ATTENTION Curators, please assist

Whew!
Well, I made some attempt to do a few merges on the Chase line... Gave up after a few, decided not to touch it any further. It is a real mess. There are sisters that should be daughters, etc.... too much and too big a problem for me to deal with.

Sally it's true - the Chase line is messed up at the moment, we have a project to coordinate efforts

http://www.geni.com/projects/Chase-Lane-Rundlett-Huntoon-and-surrou...

With your knowledge of genealogy, maybe work in a more obscure area?

Erica, I am going to my files, books and papers, and see what I can find out... Will try to verify what I have by using the internet.

I have accidentally linked someone to my tree who has the same name as someone in my tree... and now I want to remove those links. Please help.

My grandfather is Max Ross

I need to remove the link from him to Fanny Ross

I tried the using the Remove function on the relationship and it did not work. Please help. Thank you,

Erica... Having a quick look at Boyer's book, 3rd ed., I see something that raises flags. He says,
William Chase b. c. 1627, his second wife was not Elizabeth Holder, but was Abigail Hale.

The first wife is not named; but probably from Yarmouth
Their children were:

1. William, b. c. 1645; d. Yarmouth 1737; m. (1) in Portsmouth, Hannah Sherman, m. (2) in Portsmouth, Priscella Perry 1732.
2. Jacob, b. c. 1647; d. Swansea, MA Jan 11, 1733/34; m. Mary Hall
3. John, b. apr 6, 1649; d. Yarmouth; m. Elizabeth Baker
4. Elizabeth, m. Yarmouth May 27, 1674 Daniel baker
Children by second wife (possibly Abigail Hale)
5. Abraham, d. Tiverton, MA (now RI) oct. 1738; m. Elizabeth
6. Joseph, d. Swansea c. 1724;l m Portsmouth Feb 28, 1693/4 Sarah Sherman, dau of Samson Sherman; they were Quakers in Portsmouth.
7. Benjamin, d. Portsmouth c. 1716; m. Portsmouth Nov 21, 1696 Amie Borden.
8. Samuel, d. Swansea MA; m. Sarah Sherman, dau of Samuel Sherman.

Samuel Chase son of William and poss Abigail Hail, in Yarmouth b. about 1677, d. Swansea, MA bef. Apr 4, 1758; m. Portsmouth 1699 Sarah Sherman; They moved with bros William, Jacob and Joseph to Swansea about 1700.
In his will he mentioned Samuel, Joseph, Edward and Philip Slade, children of Edward and Phebe Slade.
His children are as follows:
1. Phebe, b. 22 Jan. 1699/1700; d. Swansea before 1736; m Swansea 6 Dec. 1720 Edward Slade.
2. Martha b. 24 Feb 1702; m. (1) 2 Nov 1720 Ezekiel Fowler, m. (2) 11 May 1749 Samuel Bowen
3. Susannah, b. 7 Apr. 1704; m. 5 July 1726 William Buffington
4. Elisha, b. 5 May 1706; d. Swansea, MA; 17 Oct 1764; m. 20 Oct 1726 Elizabeth Wheaton, m. (2) Swansea 16 Jan. 1745/6 Sarah Tucker who m. (2) Silas [4] Chase
5. Samuel , b. 20 Jan. 1709/10; m. Salem, MA 13 Aug 1730, Abigail Buffum, who m. (2) Reed
6. Eleazer, b. 27 Apr. 1711; d. Swansea, MA; (smallpox) 17 Oct. 1763; m. 26 May 1730 Ruth Perry.
7. Philip, b. 20 Aug. 1715; d. Swansea 16 Mar 1798; m. Salem 18 Nov. 1735 Hannah Buffum
8. John, b. 8 Dec. 1720; d. Swansea 27 Mar. 1786; m. Swansea 12 Nov. 1743 Lydia Luther
Sarah, b. 12 Mar. 1722/23; m. 22 May 1740 Daniel Baker

Dear Volunteer Curators,

I sincerely hope that this is the proper forum for this question/request and I apologize if it is not.

I am contacting you about this profile: Esther Brainerd

Esther Belden (Smith) is my 7G Grandmother. She is the daughter of Samuel Smith and Sarah Bliss and married Daniel Belden.

It would appear that, at some point in time, her profile became merged with the profile for an Esther Brainerd (Smith), who is the daughter of Simon Smith and Elizabeth Wells and who married Abijah Brainerd and Samuel Church.

I would very much like to separate out the two Esthers, but Geni does not have clear directions for doing so (or, I cannot find them). I don't believe that either of the two options I have considered: assigning parents, or creating a "new" Esther Belden profile, will address the issue that these two different people have become ensnared in one profile.

I contacted the other managers of the Esther profiles about a month ago for recommendations and have received no reply.

