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Help with dupicate wives in my tree

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joysie4

joysie4 Report 3 Apr 2007 17:10

Ive asked genes what I can do it seems I cant delete one of the names without taking all the children out first ( it said edit tools and delete) I dont know how this happened in the first place Joyce

Researching:
Mc Dowells Portsmouth .& Devon & .Ireland .Scotland Garthland Macdowalls Dumbrells Lewis /South Malling Sussex

KempinaPartyhat

KempinaPartyhat Report 3 Apr 2007 17:12

I have the same problem and dont know how it happened !!!! but I cant get rid either!!!!! tried delete on tools but didnt work

Jeanette

Jeanette Report 3 Apr 2007 17:14

if you change the wife(you dont want) name slightly you will be able to delete her Jeanette

KempinaPartyhat

KempinaPartyhat Report 3 Apr 2007 17:36

Thanks I, ll try it

Alan

Alan Report 3 Apr 2007 17:54

Hello Joyce. I had this problem. So I replaced all the information shown for the person I wanted to delete with unknown. Save that to your tree. Then delete .If you want to delete both parents replace all the father's details you have shown with unknown then save to tree, then do the same for mother's details then delete them both. It worked on the old tree but I have not tried it on the new one. Regards Alan

joysie4

joysie4 Report 3 Apr 2007 17:58

jeannette it never worked thanks for the advice Joyce

Researching:
Mc Dowells Portsmouth .& Devon & .Ireland .Scotland Garthland Macdowalls Dumbrells Lewis /South Malling Sussex

joysie4

joysie4 Report 3 Apr 2007 18:00

Hello Alan same reply as I gave jeanette Joyce

Researching:
Mc Dowells Portsmouth .& Devon & .Ireland .Scotland Garthland Macdowalls Dumbrells Lewis /South Malling Sussex

Alan

Alan Report 3 Apr 2007 18:47

Hello Joyce. I do beg to differ. Just before the old tree was withdrawn I deleted one side of my tree from c1780 back to 1890 with 23 names starting at the top with a Henry Hunt bc1780 and Elizabeth Unknown to Emily Hunt b1890 by the method in my earlier email with no trouble at all. kind regards Alan.

joysie4

joysie4 Report 4 Apr 2007 14:27

Alan I have two wives with the same details added for the husband I cant get rid of one wife I dont want to delete the whole family surname just for one person being duplicated Thanks for your reply Joyce

Researching:
Mc Dowells Portsmouth .& Devon & .Ireland .Scotland Garthland Macdowalls Dumbrells Lewis /South Malling Sussex

Redharissa

Redharissa Report 4 Apr 2007 18:00

Hi Joyce, Presumably (hopefully!) the children are attached to just one of those duplicate names? Change the name of the 'childless' wife to Delete or whatever just so you can tell her apart. Then check by clicking on her in the immediate family view that there are indeed no ancestors or children attached to her. If there are none you should be able to delete her. If you find you have a couple of children who have become separated from the mother you wish to keep, you can copy them and add them to her. You can then delete the ones attached to the duplicate mother, before you can delete the duplicate mother.