I cannot initiate a mergebetween two individuals I know to be the same.

Question

Recently, I did a merge for Robert Springett (Springett-29) from my tree to the same individual in Carol Horton's tree (Springett-14 from memory).  Obviously both trees had the same wife (that is Mary Isabella Falvey (her Wikitree ID in my tree is Falvey-37) but I can't find a match when I do search. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Hi Tony,

In the current profile of Robert I see two wives with identical names. Their profile ID's are: Falvey-37 and Falvey-1 . You can merge the profiles here: Matching and Merging Profiles

Comments

Thanks.  I tried looking for the second profile ID but couldn't see it.  Where did you get the Falvey-1 ID profile number from?

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You can see it on Robert profile (http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Springett-29) just below the list of brothers and sisters where the marriages are listed :)

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I must be flip'n blind as I can't see it.

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It's this part :D

Husband of Mary I. Falvey — married 1884 in Fulham, London, England
Husband of Mary Isabel Falvey — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

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You can btw also see both marriages in the descendants view of Roberts father: http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Springett-Descendants-1
Child number 13 is Robert. Both the wife profiles are listed after his name :)

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Thanks, Daniel.

Tony, were you asking where you see the WikiTree ID?
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/WikiTree_ID

That's in the URL, e.g. Springett-29 in http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Springett-29

You can have the IDs auto-filled in the merge form if you go the edit page http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Springett-29&action=edit then look in the right column under Edit Family then find the "show merge options" toggle. You can then select two family members (e.g. two spouses) to merge.

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Thanks Daniel and Chris. Sorry that seems to be growing into something bigger than Texas.  I can't see any ID no on the profile page but now understand I have to see them in my watchlist.  How do I get an ID from someone else's wikitree?

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If the person is not in your watchlist you can always open the profile page itself. The last part of webpage address (after http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/) is the profile ID of the profile you are watching :)

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Finally, I get it! Daniel you're a flip'n marvel.  Thanks