I'm a premium plus member of myheritage but understand that I can't just import my ged file. I have a partial tree on geni but am trying to enter information for the rest of my ancestry. One of the entries on my tree was wrong, a grandfather listed as a father. I tried to enter the correct information and kept getting duplicates and sons married with problems. I tried merge duplicates and they worked, but when I merged another duplicate, the one I'd just fixed grew back. I've wasted hours on this problem and still have a nonsensical tree.
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Jeff, Geni Curator Martha, if you'd like to post the name or link to the person you're having an issue with and how it should look, I'd be happy to help. Also, you can always post such help requests here for Curators to assist: https://www.geni.com/discussions/142108
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Martha G Anderson Yesterday I thought the problem had been resolved and I added a number of people to the tree, then when I went back, one of the generations was missing again. I tried to fix it but now have overlaps and duplicates. I don’t know if something has changed, but I’ve added people before and have never had these issues.
The problem is with the ancestors of Olof Bryntesson
His father is Brynte Jönsson, and mother Britta
Brynte Jonsson’s father is Jöns Nilsson, and mother Ingeborg
Jöns Nilsson’s father is Nils Jönsson, and mother Kierstin (this generation is the one that has disappeared, and skipped to grandparents)
Nils Jönsson’s father is Jöns Ingmarsson, and mother Dårdi
I had added Jöns Ingmarsson’s parents and several generations of Dårdi’s ancestors, but they are now buried beneath Jöns Nilsson.
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Jeff, Geni Curator Ok, should be all strait now.
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Martha G Anderson I'm having a new problem. I know it's of my own making, but it needs to be fixed. Christian Matthias Hansen Wentzel is my ancestor 7 generations back. I merged his mother's profile with the world tree. She is Anne Cathrine Hagen Wentzel and her husband is Hans Christian Mathison Wentzel.Hans Christian was given the wrong father, according to a very comprehensive online genealogy of the Wentzel family that has sources clearly indicated. I'll provide the link: http://www.erikwenzel.nl/wenzeldb/wenzel-00008.htm
The geni profile had Hans Christian's father as Hans Baltzer Wentzel.
According to Erik Wenzel's tree--and he is the authority:
Christian Matthias Wentzel (Wenzel).
Glaspuster i Biri (1801), = on 24-12-1759 in Bergstedt (D-HH), + 1826 in Biri (N), son of Hans Henrich Wentzel (Wenzel) and Maria Olavsdatter (Larsdatter).
# (1) on 01-07-1783 in Hurum (N) Catrina Hagen.
* ca. 1760 in Jevnaker (N)?
# (2) on 21-06-1792 in Hurum (N) Elisabeth Christine Christensdatter (Kristensdatter).
* 1756 in Hurum (N)? + 1830.I made the change and added several generations of ancestors. The problem is that Hans Henrich Wentzel now has all of Hans Baltzer Wentzel's children, and I don't know how to detach them.
In the past, I have contacted profile managers but my experience is that they don't do anything about making changes.
Can you help solve my problem? I'm getting better at merging and avoiding mistakes, but I can't figure my way out of this one.
Thanks,
Martha
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Jeff, Geni Curator Martha, I've tried my best to sort it out, but these German families are super confusing to me. You may want to create a relationship with one of our German curators that would likely be much better at sorting things out. https://www.geni.com/projects/Geni-Curators/9960
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