In this example. there are six (6) Birth Facts and
three (3) Death Facts. You will note that the 3rd
item down, birth fact, has 24 Citations. You might
say, well that MUST be it.
Same with the Death Fact. The 3rd from the bottom,
on the right, has 24 Citations. BUT, in evaluating the
Citations, I have made the determination as to
which Birth and Death Fact is PREFERRED.
Usually, the preferred fact will be the most
complete set of information.
You did NOT tell me what error messages Family
Tree Maker was providing. A HINT, however, IF the
error you are talking about is from the Data Error
Report, try selecting Preferred ONLY.
I submit to you that these are NOT Duplicate
Facts !!!!! They are ALT Facts. To be "duplicate"
facts ALL of the Fields in that Fact MUST be Exact.
Alt Facts are see above, where a couple of Citations
will give the Year only. (BMD Facts I ALWAYS use
Abt. YYYY). There are a couple facts that had the
full date, but not Place Name.

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