Suggestion 586 FindAGrave - Link to merged Grave ID

Date: 22 Jan 2017
Location: Worldwide
Surnames/tags: data_doctors db_error_586

Description of Error - 586: FindAGrave - Link to merged Grave ID

The profile has a link to a FindAGrave memorial. This error indicates that the memorial on FindAGrave was merged into another memorial, and the old memorial number, or both memorials, is still on the profile.

To read more on Find A Grave, see Help:Find A Grave.

Content of info column: Memorial number on FindAGrave. There may be more than one and if so, one of them is incorrect.

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Suggestion 586 FindAGrave - Link to merged Grave ID :* UPDATE: See comment on the video page.
Topic Video: Mr E Figures Out Find A Grave

Possible Causes

Memorial was merged into another memorial on FindAGrave.

Action Steps

Find new memorial and correct memorial number. Add the "View Source" link citation and change the Find a Grave Memorial ID 1234 to the template {{FindAGrave|1234}} in the biography. See the FindAGrave Suggestions Group page for instructions.

Error Status

For each Error you can set status. You can set it as Corrected, Not corrected, False Error, Proposed merge or just add a Comment.

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Technical Stuff

All references to FindAGrave are checked. Memorial number is extracted from link, template or text Memorial #.

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