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How do I edit Brief Life History? I had added an html file that no longer exists.

Gilbert4197
Gilbert4197 ✭
July 30 in Memories
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  • lindsayanngermer1
    lindsayanngermer1 ✭✭
    July 30

    @Gilbert4197 Do you have the ID number of the person you want to edit? Usually You'd follow these instructions.

    Editing the Brief Life History on the Website

    • Sign in to FamilySearch and open the Family Tree.
    • Navigate to the ancestor's person page and click on the Details tab.
    • Scroll down to the bottom of the page to find the Brief Life History section.
    • Click Edit (or click Add Brief Life History if the field is currently blank or overwritten).
    • Clear out the broken HTML text, type or paste the corrected text into the box, add a brief reason statement explaining your change, and click Save

    If you can provide the ID number I'll go try to duplicate what your wanting to do.

    Have a great evening.

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  • JulianBrown38
    JulianBrown38 ✭✭✭✭
    August 7

    @lindsayanngermer1 Am I missing something here? My understanding is that the Brief Life History is just a plain textbox. If you write or paste HTML code into it, all you end up with is HTML code.

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  • MandyShaw1
    MandyShaw1 ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 7

    I think the OP may have meant a link, not actual HTML markup, so being able to edit the text (as indicated by @lindsayanngermer1) should hopefully do the trick. @Gilbert4197 if you still don't have what you need please post again.

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  • MaureenE123
    MaureenE123 ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 7

    If @Gilbert4197 was talking about a link, a URL, which no longer exists, it would be worthwhile checking whether the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine contains an archived link, which could be substituted. https://web.archive.org

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