree and looking at some of my >> husband's families, particularly the Tanner families from Payson, Utah. >> >> Earlier that day I had read an LDS biographical sketch about a sister in >> a >> newly published book. >> >> The sister's husband had married several women before the Manifesto. They >> lived in some of the areas where my husband's family had lived. One of >> his >> daughters married a man with the surname of Tanner. >> >> I went on Family Tree and wanted to see how this daughter was related to >> my husband. >> >> As I looked at the records for the various Tanner branches, I was amazed >> at the inconsistencies and inaccuracies which are there. >> >> For instance, the information about John Tanner (the early convert to the >> Church who gave a substantial amount of money for the Kirkland Temple to >> Joseph Smith) >> needed immediate attention. (John Tanner never lived in Payson but his >> third wife and many of his children did.) >> >> John Tanner's mother was Thankful Tefft but Family Tree had Thankful also >> as the wife of John. (Terrible error and not one to let carry down to >> people who might not know the difference. It needed to be corrected >> immediately and appropriate explanations added.) >> >> The family relationships were certainly in need of careful examination >> and >> correction. With my husband's approval, I started the process of >> correcting >> these relationships. >> >> As I told my husband, we will need to look at every one of his family >> lines because there are probably changes which need to be made for many >> family members. >> >> My husband isn't that keen on family history but if we don't do these >> changes who will? If not now, when? >> >> Are we going to wait for our children and unborn grandchildren to be >> interested? It might not happen. >> >> I think now is the time and it is a task which we can do while we are >> able >> to do so. >> >> As I used to tell my family history classes, we can work on one family at >> a time. Straighten it out, add sources and notes, check ordinances, merge >> if necessary, etc. We don't have to attack the entire tree but only these >> smaller twigs in a methodical way. When we feel one family is in order, >> than we can move to another family. >> >> Besides, as we work on Family Tree, we can address issues and offer >> insights or feedback. >> >> Thanks for listening. I learn a lot from each of you. >> >> Mary Scott >> Aurora, Illinois >> >> Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to >> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This happened to me too this past week. There was a message that the files could not be merged now but it would be possible to merge them once NFS is closed.   Mary Scott Aurora, Illinois ________________________________ From: Ivan P. Pack <pack1096@q.com> To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Cleaning up on Family Tree In trying to clean up my line on Family Tree, I have run into the situation where the merge function will not work - an error message says merges can not be performed on this person.  Is anyone else having this problem or know why this is happening? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miles Meyer" <milesmeyer@gmail.com> To: "Mary S. Scott (Michigan)" <mscscott28@yahoo.com>; <lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 10:49 AM Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Cleaning up on Family Tree > Absolutely correct Mary. I have been having this same conversation on the > FamilySearch discussion board on LinkedIn. There are several people there > who just want to upload their gedcom file to FamilySearch and leave it at > that. They do not want to do the work of checking for merges, duplicates > and incorrect information. I keep posting "If not you, then who? If not > now, then when?" I have found some errors in my lines, but luckily for me > there are few members of the church in my lines so "all the work" hasn't > yet been done. It leaves plenty of work for me to do. > > Miles Meyer > Jacksonville, FL > > "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get > better. It's not." - Dr. Seuss, The Lorax > > > On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Mary S. Scott (Michigan) < > mscscott28@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> David's point about cleaning up our family lines on Family Tree is right >> on target. >> >> The other day I was working on Family Tree and looking at some of my >> husband's families, particularly the Tanner families from Payson, Utah. >> >> Earlier that day I had read an LDS biographical sketch about a sister in >> a >> newly published book. >> >> The sister's husband had married several women before the Manifesto. They >> lived in some of the areas where my husband's family had lived. One of >> his >> daughters married a man with the surname of Tanner. >> >> I went on Family Tree and wanted to see how this daughter was related to >> my husband. >> >> As I looked at the records for the various Tanner branches, I was amazed >> at the inconsistencies and inaccuracies which are there. >> >> For instance, the information about John Tanner (the early convert to the >> Church who gave a substantial amount of money for the Kirkland Temple to >> Joseph Smith) >> needed immediate attention. (John Tanner never lived in Payson but his >> third wife and many of his children did.) >> >> John Tanner's mother was Thankful Tefft but Family Tree had Thankful