I welcome any direction, suggestions, or assistance!

Sincerely,
Julie Snow Regan

It is always most helpful if there is information in the 'about me' regarding a profile's relationships...

In the event of an incorrect merge (as this appears to be) it helps immensely to have info available to correctly fix the problem.

Private User
Can you Please try contacting the Curators who are managers of Esther Brainerd

Or my tagging them may alert them to this Discussion, sorry for the delay.
.
Erin Ishimoticha

Martin Severin Eriksen

Thank you, both.

Fay, I wish I had more information other than what I've already provided: the correct parentage of both Esthers. Any specific information you recommend should be in the About Me section?

Carole, I did message both of the above managers (as well as other managers) on 8/30 but did not receive a reply

But thank you for your suggestions!

The Esther Brainerd you cited in your 1st message had nothing in the 'about me'.....and showed 2 sets of parents....what I meant was, if there had been something to say who her parents were, it would have been easy to make a determination as to which set was incorrect and proceed from there.

At your suggestion, I just reiterated the correct parentage in the following note which I just placed in the About Me section of Esther Brainerd's profile:

Esther Brainerd

Perhaps a manager will decide to step in and help, or provide me with instructions to fix myself. Here's to hoping!

Jluie

http://www.geni.com/merge/compare/6000000016548652073?to=6000000009...

I have a problem with this one

Try to resolve the data-conflict on one of the profiles first: http://www.geni.com/merge/resolve/6000000009162364045

ok, thanx for the tip

I have been waiting for a merge on these profiles for a very long time. Can someone help speed it up?

http://www.geni.com/merge/compare/6000000022484925728?from%5Fflash=...

and this one too??

http://www.geni.com/merge/compare/6000000015947926207?from%5Fflash=...

The manager is active, but in a separate tree.

Sally - when you see the big red message at the bottom of the merge screen

Caution merging trees (etc)

That means the manager is not currently connected to the World Family Tree

Only that manager can complete the merge request & (I think) only with a collaborator

So - send a collaboration request. I usually customize the message to include why in the extra text box space - "I believe your profile (describe or link) matches this one (describe or link). If you agree please accept this request and the merge request."

That's just my process - you can word how you like. :)

ok... I wondered if this person was still active.

Private User I've started making MP's of some of the Smiths (can't imagine why that got mixed up!). We're going to need to make a new Esther profile & move children over. Do you have a preference which Esther is fresh, shiny & new?

Oh wow, thank you @Erica Isabel Howton ! No preference; I guess whatever is the easier course of action. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to assist; I am eager to help but reluctant to do so, in case i end up causing more damage (since I don't exactly know what I am doing) ;)

Private User

Could you locate this article?

Robert Charles Anderson in the July 1983 issue of The American Genealogist, Vol. 59, Issue 3: "Abijah Brainerd's Wives & Children".

"It references Simon's (Smith's) will and mentions Esther."

It would be great to use it as a citation / tree guide.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/smith/messages/54662.html

Erica Howton

I could not find the above-referenced article (unless you are a member of NEHGS, which I am not). BUT I found this text of Simon Smith Sr's will, within this link:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wcarr1/simon_smit...

I'm a little confused because at the top, it says that Elizabeth Wells was the wife of Simon Sr., but I thought she was the wife of Simon Jr...?

Anyways, I will keep looking but it is all I have for now

Julie

Geni won´t allow me to merge 2 profiles. Keep getting the message ´experiencing technical difficulties´.
Maybe there´s something you can do.
Thanks

http://www.geni.com/merge/compare/6000000007296037949?return=duplic...

I couldnt either.....

Ray, i tried through duplicate profiles for both, and couldn't solve it either. However, by doing so, the problem seems to be with Mietje Naphtalie Verveer.L I don't know why. But, have a look again at the profile? Perhaps you see something that I can't see. Solving that profile will probably solve the rest. Good luck! :-)

I am getting the same message

Resolve the pending data conflict on the profiles first, http://www.geni.com/merge/resolve/6000000007296037949, and I am sure that the merge will go through. This is however just a workaround of an error not yet fixed.

Private User great find! There is definitely confusion about the Wells women, let's explore that more.

The shiny new Esther Belden is ready for her children to join her

There are several ways to do this. The method I use is

1) profile view > bottom (select step child)
2) on the "step" child profile, profile view > relationships tab > edit > (parents drop down box)
3) select the correct pair

Save & close
Repeat & rinse

The last step will be removing Esther (Smith) Brainert's incorrect relationships (disconnect wrong parents & husbands)

Intresting concept thanks Erica Howton i came over here to ask about how to deal with step kids from when my 3rd great grandfather's wife died young and he remaried and his new wife brought kids into the mix.. are u from the above post suggesting that there is a drop down menu with a step kid indicator to handle it?