Is there a way to flag wrong information
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is there a way to flag with a different color information that is wrong that you imported to your tree. If I can’t verify the information and only one or two are wrong
jacob Lahr m barbara Meitzler in NYC
when he was already married
she continues to show up on trees
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If you have conflicting information, oftentimes this is an indicator or two or more people being merged with similar names. Thus more research into the attached sources, and the timing of the attachment of sources - look in an expanded "show all" of the Latest Changes.
Always be sure to add a comment in the Reason box when changing vitals - In this way you are 'flagging' correct information.
Sometimes you will see a run of 'duplicate' census records for the family, same census year, but in different locations (even in the same city) - this is a great indicator that two families have been merged.
When there are no sources for the suspect information; I like to do an Ancestry linked search for that person. Try editing the Ancestry search posting exclusively the suspect info, and see if you get a picture of that person and/or records supporting the suspect details. Then it will be easier to see if they are a separate person/family.
As a side note; I like to do an Ancestry search anyway on my people. After attaching and fleshing out all vital details into the details page on FamilySearch from the FS records, a similar search on Ancestry may bring up different sources for the same person/family. Adding those details into the Details page on FS will often help the FS algorithms find the same sources that can now be linked within FS. Plus, Ancestry has access to some other record sources not currently available through FS records.
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