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Linking two branch's

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Helen

Helen Report 26 Mar 2017 11:36

Could I ask,,, On my father's Ward branch of our tree his brother marr (1st which we have entered on our tree) his 2nd marr was to the sister of my Grd father Harris, (my mothers branch) sister her 2nd marr, we have details of her 1st marr entered on her branch,,,, How do you link the two branch's via their marr without entering the details on each branch, therefore having double entries for them on both branch's,,,, hope this makes sense,
Regards
Helen

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 26 Mar 2017 12:08

I don't think you can on the GenesReunited tree but perhaps it would be best to email Genes and ask them although you won't get a reply on a weekend:-

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Kath. x

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 26 Mar 2017 13:06

If you haven't already linked them, when you go to add a spouse you can choose 'Find Existing' then select the person.

You'll only need to add the marriage details once. The system may add a (2) after their name to indicate a duplicate- it depends which branch you're looking at.

Researching:
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ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 26 Mar 2017 19:01

It's not too much of a problem for your particular tree, as the link is only one or two generations back, but for such a marriage further back in someone's tree, there's then the question of which branch to add children of the marriage to, and later descendants - or whether to add them to both branches, and duplicate the entries from then onwards.

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

Helen

Helen Report 26 Mar 2017 22:04

To all Thank you,,,, tried after a little experiment, have linked the two people, problem solved,,,,, now to link a few more,,,
Many Thanks,,,
Helen