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

Mary Liebelt Gray

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

Paul W

@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.