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How can Familysearch add a record or a new person but not cite it? Where would the information have

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May 7, 2020 edited February 8, 2021 in Search
How can Familysearch add a record or a new person but not cite it? Where would the information have come from?
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  • Brett .
    Brett . ✭✭✭✭✭
    May 7, 2020

    @marciireland marciireland​ 

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    Marci

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    Those questions are a little ambiguous ...

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    The "Deceased" individuals/persons in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" came from MANY areas, including individual Users/Patrons..

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    Those MANY areas include; but, are not limited to ...

    - "New.FamilySearch" (ie. the forerunner to "Family Tree")

    - 'Pedigrees' submitted by Members of the Church for "Temple" Work.

    - Other records submitted by, both, Members of the Church; and, non-members (eg. "Pedigree Resource File"; and, many more).

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    Whereas, the "Records" that appear on "FamilySearch" come from ALL around the World, held by various Record Custodians (both, government; and, non-government).

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    "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" is NOT perfect, nothing is,

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    Likewise, the likes of "Ancestry_com" and "MyHeritage_com" are certainly not perfect, far from it.

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    Now ...

    That said ...

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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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    Here is a good place to start, with how things work in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" (and, other programmes as well):

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    Introducing The Family History Guide

    https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/733

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    Introducing The Family History Guide

    https://ps-services-us-east-1-914248642252.s3.amazonaws.com/s3/help-learningcenter-fh1-prod-s3/2019/03/08/9b82903f-89e0-426f-8815-5e652b960d17/Introducing-TFHG.pdf

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    The Family History Guide

    https://www.thefhguide.com/.

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    I hope this helps.

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    Brett

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