also >> as the wife of John. (Terrible error and not one to let carry down to >> people who might not know the difference. It needed to be corrected >> immediately and appropriate explanations added.) >> >> The family relationships were certainly in need of careful examination >> and >> correction. With my husband's approval, I started the process of >> correcting >> these relationships. >> >> As I told my husband, we will need to look at every one of his family >> lines because there are probably changes which need to be made for many >> family members. >> >> My husband isn't that keen on family history but if we don't do these >> changes who will? If not now, when? >> >> Are we going to wait for our children and unborn grandchildren to be >> interested? It might not happen. >> >> I think now is the time and it is a task which we can do while we are >> able >> to do so. >> >> As I used to tell my family history classes, we can work on one family at >> a time. Straighten it out, add sources and notes, check ordinances, merge >> if necessary, etc. We don't have to attack the entire tree but only these >> smaller twigs in a methodical way. When we feel one family is in order, >> than we can move to another family. >> >> Besides, as we work on Family Tree, we can address issues and offer >> insights or feedback. >> >> Thanks for listening. I learn a lot from each of you. >> >> Mary Scott >> Aurora, Illinois >> >> Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to >> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

it can be various reasons for it to happen, try switch the PIDs. 1. Ordinances already done 2. Mis-merges - check nFS - combined records for that person (follow 106612) 3. IOUS or Whales (oversized combined records) 4. LDS Membership Records always take precede over non-LDS record. David Samuelsen On 5/31/2013 1:08 PM, Ivan P. Pack wrote: > In trying to clean up my line on Family Tree, I have run into the situation > where the merge function will not work - an error message says merges can > not be performed on this person. Is anyone else having this problem or know > why this is happening? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Miles Meyer" <milesmeyer@gmail.com> > To: "Mary S. Scott (Michigan)" <mscscott28@yahoo.com>; > <lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 10:49 AM > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Cleaning up on Family Tree > > >> Absolutely correct Mary. I have been having this same conversation on the >> FamilySearch discussion board on LinkedIn. There are several people there >> who just want to upload their gedcom file to FamilySearch and leave it at >> that. They do not want to do the work of checking for merges, duplicates >> and incorrect information. I keep posting "If not you, then who? If not >> now, then when?" I have found some errors in my lines, but luckily for me >> there are few members of the church in my lines so "all the work" hasn't >> yet been done. It leaves plenty of work for me to do. >> >> Miles Meyer >> Jacksonville, FL >> >> "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get >> better. It's not." - Dr. Seuss, The Lorax >> >> >> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Mary S. Scott (Michigan) < >> mscscott28@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> David's point about cleaning up our family lines on Family Tree is right >>> on target. >>> >>> The other day I was working on Family Tree and looking at some of my >>> husband's families, particularly the Tanner families from Payson, Utah. >>> >>> Earlier that day I had read an LDS biographical sketch about a sister in >>> a >>> newly published book. >>> >>> The sister's husband had married several women before the Manifesto. They >>> lived in some of the areas where my husband's family had lived. One of >>> his >>> daughters married a man with the surname of Tanner. >>> >>> I went on Family Tree and wanted to see how this daughter was related to >>> my husband. >>> >>> As I looked at the records for the various Tanner branches, I was amazed >>> at the inconsistencies and inaccuracies which are there. >>> >>> For instance, the information about John Tanner (the early convert to the >>> Church who gave a substantial amount of money for the Kirkland Temple to >>> Joseph Smith) >>> needed immediate attention. (John Tanner never lived in Payson but his >>> third wife and many of his children did.) >>> >>> John Tanner's mother was Thankful Tefft but Family Tree had Thankful also >>> as the wife of John. (Terrible error and not one to let carry down to >>> people who might not know the difference. It needed to be corrected >>> immediately and appropriate explanations added.) >>> >>> The family relationships were certainly in need of careful examination >>> and >>> correction. With my husband's approval, I started the process of >>> correcting >>> these relationships. >>> >>> As I told my husband, we will need to look at every one of his family >>> lines because there are probably changes which need to be made for many >>> family members. >>> >>> My husband isn't that keen on family history but if we don't do these >>> changes who will? If not now, when? >>> >>> Are we going to wait for our children and unborn grandchildren to be >>> interested? It might not happen. >>> >>> I think now is the time and it is a task which we can do while we are >>> able >>> to do so. >>> >>> As I used to tell my family history classes, we can work on one family at >>> a time. Straighten it out, add sources and notes, check ordinances, merge >>> if necessary, etc. We don't have to attack the entire tree but only these >>> smaller twigs in a methodical way. When we feel one family is in order, >>> than we can move to another family. >>> >>> Besides, as we work on Family Tree, we can address issues and offer >>> insights or feedback. >>> >>> Thanks for listening. I learn a lot from each of you. >>> >>> Mary Scott >>> Aurora, Illinois >>> >>> Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to >>> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to >> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

