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Angi Budge Peterson
Angi Budge Peterson ✭
April 25, 2023 edited July 11, 2024 in Family Tree

A new spouse keeps being added to my great great grandmother Ellen Rheese LB5J-R4S. The new spouse is John Bischoff III KWJZ-XPY. This has happened about 4 times by a different person each time. Is there a way to somehow find out why this change is being triggered? Is there possibly a hint that people are seeing? A source has never been added to support this change, as far as I can see, so we do not believe this is correct. Then my great grandfather, Jesse H Dredge is being added as a son to Ellen Rhees and John, which is not correct. I did finally reach out to the last person who made this change today to ask what their source is. Thank you!

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    April 25, 2023

    I had something similar happen a couple of weeks ago. Over the course of a week, 3 different people attached a census for a family with the surname Lee to the family of my Ludlum cousins.

    I fixed it the 1st time and put a polite note on the profiles.

    It happened again the next day. I fixed it, again, and put an Alert Note on the profiles.

    2 days later, it happened again. I fixed it again, added more details to the Alert Note. Then, I researched the correct Lee family and attached the census to them. It hasn't happened again.

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  • ColinCameron
    ColinCameron ✭✭✭
    April 26, 2023

    I find it odd that the date and location of the two supposed marriages of Ellen Rhees, to John Bischoff III and Jesse Richard Dredge, are the same.

    I don't know exactly what the problem is but I might have spotted a source of confusion. Following Ellen's death it appears that Jesse Richard Dredge then married Rosina Kunz who had previously been married to ... John Bischoff III.

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