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Family Tree Maker - Help with duplicate spouse iss

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Naomi in SW

Naomi in SW Report 19 Aug 2006 22:50

Hi All, When I went on maternity leave from work (in a hurry) some kindly soul deleted FTM from my work pc. Problem was it was my most upto date one. I have exported my tree from GR to my FTM at home but for some reason it has duplicated all the spouses. I cant delete them as it removes both spouses as they are the same person if you see what I mean? I am completely stuck and dont know how to remove just one. Anyone got any ideas? Thanks Naomi

Jane

Jane Report 19 Aug 2006 22:53

Naomi, Are you using 'delete individual' command? Annie

Jane

Jane Report 19 Aug 2006 22:55

... if you are, try the 'detach spouse' command instead. Other than this laborious way, I can't think of anything you can do. Well, I guess you could try to download it all again from GR to see if it fixes itself ... Annie

Mavis

Mavis Report 19 Aug 2006 22:55

I got some of them when I imported my family into FTM, I got rid of them by merging them, don't know if that;s the quickest, but it worked! Mavis

POSITIVE Pauline

POSITIVE Pauline Report 19 Aug 2006 22:56

Hi Naomi Try runnung a 'merge duplicate individuals report'. It's quite easy to do. Just follow the prompts. I think that will be the best way forward. Good luck PP xx

Jean Durant

Jean Durant Report 19 Aug 2006 22:59

I've no idea but just wanted to say hello:))) How is Daniel? Bet he's growing at a rate of knots. Jean x.

Naomi in SW

Naomi in SW Report 20 Aug 2006 16:17

Hi All, I have tried delete individual and detach spouse but when I did that it removed both spouses as they are the same person iykwim. I also tried a merge thing but it only came up with a lot of unknown unknown. I think I'm going to try merging again or downloading from here again. Jean, Daniel is doing just great thanks! He is now 14months, cruising the furniture, eating loads and adorable :0) Naomi x