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Please. How to merge two families with same parents into one

Colin Hildreth
 

Hi everyone,

I need help solving this conundrum that is stopping me record the complete details of the family relationships of Richard and Elizabeth Hildreth.

Somehow the two children I have entered so far have ended up being detailed as being in separate families but with the same parents (same IDs)

I would like to be able to merge the two families into one before continuing further. There is no recorded information regarding the marriage c 1840. I have birth information for Elizabeth though in 1824. (Father was a fellow sergeant)

At this stage I have only entered the birth/baptism for Mary Jane Hildreth, source [141]. This source is part of both marriage details even though Mary Jane is listed as being just in one

Generally I like to only add information to the tree as I enter sourced records, thus I use brackets as placeholders until I get there.

A perceived work around will be to delete my information for Richard Ambler and delete also his mother. ... but I fear by doing that it may compromise her presence in the "other" relationship, so I do need direction please.

Any help gratefully received as I don't want to unknowingly have this happen again.

Colin

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Mike Tate
 

Open the Families tab of the Records Window and select the two identically named Family records you have shown in your screenshot.

Then use Edit > Merge/Compare Records… to combine the two Family records into one.

 

BTW: If there is no Families tab use View > Other Record Lists > Families

 

Also you can enable the Families tab via Tools > Preferences > Records Window > Record Type Display Options

 

Colin Hildreth
 

Thank you Mike. Enabling the family records window made the process successful.

Very pleased, I now have the two children together with their parents and can now add further siblings and records.

On Friday, 17 March 2023 at 12:12:27 am NZDT, Mike Tate <post@...> wrote:


Open the Families tab of the Records Window and select the two identically named Family records you have shown in your screenshot.

Then use Edit > Merge/Compare Records… to combine the two Family records into one.

 

BTW: If there is no Families tab use View > Other Record Lists > Families

 

Also you can enable the Families tab via Tools > Preferences > Records Window > Record Type Display Options

 

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