tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post7367447908710349362..comments2024-03-26T21:29:07.190-07:00Comments on Rejoice, and be exceeding glad...: The Duplicate Source Issue on the FamilySearch Family TreeJames Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-70300507195007387122018-03-12T09:08:55.164-07:002018-03-12T09:08:55.164-07:00DO NOT REMOVE DUPLICATE SOURCES. In some states t...DO NOT REMOVE DUPLICATE SOURCES. In some states there are multiple copies of the similar sources. So you will find different copies of the same marriage records for certain individuals. First of all you have to understand that there is a marriage license and a marriage certificate. The first one is sometimes called "intent to marry". Then you also find that there might be multiple copies of the same book. I suspect that one might have been the copy at the town and one might have been at the county. In any case attach them all to the same individual. Don't leave any out. You need to attach them all to the same person. <br /><br />You should attach every single one to the record. Firstly, if you leave remove them and leave them unattached then they will constantly come up as a record hints. Then people will reattach them again and again. When this happens you duplicate work that has already been done verifying them. Others may reattach those sources to the same individual record or they may create a brand new duplicate individual record. Not attaching all the records causes duplicate individual records. That is the real issue we have with duplicates. We need to eliminate as many duplicate records of the people not remove duplicate historical documents.Descendanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14623546479926195757noreply@blogger.com