Editing Sources

JohnDFarmer

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL57-LXF8?cid=fs_copy

This source had erroneous relationships. When I select edit I can change some things but not the relationships.

In this case the only correct Karlsson child is Elsa Maria. The other children belong to the Sandberg family shown at the top of the page. On the left margin you can see that the large family was split with the Karlsson family stuck in the middle so the 2nd half of the Sandberg family was incorrectly connected to the Karlsson family.

I cant fix the reference. I have corrected FamilySearch.

Please provide a way to fix incorrect relationships in sources.

NathanielCrouch

Dealing with the same thing on a few other sources. So +1 from me.

Thanks,

Mike357

@JohnDFarmer and @NathanielCrouch,

It is always frustrating to find that the index's record details pages for an individual is wrong: including incorrect information, excluding important data, or providing incorrect information and/or relationships. In these cases the index has met it's first responsibility: to locate the individual within a record or collection. However, it leaves us with the question of how we now clean up the mess that the index record has brought with it.

There appear to be only a couple of choices, since the option to edit the information is not available. Our first option is to attach the record with the incorrect information and then documenting the error and providing correct information is the Source. Secondly, having found the individual's record in the document, we could then ignore the record details page and create our own source by using the Source Box.

If using the first approach, it would be important to edit the Source, once the record has been attached to the individual in Family Tree. We could modify the title, if helpful, and and information in the Notes section of the Source - all to clarify what error has been made in indexing the record and what is the correct information.

If our preference is to create our own source, not using the record details page, then, while on the correct page in the imaged document, we can select Source Box and following the associated instructions.

If you are unfamiliar with using the Source Box, the following will be useful.

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-to-find-the-add-to-source-box-link

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/from-my-source-box-how-do-i-attach-a-source-to-a-person-in-family-tree

I hope that helps. If there is nothing new here for you, then I apologize.