Found sources attached someone else's tree

Ágnes7056

I created a person on my tree, and later found her on someone else's tree, with more infos and sources, but different ID than on my tree. How can I attach the same sources and links?

Wayland K Adams

Hi In family search, there is not really your tree and someone else's tree. There is just one universal tree. I know it is convenient to talk about your tree and that is okay. However, on Family Search, we only want one profile per person. In your case, if these two different profiles are the same person, they should be merged. The result will be one profile with the sources and links from the two merged profiles. Here are the detailed instructions for merging. Hope this helps.

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-merge-duplicates-in-family-tree-by-id

RaniM

Hi Ágnes, as the profile you have created is the newer profile with less information, you need to merge the profile you created into the already existing and more detailed profile, per @Wayland K Adams attached instructions.

Whist it can be tempting to preserve the new profile you created, keeping the older/more complete profile is not only good etiquette, it is best practice when making contributions to the shared tree. Doing so preserves the more detailed change log, allowing other contributors the most comprehensive insight into contributions made to the individual. This is particularly helpful in making sure the profile is as accurate as possible and is vital in avoiding and reversing errors should they arise.

Best wishes in your research.