* Another exporting to Ancestry problem

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Re: Another exporting to Ancestry problem

Post by tatewise » 08 Nov 2020 15:14

Let me explain my technique, which is just an extension of the binary chop.
Having tried excluding various unusual fields & records, a binary chop on the Source records revealed [S378] was the culprit.
So I started chopping fields from that Source and soon discovered the middle lines in the Note were the problem.
The /../../../ looked likely culprits, so replaced them, and the rest is history...

It may be something to do with /../ being filing system shorthand for moving to parent folder.

BTW: I noticed that your great-aunt is her own witness with Resident Role for her Residence facts.
So she is both principal and witness to the same facts, which is a little unusual.
That would appear to be in addition to her witness Resident Role in her husband's Residence facts.
Mike Tate ~ researching the Tate and Scott family history ~ tatewise ancestry

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Re: Another exporting to Ancestry problem

Post by RS3100 » 08 Nov 2020 15:29

tatewise wrote:
08 Nov 2020 15:14
BTW: I noticed that your great-aunt is her own witness with Resident Role for her Residence facts.
So she is both principal and witness to the same facts, which is a little unusual.
That would appear to be in addition to her witness Resident Role in her husband's Residence facts.
I think what happened there, was that when I originally entered the facts I unintentionally created some in her record, and others in her husbands, so I ended up with some shared facts to which she was the principal and her husband the witness, and vice versa. It probably makes no difference, but I thought it messy and decided to make one member the principal for all of them, and the other the witness. It appears I didn't succeed!

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