Arborists Project Unmerged Matches

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Contents 1 Working on Unmerged Matches 2 Unmerged Matches Tables and Progress 2.1 Totals 2.2 General Regions 2.3 United States 2.4 Other Searches

Working on Unmerged Matches

Some of the searches below have names against them. Don't be deterred!! Anyone can work on any of these unmerged match searches, and you don't need to add your name to work on a search list. All contributions to resolving these unmerged matches are valued. Thank you!

Unmerged matches can be clear duplicates that were set as an unmerged match in error, or they may be different people completely. In many cases, they are profiles with similarities that need further work to clarify if they are the same person or different people.

To assist in determining if a merge should be proposed or if the match should be rejected:

1. Add whatever sources you can, including adding sources to other family members, to support the specific facts already on each profile
2. Communicate with profile managers regarding any discrepancies
3. After getting feedback from the profile managers, review the discrepancies prior to making a decision about whether to propose a merge, reject the match, or decide that more research is needed.

It can useful to remove gedcom junk on profiles so that you can see clearly what sources are already on the profile. Also add a short biography. If necessary, you might add profiles for parents, spouses, etc, so that profiles for different people don't get confused in future.

If the region you would like to work on isn't included in the table below, feel free to add it, or you can contact Gillian to have it included. You could also try a surname, a county or even a town.

Unmerged Matches Tables and Progress

We started with 60,768 Unmerged Matches in January 2021. We've reduced our original number of unmerged matches by a total of 10,994 during 2021.

On 1 January 2022 we started with 49,774 unmerged matches. At the end of December 2022 we are at 48,124

As at 1 January 2024, total unmerged matches are 42,733. Great work everyone!

Totals

Region	Name	31 Dec 2023	Half yearly Difference
Total		42,733	-1,985
Total United States		19,182	-1,404

General Regions

Region	Name	31 Dec 2023	Half yearly Difference
Australia	Gillian Thomas	143	-7
England	Fran Weidman	4,698	-58
France	Isabelle Martin	684	-2
New Zealand		353	+16
Ontario		485	+6
Scotland	Gillian Thomas	1,550	-36
Ireland	Susan McNamee; Feargal Hennigan	881	+13
Germany	Traci Thiessen	1,013	-53
South Africa	Esmé van der Westhuizen	333	-70
New Brunswick	Gisèle Cormier	251	- 6
Québec	Gisèle Cormier	400	-35

United States

Region	Name	31 Dec 2023	Half yearly Difference
California	Teresa Downey	122	+12
Connecticut	Linda Peterson	911	+ 1
Illinois	Fran Weidman	483	-8
Massachusetts	Linda Peterson; LK LaPlante	2,284	- 37
New York		2,007	- 19
Ohio	David Wilson	828	- 26
Oregon	Teresa Downey	27	0
Texas	Nan Starjak	129	+1
Virginia	Neal Parker	3,907	- 1,355
Wisconsin	Fran Weidman	164	20
Wyoming	Teresa Downey	11	+1
Florida	Sarah Callis	166	+ 3
Michigan	Karen Lorenz	183	+24
Georgia	Neal Parker	335	+16
Mississippi	Neal Parker	104	+ 5
Alabama	Neal Parker	169	+14
Louisiana	Neal Parker	103	+ 4

Other Searches

Region	Name	31 Dec 2023	Half Yearly Difference
Unknown	Pam (Anderson) Smith & Esmé van der Westhuizen	524	- 67
Puritan Great Migration	S Willson	68	+10
15th Century	Gillian Thomas	260	- 4
16th Century		1631	- 43
Acadians Project	Gisèle Cormier	12	+2
Mayflower	S Willson	7	+4
19th Century	Gillian Thomas	11,349	- 45
US Black Heritage Project	Emma MacBeath	41	+9