How do I standardize my number? My husband has one number for me, and I have a different number on t
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@Venus Kay Ernst
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Venus
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Short Answer: You DO NOT.
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The "FamilySearch Person Identifier" (PID) that you get, for you, in your "FamilySearch" Account, is "Unique" - and, ONLY you can see and access that.
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As you are "Living" you reside in your (own) "Private Spaces", in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch". NO other User/Patron, NOT even IMMEDIATE Family members, can see or access that "Unique" PID, of you, in your "Private Spaces", in your "FamilySearch" Account.
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If you are a Member of the Church, your IMMEDIATE Family members are AUTOMATICALLY generated by the "System" from your Church Membership Records.
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Now; and, this is important ...
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IF any of your IMMEDIATE Family members are alive, "Living", the record of them that is generated in your "FamilySearch" Account is a Copy (eg. cc = "Carbon Copy"), a "Duplicate", with the 'Name' ONLY, that ONLY appears in your "Private Spaces" in "FamilySearch"; and, the PID for them that you get in that instance is a DIFFERENT one to the one that they actually/personally get. In fact, depending on how many people are in your IMMEDIATE Family, each one will be "Duplicated" by the number of your IMMEDIATE Family members.
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Sound complicated; but, in fact, it is NOT ...
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Let me explain ...
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We do not have our OWN "Tree" in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch".
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We ONLY have "Branches", that are interconnected, in this SINGLE "One" World "Tree", for all of us, that is "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch".
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"Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" is NOT like "Ancestry_com" or the like.
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We DO NOT have "Private"/"Personal" 'Trees' in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" like other "Web" Sites; and/or, 'standalone' personal programmes.
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We do not even, own; or, manage; and, are NOT even responsible for, the "Deceased" individuals/person in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch".
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"Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" is built on a "Open Edit" Platform - hence, why any registered User/Patron can "Edit" (ie. Add, Delete; and/or, Change) ANY "Deceased" individual/person in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch".
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You can certainly "Merge"/"Combine" any "Deceased" individual/person in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" with another "Deceased" individual/person in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch", regardless of who the User/Patron was that initially created those "Deceased" individuals/persons; as, they DO NOT reside with the User/Patron who initially created them - they are "Public".
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If fact, you can ONLY see "Deceased" individual/person in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch"; except, with this 'rider', that you can ALSO only see "Living" individual/person in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" that YOU created; as, they reside in your "Private Spaces".
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No other User/Patron can see ANY "Living" individuals/persons that were created by another User/Patron; as, they ONLY reside in the "Private Spaces" of the User/Patron who created them.
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We CANNOT even see the ACTUAL Record in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" of our IMMEDIATE Family (eg. Spouse; Children; Parents; Siblings; ETC; Etc; etc) if they are "Living"; and, they have their own "FamilySearch" Account.
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Of course, you can create your "Living" Family members; and, record them in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch"; but, they will ONLY be seen by you:
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- You cannot "Share" them with any other User/Patron.
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- You cannot "Merge"/'Combine" them with any other "Living" individual/person residing in the "Private Spaces" of another User//Patron.
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There is CURRENTLY no mechanism in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" for Users/Patrons, to "Share"; or, "give permission" to "Share", the "Living" individuals/persons in their own "Private Spaces" with/between other/another User/Patron.
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There are a myriad of "Privacy" Laws within the many various Countries and Unions throughout the World - it is a nightmare to negotiate.
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"Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" is used in many Countries and Unions throughout the World; and, as such, must adhere to the myriad of "Privacy" Laws throughout the World.
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Hence, "Privacy" is one of the reasons that we cannot "Share" the "Living" individuals/persons in our own "Private Spaces" - it is NOT the ONLY reason; but, certainly has a bearing on the matter.
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Another factor is that such would have to be 'Coded'/'Programmed' into the Programme that is "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch".
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'Yes', these "Living" individuals/person in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" WILL, in fact, in many (most) cases will be "Duplicated" - unfortunately a necessary situation that currently cannot be avoided.
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I know that there are "Duplicates" of the "Living" ME - at least, one for my Wife and each of our Children, not to mention my other ("Living") extended Family members.
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Here are some "Knowledge Articles" in "FamilySearch" on the matter:
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What is a private space in Family Tree?
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Who can see my living relatives in Family Tree?
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I know that this does not help; but, I hope that is puts things in perspective.
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Brett
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