Wrong Burial Info
The record for one of my aunts has wrong information. She is currently listed as being buried in WV when she is buried in KY. Can I change this? New to FamilySearch!
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@Kathy76643
Welcome to FamilySearch!
All users are capable of changing the profiles of individuals designated as deceased, unless the profiles are marked as read-only.
This article may be of help to you:However, if you are seeking to correct a record or a source, it depends upon the collection and where you are located.
If you have spotted an error with the burial locations for Find a Grave sources, this is a known problem that is actively being worked on.
More info can be found on the links listed on this post:Please write back if more assistance is needed.
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@Kathy76643 Welcome to FamilySearch Community.
Because the FamilySearch tree is a collaborative effort, any user can change the information on almost any deceased person's profile. So, you can change your aunt's burial place.
There is a known issue with FamilySearch at present. So, I would ask you, is the cemetery name where she is listed as being buried in WV the same as the correct cemetery name in KY? That is, right cemetery name but wrong place. If that is the case and the burial place has been updated in the last month or two, it is possible that this issue has misled the user who updated the burial place into selecting the wrong cemetery.
If you can provide the PID of your aunt's profile (the 8-character code shown in the example below), we will be able to see if that is the problem. In that case, I suggest that you don't change the place until we have been able to confirm what has happened.
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I visit my ancestor's grave often as it is a family cemetery and I know My INFORMATION IS CORRECT. Someone listed his burial in a distant state he never visited or lived in. You make it impossible for family members to correct that information. This site has automatically allowed changes to my family tree that I have composed knowing it is true. I am so upset over it all. In other words, when others are making their family tree and without the knowledge I have first hand, you allow their posting to their tree to change mine. Why? My tree is right because I know my family history and now it is full of misinformation.
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@A ElizabethBlankenship Welcome to the FamilySearch Community. If you can provide the PID for your ancestor (as per my previous comment above), we will be able to confirm whether what you are seeing is another case of the known issue with FindAGrave collection.
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