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DavidRiggle
DavidRiggle ✭
May 30 edited May 31 in Family Tree

Hi folks. My grandfather has the wrong death date under his name at the top of his page:

Clyde Homer Jacobs

Male

31 October 1885 – 5 February 1986

 KZP2-PQH


His death year was actually 1968. Someone must have transposed the last 2 numbers on entry. I can't see a way to get in to correct it myself. I would be obliged if you could make this small change.

Thank you, David Riggle

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  • Julia Szent-Györgyi
    Julia Szent-Györgyi ✭✭✭✭✭
    May 30 edited May 30

    The display value is correct, but it has somehow gotten associated with the wrong year in the database. (In FS parlance, the standardized date is incorrect.) You can see this if you hover your cursor over the date in his Vitals box: a tooltip will pop up, showing that the background value is different from the displayed value.

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    You can fix it by clicking the pencil.

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