Edit date of death

WendyMacdonald4

Hello

Someone added a record to my family tree that is incorrect.

I cannot edit the date of death for this person, but was able to edit the place of death.

How can I change the date of death?

Thank you.

genthusiast

What is the person's Familysearch id (fsid) - typically format with numbers and letters (xXxX-xxx)?

Edit death date changed by a recently attached source: You can usually click that id and go to the person's Details to change the date and give a source/reason for the change. If the source has an incorrect date but is for the correct person - if that field is not editable you won't be able to change the date on the source.

Edit death date and detach incorrect source: Of course, if the source is referencing a different person - detach it from your ancestor and give the reason for why the source does not match. You can do this from the Sources attached to the ancestor - view/open the source and choose Detach.

WendyMacdonald4

Thank you, I will try that.