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Family Tree should display a "warning" comment when "Deceased" individuals are added

Paul W
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November 8, 2021 edited November 8, 2021 in Suggest an Idea

There is a weakness in the system, whereby if an ID is created for an individual born at any time ( even recently) no warning flag appears if the "Deceased" option is checked. (An exception appears to be when adding individuals - say from a census record - in the source linker process.)

There should at least be a warning in the Family Tree program when one tries to add a "deceased" individual of less than 110 years old, without inputting a date of death. It would then be more difficult to accuse FamilySearch of not respecting the privacy of the living, as occurs from time to time.

(A number of complaints have been recently posted to FamilySearch Community by users who have found their close, living relatives added to Family Tree as "Deceased" - usually by distant relatives, or users with no known relationship to the individual in question.)

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