Private Memories
I am using the memories app for journaling. I am fine with all of my memories being visible when I die, but occasionally I have a memory that I do not want to mark as public right now.
My concern is that the memories I mark private will remain private if I die.
Does anyone know if Family Search has a process to make private memories visible at some point after an individual's death?
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Family Search doesn't have a process at the present time to make private memories visible after a person dies. They remain private. Any memory that is not marked as private is potentially visible to the public, even when you are still alive.
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Ty
I am just another 'lowly' User/Patron ...
Just in passing ...
Further to; and, in support of, what 'Richard' has already proffered ...
Here is a "Knowledge Article", in 'FamilySearch':
What happens to the accounts of deceased users?
Where, it states, among other things:
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If the user has added private memories, those memories are not made public. The system is set to keep private any memories designated by a contributor as private.
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I hope, that this may help/assist, somewhat.
Brett
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it is in essence a legal contract between you and FamilySearch - you marked the item as private - and they will fulfill with their agreement to keep it private - whether you are alive or dead.
one thing that many people do is to leave it as public and leave off the title and description of the item - which makes it (almost) impossible to find it via the FIND option.
but technically the item is accessible if someone figured out how to get to the url.
I personally don't recommend marking items as private for that same issue you brought up - but simply leave off titles and descriptions.
If something is super sensitive then don't upload it in the first place.
also you can place your items in a ALBUM and share the album URL with JUST the people that you want to find those items (that may not have titles and descriptions)
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The Memories team is currently working on improving the privacy policy. There is no time table yet on when it will be released.
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Uh, what century is this? Why can't I have a checkbox on my account that says to make all my private memories public after I die?
This is similar to the same problem that if I mark up my digital scriptures, my ancestors will not have access to all of my notes.
I might as well use paper scriptures, stop using FamilySearch memories, and use other digital mediums that my ancestors will have access to.
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It has nothing to do with what century we are in - and the technology
The means to do it have been around for a very long time . . .
But with all the competing other thousands of items - has not made been implemented
But there are various complicating factors as to why it was not implemented.
It may be that you marked your memories as private - because such people were still living.
When you die - those same people may STILL Be living - and could very much object to such photos being made public.
The issue is much more complicated than you allude to.
Though I think there are people working on this and there will be some options at some point.
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There are plenty of ways to ensure that family documents are preserved for future generations - whether or not FamilySearch has an option for "private items" after your decease. Please dont rely on some service that is totally out of your control.
Focus on what you can control - something as simple as putting your more sensitive items on a flash drive and sharing with family, which everyone should do anyway - with ALL items - - so as to have backups etc.
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