Delete a record
I want a record deleted. My marriage was annulled due to abuse. I find it is brought up to me when people search my information they come up wiht the marriage record. Leading to painful memories. Please remove the record. I find it very troubling to have it brought up.
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Hi @nandevben.
I am reading your post differently than other who have responded to your concern. I am understanding you to say that when others do a Google Search for you, they find a marriage record that shows as part of a collection at FamilySearch.
I believe you are talking about a Historical Record, not about information that is part of the Family Tree program at FamilySearch. If this interpretation is correct, please reply directly to the personal message I will be sending to you. As explained in the following knowledge article, when you find a Historical Record that is about you personally, you can request that the record be blocked at the FamilySearch website.
Please note that you will need to verify the record is about you, and you will need to provide the URL for the record you wish to have removed. To protect your privacy, you may respond to our personal message to provide the URL and we will be happy to forward your concern to the specialty department that can address your request.
We don't make records available for viewing without the permission of the record owners, and while we can block a record at FamilySearch, we cannot control what other websites might have access to the same collection, so we cannot block a Historical Record from appearing elsewhere on the internet.
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@Paul W, you should be able to click on the link provided above which confirms the following information:
FamilySearch respects the privacy rights of individuals and strives to adhere to all applicable laws. FamilySearch publishes copies of records only after gaining permission from the original record custodian (generally a government agency) and faithfully abiding by the stipulated conditions.
You can request that FamilySearch make a record about yourself or a person for whom you act as legal guardian inaccessible.
You will need to provide your relationship to the person in the record if it is not a record for yourself, and you need to provide the URL for the record you are concerned about.
Many individuals don't realize this knowledge article is available but I find it when I use the Search icon in the Help Center and type: remove a Historical Record. I also noticed today that it shows as one of the most frequently asked questions from the page that is connected to this Help Center icon.
This article explains how we can help within the laws that apply to records for living people. You have mentioned some records that may be visible because they also include names of deceased individuals so I hope you read into my comments only what is in the knowledge article and nothing more.
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Since you are a living person, no one can see you except the person who created the record, which is probably you yourself. So you can delete it by going to the edit pencil to the right of the marriage and deleting the information. Also, you should remove your spouse from the record and though it never took place. that's what an annulment is. Hope this helps. No one should see the record because you are living.
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The only way other Family Tree users would be able to see this is if you are shown as a deceased person. If this is the case, you need to start the process of changing your profile back to "Living". I believe this requires approval through FamilySearch Support. Otherwise, please follow the advice of chepb1.
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I think you could well be right about the issue of nandevben.
I wonder if you could confirm that, if requested, FamilySearch would remove every reference to a living person (e.g. birth, marriage, census) from its website.
I don't think I have been aware of this option, up till today.
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Thank you all! This has been weighing on me for 10 years.
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