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Merging Individuals in Family Search(FS) Family Tree
Guide to Merging Individuals in FamilySearch(FS)Family Tree. This Help guide contains written STEPS interspersed with PICTURES that show How to remove duplicates of individuals found in Family Tree. The handout deals with various aspects of merging duplicate individuals in a fictitious database called the Simple Sandbox (Instructor Materials). The Instructor Materials Sandbox offers a safe place to practice fixing relationships in a family without making changes to your ancestors in Family Tree. Also included is a single page Merging Exercise Follow-up to use for additional hands-on practice.

Merging Duplicates Handout
A handout giving detailed instructions for Merging Duplicates in Family Tree can be found, along with other valuable FT Handouts and Guides, on the Riverton FamilySearch Library website.

Use of Instructor Materials - Simple Sandbox
The Instructor Materials - Simple Sandbox is a fake database featuring Robert and Ann, members of their family, and other individuals. '''The given names that appear in each family are the same. But the surnames, dates and places are different.''' Not all the relationships are correct. All of this is intentional to provide a safe place to practice more complicated tasks in Family Tree, such as finding and merging duplicates and fixing incorrect relationships. The first time you go into the Simple Sandbox(Instructor Materials), click on Simple Sandbox First Account. Every time thereafter, click on Simple Sandbox Reset Your Account. Activities done in the Simple Sandbox can be done repeatedly and do not affect your ancestors's information in FT. Before any changes are made in the Sandbox, it is assumed that the correct relationships in Robert and Ann's family has been established through careful research.

Merging Exercise
This simplified Merging Exercise sheet is for use in repeating/practicing merges found in the fake database called the Simple Sandbox. At present there is no STEPS with Pictures Handout that goes through the six merges presented in this exercise. Click here to practice merging in Robert and Ann's family, To repeat these merging exercises '''Always click Simple Sandbox RESET YOUR ACCOUNT. '''

Other FT Entry/intermediate Task Handouts (STEPS with Pictures)
1. Putting Photos and Documents as Memories in FamilySearch Family Tree 2. Attaching FamilySearch (FS) Records to Family Tree Using the Source Linker 3. Putting Documents as Sources in FamilySearch Family Tree

Related FT Resources
This page has been created as a work space for the development, gathering and organization of family history forms and with the goal of establishing a Wiki page for static and electronic genealogy forms.

Editing help: Help:Editing The Wiki

Adding images: Help:Images and files

Missionary lessons: FamilySearch Wiki:Missionary Training Lessons