2 questions about "Unconnected Person"
I have read all the articles about HOW to add "Unconnected Person", so I do not need that info. Here are my questions:
- WHY would I add an "Unconnected Person"? In other words, what is the purpose?
- If I add "Unconnected Person", WHERE does that person land in my tree?
Thank you.
Answers
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You may have found someone you believe is part of your family but you cannot yet confirm it. Or you may be starting a new branch. Sometimes I've used the "Unconnected Person" option when I'm helping someone else with their research.
I don't usually have an unconnected person as a standalone. It's a starting point - to which I may add siblings or parents. You can always locate those profiles in your Contributions. Or you can choose to Follow those profiles and find them again that way.
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As far as where those people end up, they end up where everyone does, in the one, single universal tree we are working in together.
Ideally, an "unconnected person" will be unconnected for about five seconds before you start adding other family members that really need to be added to make that person a useful entry in Family Tree.
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it is not just YOUR tree . . .
as Gordon points out this is a universal worldwide tree - shared by millions of users and with billions of records - ALL in a single database.
If you want to add someone to the database - and you are not clear how they relate to anyone else in the database - you can use the "add unconnected person"
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