Do I have to set up headstones on free-space profiles?

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Hi everyone,

I have made a real mess again!  I am really getting frustrated with myself, getting older makes me so angry at times!!! I was trying to set up a new headstone site and makes notes of the steps for me to follow.

1.  I went to the Free-Space Profile page and created a free space profile by selecting free space page under the menu tab "ADD" and selecting the option "new thing".  Was this correct?

2.  I began creating a free-space profile for "Louis Vaylord Young" which is missing all the information for birth, death, parents etc.  This profile now resides in my free-space watchlist and contains my ID number Fritz-800-1.

3.  So I then created a regular profile for Louis Vaylord Young thinking I could merge the two together Young-17570.

Any assistance or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Taylor
WikiTree profile: Louis Young
in The Tree House by Taylor Worthington Gilchrist G2G6 Mach 8 (89.7k points)
edited by Taylor Worthington Gilchrist
Hi Taylor, I'm no expert, but you can't merge a thing with a person in real life either. That's how I think of it. Anyway, you will probably get a quicker and better answer if you edit the question to include a link to the free-space profile AND the cemetaries and free-space_profiles tags. ~Sandi
Sandi,

Thanks!

Taylor

1 Answer

+4 votes
Sandi is correct. You can merge persons with persons, but not persons with things.

You can remove all information from the free space profile, take all the links from it, remove it from your watchlist, and eventually it will be absorbed back - but there is no way to delete it.
by Scott Fulkerson G2G Astronaut (1.5m points)
Scott,

Thanks for the option of just removing everything.  I knew deletion was not an option.

I can't believe some of the messes I get myself into!

Taylor
I like to think of them as learning opportunities. Can't make scrambled eggs without breaking a few.
Scott,

I am a hands on learner and learn best through my mistakes!  I break lots of eggs!!!

Taylor

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