My dad is wrong

Melissa_Litchfield

My father, Ronald Milton Hill, shows from New Hampshire even after I've edited all the info. My grand parents and great grandparents are wrong.

I know I most likely messed up somehow, but can I start from scratch somehow? ​

Amy Archibald

Hi Melissa! You need to move forward and edit everything that you have identified as wrong. There isn't a "start over" option ... just a "move forward".

Here are some Help Center articles to help you make the changes you may need to make:

How do I change vital information in Family Tree? 

https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-change-vital-information-in-family-tree 

How do I correct parent-child relationships in Family Tree? 

https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-correct-parent-child-relationships-in-family-tree 

A person in Family Tree has the wrong spouse 

https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/a-person-in-family-tree-has-the-wrong-spouse 

How do I add or change marriage information in Family Tree? 

https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-add-or-change-marriage-information-in-family-tree 

Amy Archibald

Hi Melissa! You need to move forward and edit everything that you have identified as wrong. There isn't a "start over" option ... just a "move forward".

Here are some Help Center articles to help you make the changes you may need to make:

How do I change vital information in Family Tree? 

https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-change-vital-information-in-family-tree 

How do I correct parent-child relationships in Family Tree? 

https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-correct-parent-child-relationships-in-family-tree 

A person in Family Tree has the wrong spouse 

https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/a-person-in-family-tree-has-the-wrong-spouse 

How do I add or change marriage information in Family Tree? 

https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-add-or-change-marriage-information-in-family-tree 

JeffWiseman

Also be aware that the Ronald Hill and his ancestors that you are looking at may all be correct entries but just aren't related to you. YOUR father Robert may either be someplace else in the system or not created yet.

Don't go changing any of those records until you determine that they were incorrectly associated with you. They could very well be individuals that you are not related to but have been incorrectly attached or merged into your ancestry. If so, modifying them would just be destroying good information that someone else has worked to enter into the system correctly.

Check all the sources and read the notes before assuming that you need to "change" them when the correct solution might be to just detach that Ronald Hill (or undo an incorrect merge on his PID earlier)

JeffWiseman

Also be aware that the Ronald Hill and his ancestors that you are looking at may all be correct entries but just aren't related to you. YOUR father Robert may either be someplace else in the system or not created yet.

Don't go changing any of those records until you determine that they were incorrectly associated with you. They could very well be individuals that you are not related to but have been incorrectly attached or merged into your ancestry. If so, modifying them would just be destroying good information that someone else has worked to enter into the system correctly.

Check all the sources and read the notes before assuming that you need to "change" them when the correct solution might be to just detach that Ronald Hill (or undo an incorrect merge on his PID earlier)