(Major) William Bradford IV - wives

It is only a guess, but I am thinking Mary Atwood was wife no. 3 and that is only based on the fact she was the younger of the 2 women.

Lisa - merge your profiles into the Master Profiles here

Maj. William Bradford, Jr., Dep. Gov. of Plymouth Colony

The questions should be easily answered by following the MP

Erica, should we put a curator note on Maj. William Bradford, Jr., Dep. Gov. of Plymouth Colony listing his wives and his issue with each? If kept simple, it *should* fit.

I don't know the answer to the 2nd wife question & await instructions from descendants / family / researchers on how best represented in Geni. See the profiles wife of Francis Griswold and wife of Francis Griswold

I was under the impression Lt Francis Griswold only had one wife, who survived him, and married Maj. Bradford, where she had an additional child (or 2?) with him.

I've made a "family" section in Maj. Bradford's profile "overview.". It takes someone more talented than I to fit 14 children in 255 characters on a curator text box. :)

Erica, Hi. I recently finished putting in all the info I have and am just now getting to the posts I've received. I don't know how to merge the profile. Let me know how to do that and I'll be glad to. Thanks.

Lisa Ann Orosco

You're doing great & your contributions are really appreciated. I think I got a lot merged together for you but we'll have to check it out and make sure the 14 children !!!! are all correct.

A "Master Profile" is curated - it looks a little different in the tree, with a Royal Purple frame around it. If a profile is confusing we can "float a short note" on top, but you'll only see that in the full profile view (opening it up) or in merge view.

And if a profile already exists that you'd like to contribute more information to, you can "request to be added as a manager" and gain the edit rights. Even easier - collaborate! Then you have edit rights to the same profiles I do, and they'll show in your tree.

This is a lot to take in at once and I'll post some links with screen shots. The main thing I have to say is -

Thank you for your help, and welcome to Geni.

http://help.geni.com/forums/367927-Merging

http://help.geni.com/entries/20385782-What-is-a-Master-Profile-

Glad to be of help. I'm going to save and star this msg. for future reference. I'm new to this and just learning. Thanks for the encouragement.

Hey, I have a question for you... I can't remember who, but someone mentioned beginning an additional line. Do you know how to start an extra line other than the one that begins with me? I have been able to track a line for Clodius, Duke of the East Franks all the way back to Genesis. I once found the link all the way to my family but don't currently have it and I don't want to speculate. I would like to post what I DO have, but at least for now, I don't have the info necessary to bridge the gap so I just want to post what I currently have.

Lisa - those profiles are already on Geni, please don't duplicate back to Clodius (sob). If there's a profile you'd like to "add to your tree," request management from profile view, actions menu, request management. But then of course you're expected to help maintain it - are you sure you want to do that? By collaborating you can "see" everything there is ...