Unconnected person from Mobile App

LegacyUser

Daniel Alfredo Herrera Moncada said: It would be very helpful to add "unconnected person" from the mobile app. Correct me if I'm wrong but, I think there is not an easy access to this option from the mobile app.

LegacyUser

Tom Huber said: Welcome to the community support forum for FamilySearch. FamilySearch personnel read every discussion thread and may or may not respond as their time permits. We all share an active interest in using the resources of this site and as users, we have various levels of knowledge and experience and do our best to help each other with concerns, issues, and/or questions.

I just poked around with my iPad and could not find any means by which an unconnected person could be added to the massive tree in FamilySearch. I tried several different approaches and none of them got me to a point where I could add a person to the tree.

LegacyUser

Tom Huber said: To be honest, I'm really surprised that there is no option. For instance, if I searched for the name of a person (using Find) and none were found, I should be able to add that person to the tree. I tried Recents, which in the web version, as the option at the bottom of the list. Not there in the iPad version.

LegacyUser

David Newton said: It's one of the major remaining holes in the mobile app functionality. It's one I have argued should be a very, very high priority to close. What can be done is to go to FSFT via a web browser and do it that way. Bit of a kludge, but it does work.

Alan E. Brown

In case anyone comes across this discussion from January 2020, I would note that in March 2020 both the iOS and Android mobile Tree apps added the ability to add an unconnected person. This is done via a button at the bottom of the Recents list.

VartikaNain

Thank you for letting everybody know.

dontiknowyou

An easy way to get to the bottom of a long Recents list is push the list down to get the Search bar at the top, and type a few random characters. For me usually "x" will do. That filters the Recents list and usually the Add Unconnected Person button will be visible without scrolling.