How is a tree error corrected?
My great grandmother is Susan Forney Spangler LH1L-Z74 born 8 January 1855.
The tree shows a sibling Porter Nick Spangler K452-F9B born 21 February 1855.
I believe Susan's information is correct and confirmed by Ohio death certificate, and Porter Nick Spangler is misplaced or his birth date is wrong.
Is there a way to correct this?
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Hi,
We often come across detail that seem to be inaccurate or don't match our own findings, so editing can be an on-going process. If you go to the Person page and find the wrong birth date, you will see the edit function next to it (it looks like a pen and paper). If you click on this , you can make the changes that you feel are correct, but be sure to add your sources and any notes that substantiate the choice you have made.
Have you contacted the person who entered Porter Nick Spangler K452-F9B born 21 February 1855 and explained your concerns, or asked how they came to the decision that he was a sibling of Susan Forney Spangler LH1L-Z74 born 8 January 1855? These are often the simplest ways of resolving such issues.
I have attached a Knowledge Articles about correcting relationships which explains the process in simple steps.
Hope this helps.
Kind regards,
Barry
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To me, it looks like the problem is her father's profile. It may be a conflation of at least two men with similar names. One is head of a family in Smithland, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States. Another is head of a family in Kellersburg, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States. There may be still more families here; either the family is conflated or it moved around more than most.
To resolve this, I would start by working the outstanding hints on all the children of her father. See his descendancy tree here: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/descendancy/LC36-FFG
Very often, when you work on the descendants you will find additional historical records that include the persons of interest later in life, and additional details about their origins. That additional information helps to clarify if the profiles are conflated or not, and how to detangle them.
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