Merging Profiles Under Families of the Philippines

Hi, Gilda Asejo Montilla! We have duplicate profiles of Mercedes Montilla-Alvarez, beauty queen and mayor of Sipalay in the early 1900s. I would like to ask for your okay to merge them. 'Looking forward to your prompt reply! Thanks!

http://www.geni.com/merge/compare/6000000011620853438?return=match%...

Dear, Erica Howton, Private User, Private User. If you have the time, could you set the following as master profiles please? These profiles are under this project: http://www.geni.com/projects/Manila-Carnival-Royalty. I have documentation for all of these -- the rest are still being verified. I also have also triggered the merge for those with duplicates. Sorry for the volume -- 81 this time. :)

- Leonarda Rufina Escolar Limjap
- Purificacion Garcia Villanueva
- Marjorie Radcliffe Colton
- Col George Tayloe Langhorne
- Inocencia Reyes-Roces
- Julia Guerrero Agcaoili
- Francisco Guerrero Agcaoili
- Paz Marquez-Benitez
- Paz Bantug de Guzman
- Amparo Noel de Borromeo

- Remedios Fernandez Reyes
- Julia Otero Arceo
- Dolores Pérez-Rubio Gómez de la Serna
- Concepcion Medina-Navarro
- Esperanza Escolar Limjap
- Manuela Delgado Barretto
- Mela Kamakee Cummins Fairchild
- William Washington Vaughan
- Enriqueta Lasso de Vega Aldanese
- Trinidad Roura de Leon

- Ralph Earnshaw
- Albina de la Paz Tuason
- Felisa Escolar Limjap
- Francisco Escolar Limjap
- Virginia Randolph De Zayas
- Carmen Legarda Prieto
- Basilio Pica Valdés
- Florentina Goyena-Revilla
- http://www.geni.com/people/Vicenta-Osme%C3%B1a/6000000011502194334
- Rosario Legarda-Valdes

- Dr. Ramon Juan Velasco Ongsiako, Sr.
- Jose Zamora Revilla, Sr.
- Virginia Llamas-Romulo
- Carlos P. Romulo
- http://www.geni.com/people/Vicenta-Osme%C3%B1a/6000000011502194334
- Catalina Castillo Apacible
- Eugenio López Sr.
- Trinidad Rodriguez Fernandez
- Carmen Arevalo Papa
- Sabina Maria Socorro Borcena Henson

- Anita Agoncillo Noble
- Doña Aurora Reyes-Recto
- Vicente P. Rufino
- Leopold Villarosa Kahn
- Lourdes Magdangal Ocampo
- Leonor Tantoco Reyes
- Loreto Bartolome Relova
- Isolina Puno Palma
- Luisa Fernandez Marasigan
- Caridad Pineda

- Mercedes Verdote de Jesus
- Pacita Tiongson Mateo
- Encarnacion Ibañez Johnson
- Rosario Lacsamana Manuel
- Amelia Zialcita Romualdez
- Julieta Hofileña Lopez
- Guillermo Jose
- Pacita Ongsiako de los Reyes
- Isabelita L. de los Reyes-Barredo
- http://www.geni.com/people/Consuelo-Acu%C3%B1a/6000000011566769448

- Rosario Ruiz Zorilla
- http://www.geni.com/people/Emilio-Osme%C3%B1a/6000000011501849072
- Maria Kalaw Katigbak
- Alicia Cabarrus de Santos
- Teodoro Villanueva Kalaw, Jr.
- http://www.geni.com/people/Rita-Pa%C3%B1ares/6000000011606173343
- Emma Gonzales Zamora
- Rosalina Cispon Lim
- Aleli Regina Aguilar de Guzman
- Arturo Cabarrus de Santos

- Engracia Arcinas Laconico
- Charity de Ocampo Crow
- Angelina Biunas Alonso
- Gregorio Y. Zara
- Clarita Villarica Tankiang
- Consuelo M. Villamor
- Mercedes Montilla Montilla
- Helen D. Cutaran Bennett
- Cleofe Jaime Balingit
- Tomas Simeon Zafiro Jalbuena Ledesma
- Iluminada Mojica Tuason

Dear Erica Howton, Private User and Private User. Kindly add this profile under the Presidents of the Philippines Project as a master profile. Thanks!

