Explain like I'm 5. Regarding Match pop ups
I have stacks of physical documents and bibles and photos to digitize. We have DNA verification for many individuals probing our information pool was the least error filled. The bibles say who got fostered and where. Why (orphans or safety visit from epidemic).
I don't want to create a redundant ID #, but neither do I want to merge with error riddled, eagerly documented ancestors.
I tried to search. Maybe my autism is making me miss the better boolean questions here in community hence my post that likely has been asked at least once since 2012.
What is best method to use that ID without merging its info.
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I can think of several things you might do.
One possibility might be to request to join the new User Owned Trees (also known as Controlled Edit Trees or CETs) experiment. In the User Owned Trees you create a group and a tree that is only editable by those you have invited to your group. It works just like the regular FamilySearch Family Tree. People can find your tree profiles by searching in the FamilySearch Tree, except they will not be able to edit them. That way you can use all the sources available on FamilySearch and make your good research visible to others, but it can't get messed up by random users. Once you have the individuals all correct, you can then edit the profiles on the FamilySearch Tree to match and clean them up.
Another option is to keep your research in a third-party genealogy program such as RootsMagic or LegacyFamilyTree. You can find these programs in FamilySearch's Solutions Gallery. That way you can keep it all correct and not have anyone touch it. Once you have it sufficiently complete, you can then edit the FamilySearch Tree profiles to correct them. Just make sure that you give plenty of explanations in the reason statements.
You could create a tree in one of the other companies that work with private trees and create a note in the profiles that are confused in FamilySearch.
Where you have DNA matches, this might be the best way, because there are no built-in DNA tools on FamilySearch, while there are tree-building options available on sites that provide DNA testing. If you have good explanations and sourcing in your other tree, people researching on FamilySearch will notice your notes, realize that your research is good and start copying your good research into FamilySearch Tree.
There are probably other ways to handle your situation as well. These are just a few that I thought of.
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Hhmmm. What my biggest conundrum was that my tree will generate alt/ new IDs for same individuals.
Originally, I thought to upload my gedcom.
But in order cast for more dna matches I already have 850 people and still 3 branches that need to be taken to 1800. The phone might die before finishing.
My mom's research is in both of those programs on PC. We are living the gypsy life at present. ...yay housing crisis.... not!
But ancestry has her privte tree and my new tree.
Every suggestion is another drop to drink
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@Robert92856 Where the FamilySearch Tree is badly messed up, you are most likely going to need to create duplicates with different IDs until you get the mess all cleaned up. Don't worry about the duplicates until you have your lines all straight. Then you will be able to clean up the messed up part and merge the duplicates, but they will then show the correct family lines. It is good that you are thinking through the process before you start. Having a plan will help immensely in keeping things straight.
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