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Maria14908
Maria14908 ✭
December 21 in General Questions

Hello,

I see that someone, could have been me.. (OOPS) at some point in time, typed the last name of our family (mother's maiden name) incorrectly. There are a number of other trees where the last name is correct, but there is one that is incorrect and it needs to be deleted or amended. It won't allow me to edit it. What's the work around on this? Any suggestions?

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  • marylynhoward1
    marylynhoward1 ✭
    December 21

    Maria,

    I am sure it is frustrating that you were unable to edit your mother's maiden name. I need to ask you to tell me what steps you followed, or where you tried, in order to edit the name.

    I will watch for your response.

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  • Maria14908
    Maria14908 ✭
    December 22

    Geeze, I am not sure the program seems a bit daunting. I saw that her maiden name is correct on one profile, but it is incorrect on another. I could Merge or match it to the other accounts and write a note that it is incorrect, but it won't allow me to edit it. So that's frustrating.

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  • Maria14908
    Maria14908 ✭
    December 22 edited December 22

    Maybe you can look it up - my name is Maria [name removed for privacy]. My mother's name is Carole or Carol (spelled both ways on two different census reports. Last name correct is Hendrickson; incorrect is Hendrick.

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  • A TREE
    A TREE ✭
    December 22

    Merged together Carole Hendrickson PW28-XLN

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  • Maria14908
    Maria14908 ✭
    December 22

    Okay, so you can merge it. But it's so uncomfortable having Hendrick in there at all because it is WRONG. LOL!

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  • Maria14908
    Maria14908 ✭
    December 22

    Thank you for your time in answering.

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  • MandyShaw1
    MandyShaw1 ✭✭✭✭✭
    December 22
    https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/comment/615039#Comment_615039

    @Maria14908

    You should always be able to edit the name on a profile, except where the profile is read-only, which was clearly not the case here. You would tap the pencil icon next to the relevant information on the profile's Details tab. If you did that and it didn't work, please provide more information.

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  • A TREE
    A TREE ✭
    December 22

    It now shows Carole Hendrickson only, merge, edited name, edited sources that had Hendrick to Hendrickson

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