Whyy? Who detaches multiple obviously correct sources?!
Got a bunch of notifications on my "followed" tab that someone had detached almost ALL the sources for a couple I've been working on for YEARS. Census records (also detached from all her children), marriage records, death records naming them, even multiple documents with citations that I had uploaded myself!
They didn't attach them to anyone else — just detached them all from this family. I messaged them to ask why they felt they were incorrect, but I don't expect to hear back.
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Some people truly don't understand the collaborative nature of the FS Tree. And others just aren't very good at research.
I have recently been dealing with someone who changed names and sources for one of my long-established ancestral lines. The other was confident I was wrong and warned me off when I began to repair, including "back off" and "cut it out" remarks.
Turns out the other contributor had made an error tracing back and it was that "research" that caused the conflict. I finally had to research and heavily document the "other guy" to prove and stop the repeated changes and deletions.Good luck!
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Argh, that sounds like a massive pain!
This particular couple was biracial but had at least one child who passed as white — so I thought at first it was maybe related to that, that someone thought I must be wrong because one of their sons had listed "white" everywhere as his race. But nope, they didn't touch the son. Just detached ALL the things from the parents. (sob)1 -
Fortunately, it's relatively easy to repair, using the change log and "restore." It does take time, and can be very annoying when you have to do it multiple times on the same person. Trust me, I know about that part! I enlisted the help of a cousin on that branch, who is an excellent researcher, and a friend, who is a professional genie. We ganged up on the other user - not in a mean way, I just mean that the 3 of us working together could keep ahead of the repeated messes.
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