What to do??

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Dalton-6572 & Dalton-586 share info on wife and birth location. -586 has far more sources. Much speculation exists in prior generations. The perpetual Rookie
WikiTree profile: Benjamin Dalton
in Genealogy Help by K Smith G2G6 Pilot (369k points)

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If those profiles are the same person, then they would be merged.  When a merge is done, the biography from both profiles is included in the merged profile.  The person doing the merge 'is supposed' to clean up the biography to make sure that there is nothing duplicated and sources are all in 'one' sources section, ie no duplications in the biography.  Unfortunately, that is not done frequently and we end up with a lot of duplicated information in one profile.  All links to the 'higher seq' would then be redirected to the 'lower seq' since that would become the 'new merged' profile.

In those profiles cases, they have similar, but not the same dates.  They also have 'similar' but not the same named parents.  They have the same wife and children are only on one profile.  BUT the discrepancy on dates and parents would need to be determined. Are there sources for the correct names, does one profile have a 'general' thought on what the parents were, but not exact, same with the dates?
by Linda Peterson G2G6 Pilot (780k points)
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I suggest looking through both profiles and determining which facts are backed up with sources and which are speculation. This will hopefully eliminate any minor differences. Then proceed with the merge by scrolling to the bottom of one of the profiles and clicking on Initiate merge. More info here:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Merging
by Peggy Watkins G2G6 Pilot (838k points)

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