9 replies to this topic

[JeriP]

If I remove one - will the other and all of the associated information remain in place? Thanks.

 

[kbens0n]

Merge them.
Highlight one of them onscreen (as the Primary person)
Goto Tools->Merge->Manual Merge
Select the other (as Duplicate person) from RootsMagic Explorer.

[JeriP]

Thank you so much for responding but I am getting a message that says, "The primary and the duplicate records cannot be the same record." They are the same and I am at fault because I added one daughter twice. I am afraid that if I delete the second entry it will delete all of the related information even though the same person remains listed as a child on a previous line. Should I worry?

[kbens0n]

If they have the same Record ID as indicated by your error message, then:

In the Family tab, with the duplicates as children of their parents:

Highlight one of the duplicated children and then do:

Edit->Unlink->From Parents

Now you'll have to link that child to its parents only once instead of twice

[Renee Zamora]

When you unlink the child from the parents it should remove both links at the same time. So you will need to use Add>Child>Select Existing Person to put them back.

[Jerry Bryan]

When you unlink the child from the parents it should remove both links at the same time. So you will need to use Add>Child>Select Existing Person to put them back.

 

Several experiments seem to prove that Renee is correct. I would have sworn on a thousand bibles that unlinking would only undo one of the links and not both. I feel confident that I have done it that way before. Yet, Renee is demonstrably correct. Has the behavior changed, or (more likely) am I incorrect about how the behavior has always worked?

 

In any case, it seem to me to be much more useful to get rid of only one link at a time than to remove both links at the same time.

 

Jerry

[Lethdun]

 

Several experiments seem to prove that Renee is correct. I would have sworn on a thousand bibles that unlinking would only undo one of the links and not both. I feel confident that I have done it that way before. Yet, Renee is demonstrably correct. Has the behavior changed, or (more likely) am I incorrect about how the behavior has always worked?

 

In any case, it seem to me to be much more useful to get rid of only one link at a time than to remove both links at the same time.

 

Jerry

Jerry,

 

I'm going to join you at the "Cuckoo's Nest" as soon as I finish typing this note. I'm positive (I guess not) that I used the unlink feature less than 2 weeks ago and it only unlinked one of the links. "Strange Days." Have we just returned from a "Magical Mystery Tour" or have we gotten stuck in the "Twilight Zone?" Hm-m-m-m

 

TomD

[Renee Zamora]

This behavior has at least been around since RootsMagic 4. 

[Jerry Bryan]

This behavior has at least been around since RootsMagic 4. 

 

Could it be changed to one link at a time? That would be much more useful.

 

Jerry

[lighthouse]

When you unlink the child from the parents it should remove both links at the same time. So you will need to use Add>Child>Select Existing Person to put them back.

Renee.....this is the way I have always done it to remove a double entry.