How can I delete an Individual?
How can I delete someone in Family Tree that does not exist? There is a person "Meeks", ID - LB34-YMQ, who is listed as a female, who was born on June 13, 1927. The record from which is person was created is incorrect in both the sex and the date. In fact, a male was born on June 14, 1927. James Ray Meeks.
Thank you
Mack Morrison
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All you have to do is change the sex of "Meeks" to male, then merge the ID** with that of James Ray Meek (LB34-RY7). I would probably leave the birth source attached, but add a note to it explaining the true identity and correct date of birth.
This is just a case of poor indexing. Unfortunately, the record shows as "Edit unavailable", so the detail attached to it will remain for the foreseeable future, as FamilySearch does not make corrections to indexed records.
** If you have not carried out this process previously, after changing the sex on the page of "Meeks", go to James Ray Meek's page and click on "Merge by ID". Paste LB34-YMQ in the box and carry the process through from there.
You could just detach "Meeks" from any relationship with this family, but another user might come along and add "her" back as a family member. Carrying out the merge would be my preferred method of dealing with this error.
BTW - In direct answer to your question, you cannot delete "Meeks"! You can only delete an individual if you created their ID and are the only person to have worked on the record.
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I have an individual who was created from a source that was indexed incorrectly. He is Lyle B Wrigle G4XB-C8H. The source is actually for Mrs. Lyda B Wright. It is her obituary. This Mr. Wrigle is not listed and does not exist. I can not delete him. Please have someone look into this. And how can we send a private message to FamilySearch Support now? I have hunted for a long time. This new format is very frustrating!
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@Jolene Huddleston These types of frustrating issues can occur when the index for the record was generated with incorrect names (these were indexed by a computer). Your report here should be enough to have Lyle B Wrigle G4XB-C8H profile deleted by someone at FamilySearch. If you delete the Brief Life History you added - you could see if that allows the profile to be deleted or you can wait for someone at FamilySearch to assist (FamilySearch will probably have to delete this person anyway).
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@Jolene Huddleston, you can get rid of that indexing-error-based profile yourself: change the sex to female, then merge it away into Lyda's profile.
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@Jolene Huddleston G4XB-C8H has been merged into Lyda Ann Barnard LTNR-NG1
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