It happened to me also but I found a work around that works most of the time. Just change the individual you are looking at and try the merge that way. So, instead of merging AAAA-123 with BBBB-123 try going to BBBB-123 and merging with AAAA-123. I know, seems strange but it is working. Miles Meyer Jacksonville, FL "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." - Dr. Seuss, The Lorax On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Ivan P. Pack <pack1096@q.com> wrote: > In trying to clean up my line on Family Tree, I have run into the situation > where the merge function will not work - an error message says merges can > not be performed on this person. Is anyone else having this problem or > know > why this is happening? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Miles Meyer" <milesmeyer@gmail.com> > To: "Mary S. Scott (Michigan)" <mscscott28@yahoo.com>; > <lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 10:49 AM > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Cleaning up on Family Tree > > > > Absolutely correct Mary. I have been having this same conversation on the > > FamilySearch discussion board on LinkedIn. There are several people there > > who just want to upload their gedcom file to FamilySearch and leave it at > > that. They do not want to do the work of checking for merges, duplicates > > and incorrect information. I keep posting "If not you, then who? If not > > now, then when?" I have found some errors in my lines, but luckily for me > > there are few members of the church in my lines so "all the work" hasn't > > yet been done. It leaves plenty of work for me to do. > > > > Miles Meyer > > Jacksonville, FL > > > > "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get > > better. It's not." - Dr. Seuss, The Lorax > > > > > > On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Mary S. Scott (Michigan) < > > mscscott28@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > >> David's point about cleaning up our family lines on Family Tree is right > >> on target. > >> > >> The other day I was working on Family Tree and looking at some of my > >> husband's families, particularly the Tanner families from Payson, Utah. > >> > >> Earlier that day I had read an LDS biographical sketch about a sister in > >> a > >> newly published book. > >> > >> The sister's husband had married several women before the Manifesto. > They > >> lived in some of the areas where my husband's family had lived. One of > >> his > >> daughters married a man with the surname of Tanner. > >> > >> I went on Family Tree and wanted to see how this daughter was related to > >> my husband. > >> > >> As I looked at the records for the various Tanner branches, I was amazed > >> at the inconsistencies and inaccuracies which are there. > >> > >> For instance, the information about John Tanner (the early convert to > the > >> Church who gave a substantial amount of money for the Kirkland Temple to > >> Joseph Smith) > >> needed immediate attention. (John Tanner never lived in Payson but his > >> third wife and many of his children did.) > >> > >> John Tanner's mother was Thankful Tefft but Family Tree had Thankful > also > >> as the wife of John. (Terrible error and not one to let carry down to > >> people who might not know the difference. It needed to be corrected > >> immediately and appropriate explanations added.) > >> > >> The family relationships were certainly in need of careful examination > >> and > >> correction. With my husband's approval, I started the process of > >> correcting > >> these relationships. > >> > >> As I told my husband, we will need to look at every one of his family > >> lines because there are probably changes which need to be made for many > >> family members. > >> > >> My husband isn't that keen on family history but if we don't do these > >> changes who will? If not now, when? > >> > >> Are we going to wait for our children and unborn grandchildren to be > >> interested? It might not happen. > >> > >> I think now is the time and it is a task which we can do while we are > >> able > >> to do so. > >> > >> As I used to tell my family history classes, we can work on one family > at > >> a time. Straighten it out, add sources and notes, check ordinances, > merge > >> if necessary, etc. We don't have to attack the entire tree but only > these > >> smaller twigs in a methodical way. When we feel one family is in order, > >> than we can move to another family. > >> > >> Besides, as we work on Family Tree, we can address issues and offer > >> insights or feedback. > >> > >> Thanks for listening. I learn a lot from each of you. > >> > >> Mary Scott > >> Aurora, Illinois > >> > >> Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > >> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >