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how to add a helper

User15883596006862497871
User15883596006862497871
May 1, 2020 edited February 8, 2021 in FamilySearch Account
how to add a helper

where to put helper #

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  • User15883596006862497871
    User15883596006862497871
    May 1, 2020 Answer ✓

    i want to invite someone, give them my helper number to help with my tree

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  • Dennis J Yancey
    Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
    May 1, 2020 Answer ✓

    [ be sure and click "expand post" ]

     

    has the person that want to help you - had any experience using helper mode?

     

    your helper number is on your account settings.

    within FS - click on your name/user id in upper right and then click on settings and account

    and you will see your own helper number

    you will give this number to the person who is helping.

     

    is the person who is helping you a member of the LDS church?

     

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  • Family Bible
    Family Bible ✭✭✭
    May 1, 2020 Answer ✓

    Helper mode is only available where the person helping is a LDS member or FHC consultant

     

    what is it you are tryng to accomplish by help mode?

    what precisely are you trying to share or view with your brother?

    (be as specific as possible)

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  • Family Bible
    Family Bible ✭✭✭
    May 1, 2020 Answer ✓

    so for example if I wanted to point you at one of my ancestors

    I can simply copy and paste the URL

    see for example my grandfather: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWZZ-P4P

     

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  • Family Bible
    Family Bible ✭✭✭
    May 1, 2020 Answer ✓

    info on living persons is private - and thus must be kept secure

    legally FS has to restrict info on living persons - just to the person who created them.

     

    does it create duplicates - technically yes - but no one will see the duplicates -until the person is deceased and the records have been marked as deceased. At that point they will/can be merged.

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  • Family Bible
    Family Bible ✭✭✭
    May 1, 2020 Answer ✓

    [expand post]

     

    most of your family tree is deceased people (your ancestors etc.)

    and most FS users are people focused on the deceased people .

    Familysearch is focused on the use of its tools for deceased people.

    but FS does let you enter living people for your private use.

     

    if you really wanted to . . .

    you could enter your living persons and generate a pdf chart - and then privately share that chart via email) if you wished - but then FS is out of the loop and you are responsible for complying with privacy laws.

     

    (not everyone in your family tree - will appreciate their info being shared)

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  • Family Bible
    Family Bible ✭✭✭
    May 1, 2020 Answer ✓

    Keep in mind FamilySearch Family tree - is one single massive database we all share.

    (it is not "my database versus your database" )

    putting info into FS (for deceased persons) makes it available "to the world".

    You dont want that happening to the infor you entered for living persons

     

     

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  • Family Bible
    Family Bible ✭✭✭
    May 1, 2020 Answer ✓

    and who would be creating the duplicates . . .?

    probably only a handful of people among your relatives who are FS users

    so not that many real "duplicates" - that cant easily be handled by a "merge" when the person is deceased.

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  • Dennis J Yancey
    Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
    May 1, 2020

    please clarify what you are trying to accomplish (in relation to helper mode and helper numbers) and then we can be sure to give the correct response.

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  • User15883596006862497871
    User15883596006862497871
    May 1, 2020

    No its my brother

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  • User15883596006862497871
    User15883596006862497871
    May 1, 2020

    I want him to be able to view my family tree, he is on it.

    I cannot find a way to share the tree with anyone?

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  • Family Bible
    Family Bible ✭✭✭
    May 1, 2020

    and he can indeed do that . . .. creating and using his own account

    (at least for the people in the family tree that are deceased)

     

    no helper mode needed.

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  • Family Bible
    Family Bible ✭✭✭
    May 1, 2020

    here is info on how to share your family tree

    https://community.familysearch.org/s/feed/0D53A00004nyuo2SAA

     

    (for DECEASED people in the family tree)

     

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  • Dennis J Yancey
    Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
    May 1, 2020

    I highly recommend this video

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwRSRZ9amlM

     

    which is just one of many listed here

     

    http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/family_search_videos.htm

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  • User15883596006862497871
    User15883596006862497871
    May 1, 2020

    will no one be able to see the living people i have added then? Won't this cause lots of duplicates?

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  • User15883596006862497871
    User15883596006862497871
    May 1, 2020

    Yes I understand, I just think it would be nice for him to just explore my tree with all the siblings, children and grandchildren added which are living also.

    If they could implement a private share or something, oh well I do understand. Thanks!

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  • Family Bible
    Family Bible ✭✭✭
    May 1, 2020

    I understand it being nice

    it also creates all sort of legal issues for any organization providing the tool

     

    and no one wants those legal issues

     

    but you can share the info privately through other means.

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  • User15883596006862497871
    User15883596006862497871
    May 1, 2020

    OK, thanks, I know there must be some way, I actually have a lot of living ppl on my tree right now, we are a hardy bunch and have many 70, 80 and 90 + year olds with deceased spouses and children so it leaves (gaps) but I completely understand.

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  • Family Bible
    Family Bible ✭✭✭
    May 1, 2020

    and you can create a single family report - and share it with all of them.

    but the "share part" is outside of FS.

     

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