Description of Error - 585: FindAGrave - Multiple profiles link to same grave ID
More WikiTree profile has links to the same FIndAGrave profile
To read more on Find A Grave, see Help:Find A Grave.
Content of info column: Compare link, where you compare both profiles in question for differences.
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Suggestion 585 FindAGrave - Multiple profiles link to same grave ID
Topic Video: Mr E Figures Out Find A Grave
Possible Causes
Duplicate profile on Wikitree.
Action Steps
There are few possible actions:
- Wrong link to FindAGrave. It is possible that either profile has the wrong FindAGrave memorial identified as likely profile's memorial. In such case, you can link the correct FindAGrave memorial to the profile if it exists. If it doesn't, set the status to False error.
- Error in wikitree. Merge duplicated profiles. It is possible that also relatives are duplicated, so examine also them.
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Error Status
For each Error you can set status. You can set it as Corrected, Not corrected, False Error, Proposed merge or just add a Comment.
If there are related errors for the profile, you will also see them on status page.
Full description is available on Status Help Page.
Questions and Discussions on this Error
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Technical Stuff
All identified links to FindAGrave are compared to profile data. Link is identified by extracting memorial number from link, template or text Memorial #
Comparison is done by following rules:
- If the name is exactly the same, it is considered a match.
- If it is a small difference, dates are also compared and if they are the same within 1 year, it is considered a match.
- If it is a medium difference, dates are also compared and if they are exactly the same, it is considered a match.
- If none of the conditions apply it is considered not identified.
All profiles that are linked to a memorial on FindAGrave are compared to determine if two or more are linked to the same memorial on FindAGrave.
Suggestion reports
You can see the weekly prepared list of the latest suggestions prepared on March 16th 2025. You can also get the online report on WikiTree+.
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