Emmanuel Neri Pelaez

Done, - great job, - I am however skeptical to the lifetime of those short-links using http://bit.ly - Do you know how long time they are valid?

You know that you can hide long URL's in the About Me on profiles using this syntax: [URL Text to display]

Instead of http://bit.ly/dO6qbp you could write: Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Pelaez Emmanuel Pelaez]

I modified the Emmanuel Neri Pelaez profile as an example.

Good job, Mona. :)

Thank you Bjorn. That was a lot of work you all have been doing.

Hej, Private User. Thanks for the help!

On the link lifetime, I asked the bit.ly's site admin about that and they maintain that the links are unique and not reusable. They also have an archive function which keeps the links until I junk them. I understand your concern -- they maintain that not all url shorteners have that capability. I have been using bit.ly on my other sites for some time. The oldest ones are about three years old and the links are still valid.

I have used that function you illustrated (replicating the html href command) for all of the project pages I collaborate on. For the profile descriptions though, I was looking for a function that could summarize multiple links, which would serve as a shortened bibliography. Bit.ly's bundle function does that quite nicely. The Manuel Pelaez' profile is not a good example; as it only links out to Wikipedia. [Col. Antonio S. Arnaiz Antonio Arnaiz] illustrates my point better. As I maintain multiple sites, this also helps me minimize updating the bibliography in multiple places. :)

Still, let me know if you see another problem with this approach and I would be glad to tweak my process. :)

Dear Erica Howton, Private User, Private User. Could you help merge the following public profiles on Maria Rosario Roxas please? Thanks!

http://www.geni.com/merge/compare/6000000010579709999

Done, Miss. Mona!

Would you like for me to merge up the multiple Vicentes, as well?

Also, in settling the data conflicts from Maria Rosario's profile, I selected your data. Would you mind just giving it a once over for accuracy?

Thanks, Private User! I just reviewed the name details and all's well. Kindly merge her husband's multiple profiles also. :)

Dear Erica Howton, Private User, Private User. From the Manila Carnival Royalty, could you make this a master profile please? Thanks!

Col. Antonio S. Arnaiz

Antonio is now an MP.

I love reading these. What wonderful symbolism in renaming the road in his honor.

Thanks for the help, Jenna! It has been great reading up on people who have left their mark in the world through my genealogy obsession. I've learned soo much. :)

Dear Curators. I completed validating the following profiles. Could you mark them as MPs please? Thanks!

José Avelino
Guia Gonzalez Balmori

HI, Private User, I am working on the genealogy of the Manila Carnival Queens and I came across your public profile of Teodoro Santos and family. Their son, Ernesto (also called Gatas) was a consort to Guia Balmori, the Queen of the 1938 Miss Philippines. Would you be okay with the merging of the following?

http://www.geni.com/merge/compare/6000000012814220597?to=6000000007...

You can find the project here: http://www.geni.com/projects/Manila-Carnival-Royalty. Thanks in advance!

Dear Erica Howton, Private User, and Private User. I completed validating the following profiles. Could you mark them as MPs please? Thanks!

Ramon Calleja Fernandez Sr.
Adela Planas-Paterno

Hi Mona,

Done.

Thanks! So fast! :)

Hi, Floyd Brian Russak! We manage duplicate profiles of George Hendrick Fairchild, an American who is considered a pioneer of the sugar industry in the Philippines. His kids were detained in Manila during WWII. I wanted to ask for your okay before I merge these two PUBLIC profiles. 'Looking forward to your prompt reply! Thanks!

http://www.geni.com/merge/compare/6000000011502897577

Dear Curators. I completed validating the following profiles. Could you mark them as MPs please? Thanks!

Amparo Neri
Conchita Chuidian Sunico
Carmen de Leon del Rosario
Gloria Diaz

Thanks, Erica and Jenna, for completing the last two rounds of MP requests!

The next batch is 45 profiles under the "Filipino Actors" project. I have just completed validating them. Could you mark them as MPs please? Thanks!

Mikey Arroyo
Gary Estrada
George Estregan
E. R. Ejercito
Ricardo Silvino Padilla Osorio
Robin Padilla
BB Gandanghari
Rommel Padilla
Suzette Ranillo
Krista Ranillo

Matt Ranillo III
Matt Ranillo Jr.
Gloria Sevilla
Corazon Vera Quizon
Jose Mari Hontiveros Avellana
Daisy Hontiveros-Avellana
Lamberto V. Avellana
Ana Karylle Padilla Tatlonghari
Zsa Zsa Padilla
Manuel Villegas Quizon, Jr.

