How to delete a fictionary person
Thomas Magner KN6F-594 is the father in law of my paternal grandfather through his first spouse Charlotte Magner. I descend from his second wife and was unaware of this first marriage until well after grandad's death.
Thomas gives a father's name on his marriage certificate to Sarah Hicks. I entered Thomas Magner Senior into Family Search based on this evidence. Today I got a PDF of Grandad's father-in law and his mother's surname was Magner and there was no father given on the birth certificate.
Now I need to delete this fictitious man KN6F-594 as there is no evidence that he existed. I suspect grandad's father-in-law was trying to hide the fact of his "illegitimate" birth and in that time period the fact that he was a "****".
How can I delete the man that didn't really exist?
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@Carole Haines Stanford,
Nice catch on the baptismal record for the living Thomas (KN6F-594)
Looks like you've got great habits down for documenting your family research with sources and succinct detailed reason remarks on most changes. Nice work. ...given that familiarity with the collaborative family tree tools...some abbreviated suggestions:
- Change sex of imaginary father KN6B-7LT to female for pre merge step.
- Merge KN6B-7LT to unwed mother Hannah GX43-F6H. Bring Hannah's sons marriage record forward, done automatically I believe. (more later in optional 4th step)
- Cleanup: During merge do not bring forward the 2 legacy sources, do not bring forward the occupation fact
- Optional. Communicate sources contradictions by.....A. Leave a "Share what you know about this document" comment on the marriage record stating something similar to "birth record XXXXX suggests Thomas (KN6F-594) was born to unwed mother Hannah Magner on DateXXXX in LocationXXX and it is believed, as of this date and available sources, that the father "Thomas Manger" listed on his 1878 marriage record is fictitious." B. You might put the same type of comment in the notes just to head off others potentially making the same type of assumption years from now and incorrectly re adding "fictitious thomas" later. C. If you have an actual copy of the birth record, upload and add to sources to "fortify" your reasoning.
Hope that makes sense....cheers~
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hmmm...typed up an answer but lost it when trying to edit for grammar...apologies if two answers show.
shorter answer for you Carole Hanes Stanford: don't delete, but merge.
step 1
change sex on fictitious father KN6B-7LT to female from male, than merge to the unwed mother profile id. GX43-F6H..... don't bring forward the 2 sources nor the "occupation" fact from fictitious Thomas. marriage record will automatically be brought forward, I beleive, and that is a good thing for next step below.
optional step 2
Might leave note explaining what you found (source doc contradictions) both in the Notes for "live" Thomas Magner...594" and in the "share what you know about this document" on the 1878 marriage record with fictitious father . Also, if you have it, upload or transcribe the detailed birth record....these last steps might help prevent the "fictitious father" being added years later if someone only viewed the marriage record.
hope this makes sense~
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