Teddy, Using match and merge in PAF is dangerous without very careful preparation and understanding. In the situation you describe, I would recommend the following: 1. Identify those individuals you have duplicated - note their RIN numbers - decide which RIN of each individual you wish to keep. Usually, but not always, the lower RIN number is the original or first entry of the individual which might be a guide as to which RIN to keep. Consider using the "List" report - Duplicated Individuals - taking care to specify options and advanced options (particularly having zero years difference between birth dates). The report needs to be vetted as it may throw up some "duplications" that are not really duplications, depending on the options selected. 2. For each set of duplications, delete each duplicated individual and as each is deleted add/link into the deleted family position the RIN you have decided to keep. Good luck, Stewart -----Original Message----- From: Teddy Markhart [mailto:foxfordgrad@yahoo.com] Sent: 03 July 2005 00:55 To: PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PAF-5] Match and Merge I am new to genealogy and my PAF 5.1 program. Many of my ancestors married first cousins and I just kept adding the ancestors. So I have a lot of the same people entered more that once. Finally I realized that I could just add the ancestor from "existing" I have tried to match and merge and ended up with a real mess. Double notes and double parents I know I am doing something wrong but no matter how many times I have tried I still can't get it right. Can someone please help me figure this out before I have to delete the files and start all over again. Thank-you so much --------------------------------- Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football ==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service http://www.familysearch.org/