What to do when someone changes your grandmother to someone else?

MilesP

Someone has added a new wife for my grandfather that's not correct and linked a whole new set of children to my grandfather. His name is Julian Laurie Pierce (93BL-2F1) and the new person linked as his wife is Ruby Katencamp Pierce (GHTQ-5JB). The correct wife is my grandmother, Ruby Willa Stewart (LDZ2-N4X). I have written to the person who made the change but no response. I looked at all of that person's sources and they're all incorrect. How do I handle this situation and correct their entry?

Ruby Willa Stewart is not the same person as Ruby Katencamp Pierce. Ruby Willa Stewart was born Feb 22, 1899 in Lampasas, TX. Her father was Andrew Jackson Stewart and her mother Pearl Maffett both of Lampasas Tx. She had two brothers Morgan and Jack Stewart and a sister May Stewart. She had three children, Sybil, James and Alvin all born in Lampasas. She died in Blanco County in 2001 at the age of 102. She was my grandmother.

BarryJohnson

@MilesP

Hi,

Sadly, yours is not an uncommon experience, and it's nice that you have taken the first steps towards an amicable solution. There is always a hope that the other patron will eventually see your message and reply, but in the meantime, you can change the information back to what you believe that it should be, adding sources and notes to help others see why what you have entered is correct.

There is a Knowledge Article which covers this all-too-common issue, which I've copied below.

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-correct-parent-child-relationships-in-family-tree

Click on the URL or copy and paste it into your browser. It's a similar solution for other relationships - husband/wife etc.

Good luck with your work.

Kind regards,

Barry

Brett .

@MilesP

FYI

Welcome to the "Community.FamilySearch" Forum.

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

Just in passing ...

Further to; and, in support of, what 'Barry' has already proffered/provided ...

Here are some additional "Knowledge Articles", in 'FamilySearch':

How do I undo an incorrect change in Family Tree?

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-undo-an-incorrect-change-in-family-tree

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-undo-an-incorrect-change-in-family-tree

A person in Family Tree has the wrong spouse

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/a-person-in-family-tree-has-the-wrong-spouse

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/a-person-in-family-tree-has-the-wrong-spouse

Plus ...

As an aside ...

Just in case, there has been any "Merging"/"Combining" involved ...

How do I fix a merge that has information from multiple people in Family Tree?

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-fix-a-merge-that-has-information-from-multiple-people-in-family-tree

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-fix-a-merge-that-has-information-from-multiple-people-in-family-tree

How do I undo a merge in Family Tree?

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-undo-a-merge-in-family-tree

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-undo-a-merge-in-family-tree

How do I restore a deleted record for a person in Family Tree?

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-restore-a-deleted-record-for-a-person-in-family-tree

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-restore-a-deleted-record-for-a-person-in-family-tree

I hope, that these may also help/assist, somewhat.

Brett

MilesP

Barry, Brett - Thank you very much. The links are very helpful. I'll continue to wait a while for a reply from the individual who made the change but if I don't hear anything, I'll follow the directions for removing an incorrect spouse. Thanks again.

Miles