FTM 2012 - Main Toolbar "Sources"
This post was deleted by the author on 2 Aug 2015 12:17AM GMT
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Re: FTM 2012 - Main Toolbar "Sources"
It sounds to me like you should merge them. (Right Click > Manage Sources > Replace)
I have found it useful (for me) to keep my old sources from when I used to actually go a library and do my census work by retrieving reels of microfilm and read the microfilm.
I can tell my "old" manual census work by source name: "1790 US Census"
I can tell my "new" work via ancestry merging from their database name: "1790 United States Federal Census"
I used to always abbreviate where I could. Ancestry never abbreviates, which irritates me to no end, as it makes printed reports endlessly long.
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Re: FTM 2012 - Main Toolbar "Sources"
This post was deleted by the author on 2 Aug 2015 12:16AM GMT
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Re: FTM 2012 - Main Toolbar "Sources"
Sounds like another good reason for NOT doing any "merging's".
I will type what data I want when I find a usable hint.
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Re: FTM 2012 - Main Toolbar "Sources"
Just an FYI ...
I have one source for the U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1 and many citations.
It may be the way I handle it. I search on Ancestry outside of FTM and then copy the URL to Web Search in FTM. I then merge in FTM. It's just a preference of mine to search on Ancestry outside of FTM.
Rosemary
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Re: FTM 2012 - Main Toolbar "Sources"
As said previously this is the reason I will never merge data from any tree either online or from a gedcom I receive.
That said you probably all ready came to that conclusion and are looking for help to clean up the mess. While you are looking for a mass fix the only way to fix problems like this is to start at the first one and work through all of them. This will take time, but for each one you fix there are several less problems in the sources.
The best way is to start at the first source and first citation. Check each of the person who uses each citation and make any changes necessary to make them the same. Look at the duplicate citations, right click and select "Using the Replace Source Citation" and replace each with the best citation.
Trust me it takes time but simplifies things.
Once you get that done start on your places, as they are probably a mess also if you have merged a lot.
Remember in both one character difference make to separate entries. So the clean up will be easier that it looks.
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