Ok I started doing a compare then merge thing but I come up with following:
"Humphrey Turner (Turner-13827) and Humphrey Turner (Turner-40) are currently set as Unmerged Matches to indicate that the two profiles are not ready to be merged yet. “
I thought at first that it was because they were pre-1700, but then I reread the instructions and that does not seem to be the case. So, looked some more and came across the message “Turner-40 and Turner-13827 do not represent the same person because: They are not the same. “ However no explanation or sources are given.
Then I see one has parents listed (another discussion in itself) while the other doesn't, is that a factor?
So then I think that maybe the wives don't match, but they do in my book (even though there is discussion stating they don't (again no documentation).
Then I check the children, one has 11 children (I think this is wrong) and the other has only one, both Humphrey TURNERs having a son Nathaniel, one of them being the wrong Nathaniel. So is this the reason there can't be a merge?
Do you have to perform merges on each individual for the initial merge to take? If the two Humphreys merge, do the wives also merge and what about the two Nathaniels who are obviously two different people? Can someone clarify this? Thanks, Jim