How to Merge Duplicates on Ancestry.Com
Ancestry.com offers a program called Family Tree Maker that allows you to research and map out your family history. The website offers billions of historical records including national, state and local government archives, historical societies and religious institutions. As you map out your family history, you may enter duplicate information for individuals or citations. You can merge this information to make your family tree easier and clearer to navigate.
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Instructions
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Merge Duplicate Individuals
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Open Family Tree Maker.
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Go to “Edit,” and select “Find Duplicate People.”
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Click “Backup” to perform a backup when prompted or “Cancel” if you choose not to perform a backup. Ancestry.com recommends completing a backup before you make any major changes to a file.
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Click on the row with the individuals you want to merge, and click “Compare/Merge.”
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Select how you want the individuals merged when the “Individual Merge” window opens. Selecting “Make preferred” enters the information as the preferred fact for the individual and choosing “Make alternate” enters the information as an alternate fact.
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Click “Ok.”
Merge Duplicate Citations
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Open Family Tree Maker, and click “Sources” from your menu options at the top.
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Select the source group from the left that contains the duplicate citations. Click on the first duplicate citation in the middle section of your screen.
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Click “Source,” and choose “Replace Source Citation.”
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Select “Source title” under “View by” if it is not already selected. Click the source group with the duplicate citations again.
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Click on the second duplicate source citation, then click “OK.” Click “Yes” after comparing the two citations listed if you want to merge the duplicate sources.
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