Does anyone know what the best practices are for merging?
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Becky
Jan 13, 2012, 4:22:41 PM1/13/12
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Does anyone know what the best practices are for merging? Does anyone
have an opinion as to how far back we should merge?
Abby and I were merging Samuel Fuller b about 1614 and came on the
Mayflower. We got a screen that said to first merge the fathers,
mothers, and wives. The results contained 2 sets of mostly the same
children. So, we were able to merge them.
Samuel's wife was Jane Lathrop. There are variations of that surname:
Lothrop, is the most common.
have an opinion as to how far back we should merge?
Abby and I were merging Samuel Fuller b about 1614 and came on the
Mayflower. We got a screen that said to first merge the fathers,
mothers, and wives. The results contained 2 sets of mostly the same
children. So, we were able to merge them.
Samuel's wife was Jane Lathrop. There are variations of that surname:
Lothrop, is the most common.
Roger Travis
Jan 13, 2012, 4:25:36 PM1/13/12
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There really are no best practices that I know of beyond trying to merge the higher number into the lower one, as long as you've decided what the ultimate LNAB is going to be for that family. It's messy, and there probably isn't a way to make it completely clean. It'll be easier when profiles are re-assigned to these caretaker groups.
Best,
Roger
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Chris Whitten
Jan 13, 2012, 4:28:00 PM1/13/12
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What Roger said, but more so.
With merging, the best thing is to merge all duplicates into the
earliest, lowest-numbered one.
Here's the issue explained:
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Multiple_merges_and_redirects
Instead of merging D into C, C into B, and B into A, you'd want to
merge D into A, C into A, and B into A. Otherwise the merge history
can get really confused and complicated.
Chris
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Becky
Jan 13, 2012, 4:28:47 PM1/13/12
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Thanks for your comments, Roger.
On Jan 13, 4:25 pm, Roger Travis <rogertravi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There really are no best practices that I know of beyond trying to merge
> the higher number into the lower one, as long as you've decided what the
> ultimate LNAB is going to be for that family. It's messy, and there
> probably isn't a way to make it completely clean. It'll be easier when
> profiles are re-assigned to these caretaker groups.
>
> Best,
> Roger
>
On Jan 13, 4:25 pm, Roger Travis <rogertravi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There really are no best practices that I know of beyond trying to merge
> the higher number into the lower one, as long as you've decided what the
> ultimate LNAB is going to be for that family. It's messy, and there
> probably isn't a way to make it completely clean. It'll be easier when
> profiles are re-assigned to these caretaker groups.
>
> Best,
> Roger
>
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Becky <beckye...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Does anyone know what the best practices are for merging? Does anyone
> > have an opinion as to how far back we should merge?
>
> > Abby and I were merging Samuel Fuller b about 1614 and came on the
> > Mayflower. We got a screen that said to first merge the fathers,
> > mothers, and wives. The results contained 2 sets of mostly the same
> > children. So, we were able to merge them.
>
> > Samuel's wife was Jane Lathrop. There are variations of that surname:
> > Lothrop, is the most common.
>
> --
> Roger Travis
> Associate Professor of Classics
> Department of Literatures, Cultures, & Languages
> University of Connecticut
> roger.tra...@uconn.edu, livingepic.org
> > Does anyone know what the best practices are for merging? Does anyone
> > have an opinion as to how far back we should merge?
>
> > Abby and I were merging Samuel Fuller b about 1614 and came on the
> > Mayflower. We got a screen that said to first merge the fathers,
> > mothers, and wives. The results contained 2 sets of mostly the same
> > children. So, we were able to merge them.
>
> > Samuel's wife was Jane Lathrop. There are variations of that surname:
> > Lothrop, is the most common.
>
> --
> Roger Travis
> Associate Professor of Classics
> Department of Literatures, Cultures, & Languages
> University of Connecticut
Becky
Jan 13, 2012, 11:05:01 PM1/13/12
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Thanks for the link, Chris.
On Jan 13, 4:28 pm, Chris Whitten <cwhit...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What Roger said, but more so.
>
> With merging, the best thing is to merge all duplicates into the
> earliest, lowest-numbered one.
>
> Here's the issue explained:http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Multiple_merges_and_redirects
>
> Instead of merging D into C, C into B, and B into A, you'd want to
> merge D into A, C into A, and B into A. Otherwise the merge history
> can get really confused and complicated.
>
> Chris
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Roger Travis <rogertravi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > There really are no best practices that I know of beyond trying to merge the
> > higher number into the lower one, as long as you've decided what the
> > ultimate LNAB is going to be for that family. It's messy, and there probably
> > isn't a way to make it completely clean. It'll be easier when profiles are
> > re-assigned to these caretaker groups.
>
> > Best,
> > Roger
>
> Creator of WikiTree.comhttp://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Whitten-1- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
On Jan 13, 4:28 pm, Chris Whitten <cwhit...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What Roger said, but more so.
>
> With merging, the best thing is to merge all duplicates into the
> earliest, lowest-numbered one.
>
> Here's the issue explained:http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Multiple_merges_and_redirects
>
> Instead of merging D into C, C into B, and B into A, you'd want to
> merge D into A, C into A, and B into A. Otherwise the merge history
> can get really confused and complicated.
>
> Chris
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Roger Travis <rogertravi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > There really are no best practices that I know of beyond trying to merge the
> > higher number into the lower one, as long as you've decided what the
> > ultimate LNAB is going to be for that family. It's messy, and there probably
> > isn't a way to make it completely clean. It'll be easier when profiles are
> > re-assigned to these caretaker groups.
>
> > Best,
> > Roger
>
> > On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Becky <beckye...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> Does anyone know what the best practices are for merging? Does anyone
> >> have an opinion as to how far back we should merge?
>
> >> Abby and I were merging Samuel Fuller b about 1614 and came on the
> >> Mayflower. We got a screen that said to first merge the fathers,
> >> mothers, and wives. The results contained 2 sets of mostly the same
> >> children. So, we were able to merge them.
>
> >> Samuel's wife was Jane Lathrop. There are variations of that surname:
> >> Lothrop, is the most common.
>
> > --
> > Roger Travis
> > Associate Professor of Classics
> > Department of Literatures, Cultures, & Languages
> > University of Connecticut
> > roger.tra...@uconn.edu, livingepic.org
>
> >> Does anyone know what the best practices are for merging? Does anyone
> >> have an opinion as to how far back we should merge?
>
> >> Abby and I were merging Samuel Fuller b about 1614 and came on the
> >> Mayflower. We got a screen that said to first merge the fathers,
> >> mothers, and wives. The results contained 2 sets of mostly the same
> >> children. So, we were able to merge them.
>
> >> Samuel's wife was Jane Lathrop. There are variations of that surname:
> >> Lothrop, is the most common.
>
> > --
> > Roger Travis
> > Associate Professor of Classics
> > Department of Literatures, Cultures, & Languages
> > University of Connecticut
> Creator of WikiTree.comhttp://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Whitten-1- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Lindsay Stough
Feb 9, 2012, 10:33:40 AM2/9/12
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Hey guys, I have been "Matching Parents" and then going back to the
parents later and merging the matches... You have to start SOMEWHERE
and there is no top... sorry this is so late but I just came over to
look at the group!
This way, you don't lose all the alternate names and unknown id's,
etc...
> > Creator of WikiTree.comhttp://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Whitten-1-Hide quoted text -
parents later and merging the matches... You have to start SOMEWHERE
and there is no top... sorry this is so late but I just came over to
look at the group!
This way, you don't lose all the alternate names and unknown id's,
etc...
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