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    Re:Identifying duplicate persons.

    I have occasionally stumbled across someone on my tree, who has been input twice. Is there some simple mechanism, within Reunion 11, which would automatically identify, potential duplications? I know that I can manually trawl through my tree, but am always looking for labour saving processes.

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    Re: Identifying duplicate persons.

    Couldn't you used the 'People' sidebar, with names arranged alphabetically by Surname, to quickly see any duplicates?
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      Re: Identifying duplicate persons.

      Originally posted by billbir View Post
      Is there some simple mechanism, within Reunion 11, which would automatically identify, potential duplications?
      The Match & Merge People feature can be used to locate possible duplicates. To access this feature, open your family file and select:

      File -> Match & Merge People...

      For details on how this process works, click the "?" at bottom-left of the window that drops-down after selecting the above menu entry.

      HTH
      Mark Harrison
      Leister Productions, Inc.

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        Re: Identifying duplicate persons.

        Originally posted by Kim View Post
        Couldn't you used the 'People' sidebar, with names arranged alphabetically by Surname, to quickly see any duplicates?
        Hi
        Not really. I was trying to avoid going through a list of 3500

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          Re: Identifying duplicate persons.

          Originally posted by Mark View Post
          The Match & Merge People feature can be used to locate possible duplicates. To access this feature, open your family file and select:

          File -> Match & Merge People...

          For details on how this process works, click the "?" at bottom-left of the window that drops-down after selecting the above menu entry.

          HTH
          Hi Mark,

          Thanks for the suggestion. I did see Match & Merge, but not being au fait with the system yet, I was hesitant about messing up my database. Is it a 'safe' process which I could undo if necessary?
          Bill

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            Re: Identifying duplicate persons.

            Originally posted by billbir View Post
            Is it a 'safe' process which I could undo if necessary?
            Once entries have been merged, there is no way to undo the merge (except for reverting to a backup from before the merge).

            You can always use this feature just to find possible duplicates. After clicking "Find Matches..." in the window that drops-down when you select "File -> Match & Merge People..." you get a new window listing possible duplicates. You can close out of this window at anytime without merging any entries, you must click the "Save" button at bottom-right of the window to save any merges. Once you click "Save", though, you can't undo the merges.

            HTH
            Mark Harrison
            Leister Productions, Inc.

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              Re: Identifying duplicate persons.

              Originally posted by Mark View Post
              Once entries have been merged, there is no way to undo the merge (except for reverting to a backup from before the merge).

              You can always use this feature just to find possible duplicates. After clicking "Find Matches..." in the window that drops-down when you select "File -> Match & Merge People..." you get a new window listing possible duplicates. You can close out of this window at anytime without merging any entries, you must click the "Save" button at bottom-right of the window to save any merges. Once you click "Save", though, you can't undo the merges.

              HTH
              Hi Mark,

              Thanks for the guidance. As I thought, without a correct understanding, I could have caused myself a problem. Not now, thank goodness!

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                Originally posted by billbir View Post
                Hi Mark,

                Thanks for the suggestion. I did see Match & Merge, but not being au fait with the system yet, I was hesitant about messing up my database. Is it a 'safe' process which I could undo if necessary?
                Bill
                The Match & Merge function cannot be un-done! Therefore I always make a current backup (duplicate) of my file before using the M&M function. Used carefully this function is safe, but takes time to learn what to do, and what NOT to do!
                Arnold
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