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In the "Death" Field It is Too Easy to Mark a Person Deceased

Mary Liebelt Gray
Mary Liebelt Gray ✭
September 30, 2021 edited February 10 in Family Tree

Could FamilySearch require more information in the death field? As it stands right now, all a person has to do is mark an individual deceased. No date is required. No explanation is required. If the date isn't known, there should at least be a reason for knowing that that person has passed.

I am having a terrible time "resurrecting" my dear and very alive husband. He was marked deceased. I have contacted FS almost two weeks ago and he is still shown as living with his information available for the world to see.

I know that FamilySearch is very concerned about privacy, but there appears to be a glitch in the system.

Thanks

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  • Paul W
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    October 2, 2021

    @Mary Liebelt Gray

    I wonder if you have tried to contact the person who marked that ID as deceased? There is usually a warning when one is adding an individual to Family Tree who is under 110 years old. However, the required "reason statement" is easily circumvented by merely adding a period (.) to that field.

    If this is a record that was added some time back, maybe there was no warning prompt at that time and someone chose a "default" status of "deceased" unintentionally. If the record includes an actual date of death, this possibly relates to mistaken identity of your husband, with another individual of similar identity.

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  • Mary Liebelt Gray
    Mary Liebelt Gray ✭
    February 7

    It has finally been fixed by FS. The one who marked it could not fix it. Very weird. All the normal rules did not apply.

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  • PiperTWilson
    PiperTWilson ✭✭✭
    February 7

    @Mary Liebelt Gray - Thank you for letting us know! :)

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