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Is there a way to stop someone from merging a tree?

Carol Lee Buffenbarger (Bostrom)

September 22, 2020 19:08

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Years of research and even translating foreign documents to find the correct names and dates was gone in 1 merge!  I realize the persons probably meant well and did not realize potential damage they could do.  Others had the wrong spelling which made research hard.  Once I had the correct info, then I added them.  They even changed my own parents and grandparents with wrong data, dates, and mispellings.  They now have duplicates as well.  I would try to fix, but they are now listed as co-manager of my work.  I am afraid they would just change my work again.  I am starting over trying a whole new tree.  There should be a way to have to give permission to merge.  Allowing people to copy records would be acceptable.  Over a few months I went from about 50 well documented people to 10,000 that may not even be related to me.  I want to be able to limit how many cousins and families are on it.  I don't want to have to look at the whole world to find my little line.  The option to see others is nice, but can't we link without merging?  Now I have to research and retype every single person over again.  I still have a lot of interesting life stories I found and information that I was willing to share that was not yet added.  Now I just want to keep it private so it does not get deleted in a merge.  Can we keep each profile private?  Or have a way to keep them from being merged or changed?  

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  Torbjørn Igelkjøn October 18, 2020 11:59

  The purpose of Geni is to make one large world tree, and in theory it should only be one single profile for each person.

  If you want to have your own separate tree, e.g. MyHeritage or a local program on your PC would be better suited.

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  Ann Elizabeth Chubb November 28, 2020 10:10

  Carol...........

  I so agree with what you said, merging should require your permission. Now I have so many names with incorrect info and it hinders my own personal tree.

  I was trying to verify any names I came across with files before i added them to my tree

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  Neil Thaler February 15, 2021 21:15

  Completely agree. 
  In their own rules they state: If a merge involves a profile in a standalone tree, the merge will be pending until it is approved by a manager or collaborator in the other tree.
  Yet their curators just merge if requested to. 
  It is wrong.
  If you have not given your permission they have broken their own rules.