Revisiting an old merge

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Hey everyone.  I need to revisit an old merge.  One of the two mergees (the one I want to revisit) is long gone, having been incorporated into his (supposed) "twin".  Looking for the best suggestion on how to do this.
in WikiTree Help by Gregory Morris G2G6 Mach 2 (29.5k points)

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If you look at the changes Log, you can see when merges were Completed.  On that change entry, you can select the link for the 'merged away' profile, which will put you into that profile's change Log.  At that point, select the Edit data on that last entry and you can see what was in the biography of that profile at the time of the merge.  You can also see the parents, but not necessarily any other 'data' information or relationships.

If the profile has been merged a few times, you may have to go into several merges to find the one that you are looking for.  If you know the wikitree ID of the profile that was merged away, you can revise the url of any profile's Changes Log url to be the Changes Log of another profile, but be careful that you don't select the initial created entry because it will return you to the new merged profile.
by Linda Peterson G2G6 Pilot (779k points)
I always open each merged-away profile in a new tab, so I don't have to start all over if i happen to click the wrong one. So it may be good to start from a fresh window.
Giving it a shot, Linda.  And yes, you guessed right; there are merges within the merges!  Holy moly...
Thank you Eve!! That was very useful advice.  I'm giving it a try this morning.

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