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Please advise what the sources are for records added by family search?

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abhinkle
abhinkle ✭
September 22, 2023 edited September 26, 2024 in Family Tree

Example:

Thomas Fisher Male 1825 – Deceased KZZF-9JR

Name • 0 Sources

Thomas Fisher

Last Changed: May 26, 2012

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lvwguy walker1794396

Sex • 0 Sources

Male

Last Changed: May 26, 2012

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lvwguy walker1794396

Birth • 0 Sources

<1825>Marshall,Saline,Missouri

Last Changed: May 26, 2012

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FamilySearch

Christening

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Death • 0 Sources

Deceased

Last Changed: May 26, 2012

F

FamilySearch

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  • Julia Szent-Györgyi
    Julia Szent-Györgyi ✭✭✭✭✭
    September 22, 2023

    Everything with a 2012 date credited to "FamilySearch" is legacy data: it came from a prior system on FS. Those systems did not have a means of attaching sources, and the import process did not have a means of preserving submitter information.

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  • Wayland K Adams
    Wayland K Adams mod
    September 22, 2023

    @abhinkle Hi - Welcome to FamilySearch Community and asking your question about sources for records added by FamilySearch. The FamilySearch database started to be populated in 2012. This was done by importing from other available databases such as New Family Search and user supplied genealogies. In many cases, these records had no primary sources but are provided as a starting point and to save having to manually enter the large number of records imported. As users of FamilySearch we need to find and add sources to these records. The goal is to make the records as accurate as possible by adding sources and correcting as necessary. On the record you site, there are no primary sources attached so some research is needed to find some sources. Hope this explanation helps.

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