GrandMothers Ancestry vanished!

DwayneTroxel

About a year ago all family information prior to my grand mothers birth vanished from our family tree. How does that happen? The subject is Lula May Johnson 23 May,1885 LCTX-5ZL. Prior to the vanishing, I had been able to trace our ancestry through my grandmother back to Europe and hundreds of years. If the records were wrong or disputed is there a process for correction that would result in the existing records just disappearing?

I've been trying to rebuild the tree branch but find it very slow going. Would love for some tech genous to just put it back or tell me what happened.

Thanks,

Dwayne Troxel

Paul W

@DwayneTroxel

If you read the change log (click on "Show all" under "Latest Changes" - or see https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/changelog/LCTX-5ZL) you will see a user named Lori Ann Johnson believes the details you attached (including ancestry) to your Lula May Johnson actually relate to "her" Lula Mae Johnson. Therefore, she has provided reason statements for her actions in deleting relationships that you had linked to your Lula May.

As this work was only carried out last September it should be well worth trying to contact her for any more detailed reasoning for her actions than she has already provided. Just click on her name (against one of her changes) and you will be given a link to send a message. There is no guarantee she will respond, but at least you can investigate her theory on an apparent mistaken identity.

DwayneTroxel

Paul,

Thanks for your help. Im a beginner and didn't even know that the change page existed. From what I've recently been able to document, Lori Johnson is correct, my grandmother was incorrectly attached to the wrong Johnson family tree.

Thanks,again,

Dwayne

RoseyGlow

DwayneTroxel - It is generous of you to admit the error. An open mind is so helpful when dealing with the ancestors.

Unfortunately, "Johnson" can be very tricky to search for, especially in places like the New York colony. In addition to the Johnson immigrants, people arrived here from all over Europe with names like Johanson, Jannsen, Johnstone, etc, and ended up as Johnson. In the 18th and 19th Centuries, New York was hip-deep in Johnsons! I have a G3GF from the Hudson River Valley named "John Johnson" - with that common given name, it is currently impossible to search for his parents. So, I feel your pain.

All the best genealogical luck.