I am having a problem with people changing what I had and it not being right.

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This discussion was created from comments split from: How can I stop people from wrongly tampering with my family history?.

S.fuller

I am having a problem with people changing what I had and it not being right. Just because people have the same name does not mean they are the same person. I've had people add my dad to their tree and they completely have the wrong parents. Then I went in again and They had mixed up my Great grandmother with someone else in the area. Now I have to go back in and correct everything and you don't just have to correct this one person you have to correct every person attached to them. I understand the concept of one big tree but what good does that do if it's all wrong. I thought the whole idea of doing a family tree is to find the right information. Not to have wrong information out there.

PABulfinch

The entire purpose of FamilySearch is rather lengthy, but I am going to give it to you.

The overall purpose of Family Tree is to help you discover your family and, in turn, discover a bit about yourself.

• Family Tree is different from other similar genealogy sites in that it is a single, public tree linked together in families, rather than a site that only allows users to create and manage their own private trees. This distinction means that everyone works together on the same data, allowing for the potential to connect every member of the human family.
• Family Tree compares records and sources in order to help you resolve mistakes or duplication in records. It also provides messaging and collaboration tools, as well as free expert phone support, to help you resolve errors.
• Family Tree draws from FamilySearch's enormous database to provide record hints. This makes it easier to link you and your ancestors to earlier generations.
• The Memories section can help foster deeper connections to ancestors. It provides a place where you can preserve and share photos and histories.
• We want Family Tree to be accessible to as many people as possible. You can view it through a variety of means, including on mobile devices, with the Family Tree and Memories apps, or in areas with low bandwidth, with the Family Tree Lite website.

It is our hope that, through Family Tree, we can work together to create the best-sourced, public genealogical family tree in the world and allow family members to connect both in the past as well as the present.

Yes, it is difficult when others add our ancestors where they do not belong, and we have to spend a lot of time correcting their errors. With all of us working together, cooperatively, it saves us a lot of time and energy. I hope things work out better for you in the future. PaulaAnn :)