How do you change wrong information on GoogleSearch for a name?

ahowell3797272

If the information for a name is correct on the person page in FamilySearch including the burial information, how do you correct wrong information on the FamilySearch page tied to a GoogleSearch?

Brett .

@ahowell3797272

FYI

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

Just in passing ...

Provided, that you are referring to, the "Google" option, under "Search Records", for an individual/person ...

Then ...

One, can "Change", SOME "Details"; BEFORE, initiating the search ...

Pictorially ...

But ...

That Said ...

The "Details" used, are "Very" LIMITED ...

[ ie. Name; Start and End, Years; Places ... ]

And, certainly, DO NOT, include "Burial" details ...

UNLESS, one includes such, in the, Year; and, Place; and, Key Word(s), fields ...

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

Brett

HollyMcKimson

How can I correct information that is not correct?

Julia Szent-Györgyi

Presumably both @ahowell3797272 and now @HollyMcKimson are talking about the publicly-available (i.e. no login required) "Discovery" pages on FamilySearch. These are generated by an automated process, mostly based on the profile in Family Tree, with some differences and some fluff ::ahem, I mean:: additional material that we have no control over. When changes are made to profiles, it can take several weeks for the public pages to reflect those changes.

One key difference between profiles and Discovery pages is that the former uses the display value of dates and places, i.e. exactly what the user typed in, whereas the latter uses the standardized value, i.e. the database entry that has been associated with the typed text. The two are often the same, but the Discovery page can sometimes point out an incorrect standardization. This is often the culprit when someone looks at the profile page and concludes that the data there is correct, and yet the public page persists in showing incorrect data.

So the answer to "how can I correct information" is: log in to FamilySearch and edit the profile in Family Tree. Make sure that all dates and places have correct standards associated with them. (An easy way to check this is to go to the profile's Time Line tab. If there are map pins in unexpected places, or if events and ages are weird, there's probably a standardization problem.) Once the profile is correct, wait at least a week (but probably longer) for the public page to synchronize with it.

ahowell3797272

Thank you for the explanation.