Children already sealed to father who is missing from FamilyTree
I've come across a family in a helpee's tree with a mother and 7 children but no father. The children's sealing-to-parents are all completed. A note on each child's ordinance tab says, "This sealing-to-parents ordinance is valid, but the parents are not listed because of privacy or they may not match those in Family Tree."
I've found several sources that identify the missing husband/father. Is there a way to find out if he matches the sealing records of the children? He lived from 1829-1887 so privacy issues should not be a concern.
I searched for him in FamilyTree but did not find a match. If we add him as the mother's spouse he will appear to need all ordinances, though probably he is already endowed and sealed to spouse and kids. (His parents are not in the tree.)
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Have you looked at latest changes to view deleted relationships?
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@DanaChou DanaChou
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As 'JuliaCorry' has proffered, you need to look through the "ChangeLog" for the individuals/persons concerned to "Check" for "Merges"/"Combines" that may have occurred, were the correct and existing "Father" was "Deleted".
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You may need to "Restore" the "Deleted" individual/person (ie. Father) to get things back in "Sync"; and, then, later re-look to see if a "Merge"/"Combine" is warranted/necessary.
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The "Merge"/"Combine" that "Deleted" a Parent was, either, done in Error; or, the "Merge"/"Combine" DID NOT include ALL members of the Family, when, in fact, it should have.
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There is a lot to look at and consider.
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I hope you understand the process required.
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And, I hope that this helps.
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Brett
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Thanks, I've found that the missing husband/father was very bizarrely merged with his grandson's father-in-law. They have the same first name but otherwise share no similar details. I have reached out to the person who did the merge to see if she objects to restoring our missing guy.
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@DanaChou DanaChou
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I suspected as much.
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To be honest, if it would have been me; and, I was working (ie. signed on) as the User's/Patron's HELPER; as, the problem/issue (ie. Incorrect "Merge"/"Combine") has been identified, I would have just gone ahead (with the User's/Patron's, that you are HELPING, concurrence - of course) and "Restored" the individual/person (ie. Father); then, address/fix anything else that needed doing, without contact the User/Patron who effected the "Merge"/"Combine" until AFTER everything was addressed/fixed. And, I would have done the "Contacting" as the User/Patron that you are HELPING.
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But, that is just me.
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Well done.
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The User/Patron who you are HELPING must be so pleased.
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They can be a real "Nightmare" at times.
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Brett
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I would have done the same and just made the correction. Often the person who made the error has no concept of what they have done in a merge.
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Correcting this merge is going to be my patron's personalized experience for the week. Her tree has other problems like this and her goal is to fix problems, so this is good practice. The person who did the merge hasn't responded to my contact but my patron usually recognizes the many other cooks stirring her tree so it seemed appropriate to reach out. Thanks for everyone's help.
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