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johnbutt1954
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Merging Sources

Post by johnbutt1954 » 05 Feb 2022 14:36

Is there a way to merge Sources. For example I have one source: GRO for General Register Office Indexes. However I have found another set of sources: GROI. I wish to merge in the information in GROI into GRO and delete GROI as a source.
I've looked through help and forum but with no success.

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Re: Merging Sources

Post by David2416 » 05 Feb 2022 15:19

Go to the records window and select the Sources.

Select those source records you wish to merge.

Select Edit - Merge/compare records.

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Re: Merging Sources

Post by davidf » 05 Feb 2022 15:33

johnbutt1954 wrote:
05 Feb 2022 14:36
Is there a way to merge Sources. For example I have one source: GRO for General Register Office Indexes. However I have found another set of sources: GROI. I wish to merge in the information in GROI into GRO and delete GROI as a source.
I've looked through help and forum but with no success.
As long as you are sure GROI is General Record Office Index of the UK and not General Record Office of Ireland!
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Re: Merging Sources

Post by johnbutt1954 » 05 Feb 2022 17:11

Definitely not Ireland as I don't have any for their and Scotland is a separate source.
Thanks for the help. I've merged duplicate people before but I couldn't find anything about sources.

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Re: Merging Sources

Post by tatewise » 05 Feb 2022 19:03

Merging any two records of the same type (Individual, Family, Source, Media, etc) all use the same Edit > Merge command.
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Re: Merging Sources

Post by Gowermick » 05 Feb 2022 19:35

For those who are not aware how to select multiple records, just Left-click on first, then Ctrl-Left-click to select another, repeat this for multiple record selections. You’ll know you’ve done it right as they will all become highlighted. If you add one by mistake, just Ctl-Left-cick on it again to de-select it :D
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Re: Merging Sources

Post by tatewise » 05 Feb 2022 20:48

You don't necessarily have to do that multiple selection in order to two Merge records.
Select one of the records, use the Edit > Merge/Compare Records... command, and it lets you select the second record.
No need to use Ctrl selection at all.
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