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Merging live ancestor information from another familysearch profile

NatalieMckay
NatalieMckay ✭
December 29, 2021 edited December 30, 2021 in Family Tree

I have helped my mom input information for her living family members over the years into her familysearch. Is there a way I can access this same information and automatically add it to my own family search, or is my own option manually adding each living member with a unique ID Number?

Thank you in advance.

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  • Brett .
    Brett . ✭✭✭✭✭
    December 29, 2021

    @NatalieMckay

    Natalie

    Welcome to the "Community.FamilySearch" Forum.

    I am just another 'lowly' User/Patron ...

    Just in passing ...

    Short Answer: 'No', not really, just enter manually.

    As, one CANNOT use, the 'FamilySearch Person Identifier' (PID), of a "Living" individual/person, in/from the "Private Spaces", of ANOTHER User/Patron, for reasons of "Privacy"; because, they are "Living".

    But ...

    That Said ...

    Do not despair ...

    There is a way to make it, easier; and, quicker ...

    In the case of, You; and, your Mother ...

    On the SAME Computer ...

    In ONE "Browser" (eg. 'Google' "Chrome"); and, one "Window", have YOUR 'FamilySearch" Account open.

    In a SECOND "Browser" (eg. 'Mozilla' "FireFox"); and, ANOTHER (New) "Window", have your MOTHER's 'FamilySearch" Account open.

    Now ...

    That Done ...

    You can now happily (ie. easily; and, quickly), use the "Copy" and "Paste" feature/function/facility, of the Computer, to "Copy" the "Details", of a "Living" individual/person, in your MOTHER's 'FamilySearch" Account, from one "Browser" (":Window"); and, "Paste" those "Details", into a NEW "Living" individuals/person, that you "Create", in YOUR 'FamilySearch" Account, to the other "Browser" ("Window")

    Much, easier; and, quicker, than "Typing" it all ...

    And, it works, I know, have used such method ...

    I hope, that this may help/assist, somewhat.

    Brett

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  • Brett .
    Brett . ✭✭✭✭✭
    December 29, 2021

    @NatalieMckay

    Natalie

    Furthermore ...

    Here is a "Knowledge Article", in 'FamilySearch':

    Can my living relatives share a Family Tree private space to work together?

    https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/share-a-family-tree-private-space-with-family

    https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/share-a-family-tree-private-space-with-family

    Where is states:

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    We currently do not have a way for a family group to share a private space and work together on it.

    Multiple users can enter a record for the same living person into their own private space.

    • Each record has a different ID number.
    • Each record is visible only to the user who entered it.
    • When you change a record in your private space, it does not change the same person's record in another user's private space.
    • After a person dies, family members need to make all separate records in their private spaces public and then merge them.

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    Plus ...

    Supported by ...

    How do I merge duplicates in my private space in Family Tree?

    https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-merge-duplicates-in-my-private-space-in-family-tree

    https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-merge-duplicates-in-my-private-space-in-family-tree

    Where is states, among other things:

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    • You cannot merge a record in your private space with a record in another user’s private space. 

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    Brett

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