- Go to Database > Consolidate > Equivalent People
- A screen with a list of possible duplicates appears:
- The first record is the master record. Any other records are merged into the first record. For each possible match, you have two options, exclude and merge.Exclude a Record:
- If you believe that the record is not the same person as the master record, click on
- The following message box will appear, click ‘OK’:
Merge Records:
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- If you believe that a series of records are the same person, click on
- A screen will appear where you may review and change any values to be merged.
- If you believe that a series of records are the same person, click on
Note:
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- fields with green backgrounds will replace those with grey. Fields with blue backgrounds are equal, and will remain unchanged.
- If you disagree with any values in the merge, make any changes in the right-side column.
- Click on
- The following message box will appear, click ‘OK’:
- If you believe that the record is not the same person as the master record, click on