Rolly Quizon
Ading Marquez Fernando
Adelaida Marquez Fernando
Dolphy Jr.
Manuel Dominguez Quizon Sr.
Jeffrey Smith Quizon
Enrico Smith Quizon
Melanie Marquez
Joey Perez Marquez
Dolphy

Mark Anthony Fernandez
Alma Moreno
Rudy Fernandez
Africa de la Rosa-Mallari
Merle Fernandez
Gregorio Montemayor Fernandez
Jaime de la Rosa
Lota Delgado
Korina Sanchez
Narcisa Buencamino

Erlinda Tuason Fernandez
Rio Diaz-Cojuangco
Armida Siguion Reyna
Cristina "Kring Kring" Romualdez
Rogelio de la Rosa

Whew! I think I've got them all. :-)

Thanks a bunch, Jenna! The next batch is smaller. These are the additional validated profiles under the "Filipino Athletes" project. Could you mark them as MPs please? Thanks!

Elisa Rosales-Ochoa
Arturo de la Rosa Macapagal
Philip Dudley Cezar

That's it! Bed time! :)

Hi, Floyd Brian Russak. We have duplicate profiles of George Hendrick Fairchild and his family. George and his family were prominent in the 1900s, during the American occupation of the Philippines. They are the subject of many scholarly studies on the Philippine sugar and publishing industries and the Japanese occupation of Manila in WWII. His family was encamped with other American expatriates in Santo Tomas.

I would like to ask for your okay to merge the following profiles. You have more data on George's ascendants; while I have more data on his descendants. His daughter was the subject of one of my projects.

http://www.geni.com/merge/compare/6000000011502863617
http://www.geni.com/merge/compare/6000000011502825087
http://www.geni.com/merge/compare/6000000011502537978
http://www.geni.com/merge/compare/6000000011502948512
http://www.geni.com/merge/compare/6000000011503349549
http://www.geni.com/merge/compare/6000000011503290781
http://www.geni.com/merge/compare/6000000012826273758
http://www.geni.com/merge/compare/6000000012826206147
http://www.geni.com/merge/compare/6000000012826412268
http://www.geni.com/merge/compare/6000000011507562358

In a week, I will ask a curator to complete the merge; so I hope you can send me a note before then.

Dear Curators. I completed validating the following profiles under http://www.geni.com/projects/Filipino-Entrepreneurs-and-Corporate-G... project. Could you mark them as MPs please? Thanks!

Ramon Uychuico Cojuangco, Sr.
Josie Natori
Anacleto Sales Del Rosario
Gregorio Syquia
Antonio Rivera Quirino

Dear Curators. I completed validating the following profiles under http://www.geni.com/projects/Filipino-Entrepreneurs-and-Corporate-G... project. Could you mark them as MPs please? Thanks so much!

http://www.geni.com/people/Marciano-Pa%C3%B1ares/6000000011606394654
Armand Fabella
Vicente F. Fabella
Ariston Bautista
Fernando Hofileña Lopez

Thanks for working on the last batch, Private User!

As I see the more requests for MPs in our future, I'm going to start to number the requests to keep things organized in my head. Bear with me, am OC ...

So far, these are the MP Requests I have made:
- 001 [http://www.geni.com/discussions/95555?msg=707170]
- 002 [http://www.geni.com/discussions/95555?msg=707449]
- 003 [http://www.geni.com/discussions/95555?msg=707491]
- 004 [http://www.geni.com/discussions/95555?msg=707699]
- 005 [http://www.geni.com/discussions/95555?msg=707835]
- 006 [http://www.geni.com/discussions/95555?msg=708031]
- 007 [http://www.geni.com/discussions/95555?msg=708107]
- 008 [http://www.geni.com/discussions/95555?msg=708115]
- 009 [http://www.geni.com/discussions/95555?msg=708582]
- 010 [http://www.geni.com/discussions/95555?msg=708815]

[MP Request #011] Dear Curators. I completed validating the following profiles under the http://www.geni.com/projects/Presidents-of-the-Philippines project. Could you mark them as MPs please? Thanks so much!

José P. Laurel
Pacencia V. Hidalgo-Laurel