User talk:Chrisnew

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Next step: Review your GEDCOM [24 April 2011]

You're not done yet!

WeRelate is different from most family tree websites. By contributing to WeRelate you are helping to create Pando for genealogy, a free, unified family tree that combines the best information from all contributors.

Now that you have uploaded Kirsten_s Family Tree.ged, your next step is to review what your pages will look like, review any potential warnings, and combine (merge) people in your GEDCOM with matching people already on WeRelate. You need to review your GEDCOM before it can finish importing. We will keep your GEDCOM in the queue for two weeks to give you time to review it.

Note: if your gedcom contains many errors or multiple families, we’d ask that you resolve and correct the errors, delete this gedcom and re-submit it without the errors before merging it with families already on WeRelate. If the gedcom is very large, we’d suggest breaking it up into separate files (or families) and importing them one at a time, which makes the review and correction process easier.

Click here to review your GEDCOM

Once you have finished your review and marked your GEDCOM Ready to import, one of our administrators will review your GEDCOM and finalize the import. This usually happens within 24 hours. You will receive a message here when the pages have been created.

--WeRelate agent 20:22, 24 April 2011 (EDT)

Problems in gedcom file [25 April 2011]

Hello and welcome to WeRelate. Thank you for reviewing your gedcom file so promptly. I have reviewed it and I see a few problems on the Warning tab that should be fixed before we import your file into the shared database. Unlike other sites, WeRelate merges your data into a common database with other users. We also create a web page for each person and each family. Thus, we need obvious errors to be corrected. There are some problems with family construction. Each set of parents should have a separate Family Page. Do not mix step-children into a Family Page. Also please review the warnings and correct any errors in estimates of children's births. There are a few names that need attention. It appears that middle initials are appearing in the surname field. We feel it is best to fix the problems in your personal database and then export a new, corrected gedcom file. I have returned your file to the user review status so you can look it over and note the problems. Thank you. --Judy (jlanoux) 08:31, 25 April 2011 (EDT) (WeRelate volunteer)