Simplification of site for purpose of adding images, making corrections, etc.
My family tree is on Wikitree, however, when you send me e-mails I check them out. I find it difficult to make corrections, add sources, copy/paste images, etc. For example, my grandfather's name was William Moses Lisle, not Mose, and I am unable to correct that. I wanted to add sources from my Wikitree and was unable to copy/paste his interment card and his gravestone. I am also at a loss as to where I should add a note of personal remembrances. I spent a great deal of time just trying to get to a place where I could type this, and found no place specific to the information I type here. This is not actually an idea, just a suggestion for improvement. Perhaps if I spent more time on your site things would become easier but in my opinion the site should be easy for the first time user to follow. I do appreciate your work but I like to correct errors and add pertinent information. If I am having a "stupid" day and simply overlooking the obvious, I apologize. Thank you and God bless.
Nancy Freeman
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If you can figure out how to use WikiTree, using FamilySearch should seem like child's play. :-)
I presume you're talking about him: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KNW8-8YQ ?
You can fix his name (or any other conclusion on his profile) by clicking the Edit (pencil) button to the right of it.
To add a source, you can either use the Sources tool on his details page, which opens a side panel with his sources and has an "Add Source" button at the top right, or you can go to his Sources tab and use "Add Source" there. Either way, the resulting popup has too many separate fields for a simple copy-and-paste, but my usual solution to that is to paste everything into the Notes/Description field, and then move things to the appropriate fields from there. (Note that the only required field for a source is the title. Yes, you can add a source that has neither an image nor a URL.)
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@NancyFreeman https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/landing is a great place to learn how to use the Tree.
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