ref tags[unmatched]

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Hi I have completed a profile Thomas Warren carter -33112 and a message has come up referring to unmatched ref tags I have checked it to the best of my ability and cannot find anything wrong with it, However there is something that I have obviously overlooked and would be grateful if someone could check this out many thanks.
WikiTree profile: Thomas Carter
in Genealogy Help by Andy Carter G2G6 (9.9k points)

You have at least one <Ref> instead of <ref> (size matters).
You have a number of <ref/> instead of </ref>

You have a strange method of adding citations, so I did not actually change anything, or I'd still be in edit mode changing things to "my way".  cheeky

FamilySearch offers full citations that can be simply copied there, and pasted here.  Example, you added a link (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7Q7-2H1), when what you should have added was :

"England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7Q7-2H1 : 25 May 2019), Thomas Carter in household of Warren Carter, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

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The above citation can be added to its associated statement using the <ref>tags</ref>

You also have a link to the sources page on FS (not recommended), rather than the actual sources themselves (recommended).

Aside from the ref tag issue, all your headers are level 2, when only Biography and Sources should be - and your "Note" should ether be == Research Notes == or just a bolded note, or a smaller header size if it's not a Research Note.  

Other than that, you're doing a decent job of getting and attaching sources/citations.   yes
Just watch those closing </ref> tags, to make sure the slash is in the right place.

I've changed the sources now Melanie by fetching the sources again, I think it would have been too complicated to sort out otherwise.
Thank you for your advice and assistance on this matter.

[Ref tags on profile Thomas warren carter-33112]
Turning on Enhanced Editor is helpful
 A red <ref> will appear when there is not a following </ref> and a ref </ref> will appear when the preceding <ref> is missing.

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I'll see if I can sort it out, but it may take some time :)
by Gill Whitehouse G2G6 Pilot (112k points)
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