Who can change family tree records on Family Search . org? Also, what is the process for validatin
Also, what is the process for validating and fixing errors?
Years ago, I obtained extensive family history records from a variety of sources. Some of the information at that time was supported by the records in familysearch.org or its predecessor. Now the relationships have changed extensively in familysearch.org.
Years ago familysearch.org showed Gomaliel Mahlon William Holeton was born in 1826 in Muskingum, Ohio, and he was one of the children of Nicholas Linmeyer Holeton born in 1774 in Gloucester, New Jersey. Now, the familysearch.org data shows Gomaliel is the son of John Holton who died in Minnesota and I suspect this record is in error. The data may have changed in the last five years or so. Find A Grave shows Gomaliel is the son of Nicholas Holeton. I also have some correspondence from distant relatives who lived in the Seattle area that indicated Gomaliel was listed as one of the children of Nicholas in the probate of his will. This information was posted on a Holeton Family website that may have been supported by a Washington State History group or organization at the time and I saved a picture of the website. The website no longer exists. I'm not able to reach the relatives in Seattle and our correspondence occurred in the late 1990's, so I am searching for anyone from that area that might still have some of the related information. If I find someone with the probate of Nicholas' will, is that information sufficient to make changes to the familysearch.org data? Are there any other resources that might be able to verify any records that are this far in the past?
Thanks
Dave
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Anyone can change records in FamilySearch Family Tree as it isn't owed by anyone individually but used by all collectively. There are many posts about this.
Many people have found it helpful to have there own personal family tree in another program of their choice that only they can change.
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Thanks Shelly
I'm not planning to change anything on this site, but your answer explains what I think might have occurred. I started with Family Tree Maker software in the late 1990's, so I have a lot of data in a database that I control and surprisingly the application still runs good on Windows 10. I've found it helpful to use census data to resolve discrepancies for ancestors who lived in the USA in the 1800's. I'm still looking for ways to confirm some of my data from before the 1800's. It's been a lot of fun.
Dave
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