Can someone at FS please delete two profiles ?
The first one is KLHG-GKK Frederic Pemble, which has been created and attached to the wrong set of parents. In the mean time he is already listed - attached to his correct parents under the ID of LTRZ-SFZ .
The second case is LC5G-YDL so called Elijah Pemble. He just doesn't exist at all. There is a Frances Pemble with the same baptism date, and when you look at the original document, the vicar had written her parents names in the wrong box , in the child's name box, as " John & Elizab" at which point he realised his mistake and scored the parents names out and wote them in the correct next box. Someone has transcribed the baptism as that of two children on the same date, Frances (which is correct) and Elijah (which I can only assume was a mis-reading of the mother's name Elizab. There is no birth of Elijah registered, there is no baptism of Elijah in Waltham church records, so he doesn't exist. This is just a straight deletion required.
Thank you for your help.
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In general, the FamilySearch Family Tree is fully open-edit, meaning that we, the users/contributors, are the ones who correct any errors, including a child who has two profiles, one of which is attached to the wrong parents. There is no big staff of editors at FamilySearch.
If you are not familiar with the process, there are Help Articles covering almost every possible issue.
If you are not comfortable making the corrections, another user here will likely step in to guide you through step by step.1 -
There is no "Correction" of relationships needed. This is a straight forward deletion of two profiles request.
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Profiles that have been duplicated need to be merged, not deleted - merge is a standard and (sadly) frequent action and is available to all.
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Yes, several corrections are needed. If you're not comfortable handling them, then someone else can help you do it. There is no "FamilySearch" monitor/person to do it.
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Quoth LY4: "This is a straight forward deletion of two profiles request."
Unfortunately, there's nothing straightforward about deletion in an open-edit environment: it'd mean total disappearance of someone's work, with no means of retrieval. There are very limited circumstances under which FS staff will intervene and delete things, but it's much simpler and better if we the users merge-delete errors. That way, the full history is preserved.
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It's also better, in my opinion, for someone who is familiar with the family structure to be involved in the corrections. Some unknown staffer or well-meaning unrelated user may make the problem worse rather than better.
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