Hi: Sometimes in doing editing I come across someone that has a 'duplicate spouse' .. Not multiple spouses, but actually the SAME spouse showing at the top of the edit screen TWICE. I can usually fix the problem... but my question is .. Is there a way to 'find' all the people that HAVE the same spouse duplicated so I can fix them on purpose rather than when I stumble across them????? Thanks Pat Mc

I have that happen too. I've never been able to fix it. I'm stuck with a man with his wife listed three times. Debbie -----Original Message----- From: rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pat McGrath via Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2016 6:57 PM To: 'RootsMagic Users List ' Subject: [RMagic] RM - Duplicate spouses Hi: Sometimes in doing editing I come across someone that has a 'duplicate spouse' .. Not multiple spouses, but actually the SAME spouse showing at the top of the edit screen TWICE. I can usually fix the problem... but my question is .. Is there a way to 'find' all the people that HAVE the same spouse duplicated so I can fix them on purpose rather than when I stumble across them????? Thanks Pat Mc =================================== RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The fix is very simple to get rid of those duplicates of wives& husbands. First write down the record numbers of husband and wife. Then unlink one from the other. Then relink the couple. You will now have only one. Margaret Scheffler

Have you tried running the database tools? File - database tools -- and run all of them in order as listed. The unlink that others have mentioned works, but this should also be done often if you have done a lot of updating. Joy On 4/4/2016 7:00 AM, Debra Winchell via wrote: > I have that happen too. I've never been able to fix it. I'm stuck with a > man with his wife listed three times. > > Debbie > > -----Original Message----- > From: rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pat McGrath via > Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2016 6:57 PM > To: 'RootsMagic Users List ' > Subject: [RMagic] RM - Duplicate spouses > > Hi: Sometimes in doing editing I come across someone that has a 'duplicate > spouse' .. Not multiple spouses, but actually the SAME spouse showing at the > top of the edit screen TWICE. I can usually fix the problem... but my > question is .. > > > > Is there a way to 'find' all the people that HAVE the same spouse duplicated > so I can fix them on purpose rather than when I stumble across them????? > > > > Thanks > > Pat Mc > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

I'm not sure whether there is something already built into RM (couldn't find anything obvious) but I have a Custom Report for marriages. This shows a person and all their spouses and some other related data. If I run this report and use 'Select Person' not 'Everyone', I can then Mark Data based on fields - 'Number of Spouses' 'Greater than or equal' 2. This will give me a list of everyone with multiple spouses, which I can then manually check for duplicate spouse names. Although not perfect it might help. David Sydney Australia -----Original Message----- From: rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pat McGrath via Sent: Monday, April 4, 2016 8:57 AM To: 'RootsMagic Users List ' Subject: [RMagic] RM - Duplicate spouses Hi: Sometimes in doing editing I come across someone that has a 'duplicate spouse' .. Not multiple spouses, but actually the SAME spouse showing at the top of the edit screen TWICE. I can usually fix the problem... but my question is .. Is there a way to 'find' all the people that HAVE the same spouse duplicated so I can fix them on purpose rather than when I stumble across them????? Thanks Pat Mc =================================== RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message