Merge Gone Wild

Started by Larry Odebrecht on Sunday, March 28, 2010
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3/29/2010 at 6:22 AM

LOL, you're funny! You are probably right, although I have tried to clean up tangled trees and if a bunch of people take your position, it becomes impossible to get anywhere. Check to see if the requested merge is one of these types, or ask the merging person what their plan is.

3/29/2010 at 8:29 AM

I have moved my account over to Ancestry.com because of the merges gone wild

3/29/2010 at 10:22 AM

I have also moved my research to Ancestry, largely because of the wild merges. I don't have enough fingers to count the spouses of Elder John Stone I can't get rid of, including a woman who never got out of Plymouth. Since I have relatives on Geni, I try to keep my tree up to date, but it is way down on my list. As an old software hand, I refuse to accept the notion that mistakes can't be undone. If I accept an incorrect datum, it's my responsibility, but I should be able to get rid of it. And if others give me incorrect data, well then ....

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