Originally posted by hallow
) First a thanks to Keith for continually updating this great program. I seem to have identified two cousins who have married... can I merge thier identical grandparents?
dean
Merging grandparents
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Keith Wilson
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Merging grandparents
I am not quiite sure, from you description, what you have in your database - but you can:
Right Click on a ghost box and then select " Attach Existing Person as a New Parent" - does that help you join them all up?
Or, if the grandparents are already duplicated, then you may need to use File - Compare and Merge - Merge two people within the current database. This process can be tricky to do because a whole line of ancestors may be duplicated and it can be very difficult to decide who should be kept and who should be deleted.
In either case make a backup of the database (*.FtkSql) file first.
Let us know some more detail - or send me a copy of the database for inspection.
Keith
Right Click on a ghost box and then select " Attach Existing Person as a New Parent" - does that help you join them all up?
Or, if the grandparents are already duplicated, then you may need to use File - Compare and Merge - Merge two people within the current database. This process can be tricky to do because a whole line of ancestors may be duplicated and it can be very difficult to decide who should be kept and who should be deleted.
In either case make a backup of the database (*.FtkSql) file first.
Let us know some more detail - or send me a copy of the database for inspection.
Keith