I've been attempting a data import for households and contacts on a new civi install, and cannot for the life of me figure out how to import the data and keep civi from creating duplicate records of contacts and/or households along the way.
I've followed the instructions provided here: http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Importing+Households+and+Household+Members
And about any number of combinations of data uploads, but am having no luck.
Does anyone have tips or instructions they like to follow for importing of contacts initially, when contacts need to be associated with households?
Thank you!