**Scroll to last message On 11/20/2010 5:20 AM, Mike Fry wrote: > On 2010/11/20 11:43, Jenny M Benson wrote: > >> On 20/11/2010 03:49, Jerry wrote: >>> When I merged probably about 400 or 500 duplicates (carefully to make sure >>> they were the same person), I never thought about what it would do with the >>> marriages. I guess it left them hanging with no data left. So, it looks >>> like I can safely do the OPTIONS / Remove the Marriage Link on the marriage >>> list page. There is no option to delete a marriage not attached to any >>> person that I can see. But all the persons in my database with >>> relationships seem to be intact. Does that sound right? > >> I've never actually had to deal with this situation so I can't really advise >> how to deal with it. I just wondered if using the Marriage List might be the >> way to discover them. >> >> Rich says you should unlink them. I'm sure he's right. > I'd be careful if I were you. When you have siblings but no, named parents, an > Unknown/Unknown marriage is used to provide the base that links the siblings > together. > > Thanks - good point. That's why I didn't start until I checked with the > list.
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