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karenmacleodyoung
karenmacleodyoung ✭
July 22, 2021 edited July 18, 2024 in Family Tree

What happened my tree seems to be all “read only”. Will it be fixed? Help!?!?

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  • catanderson
    catanderson ✭
    July 22, 2021

    Mine just changed to "Read Only" as well

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  • melaniericks1
    melaniericks1 ✭
    July 22, 2021

    The same thing happened to me. It was working fine an hour ago, but now everything is read-only, including my own record.

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  • Sandy27
    Sandy27 ✭
    July 22, 2021

    Same. Was working and then everything is marked as read only? Hopefully it gets fixed soon

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  • Gary Hatch
    Gary Hatch ✭
    August 8, 2021

    Can someone answer how does a person get the label of 'read only'? One of my ancestors has this label.

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  • Brett .
    Brett . ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 8, 2021

    @Gary Hatch

    Welcome to the "Community.FamilySearch" Forum.

    I am just another 'lowly' User/Patron ...

    FYI

    The "Ready Only" status, is ONLY applied, to an individual/person, by 'FamilySearch' (ie. Data Administration).

    As far as I was aware, the "Ready Only" status is (generally) applied to "Deceased" individuals/persons where they are some of importance/note.

    [ eg, The Prophet of the Church, "Joseph SMITH" ... ]

    The reason being that, for those of importance/note, there can be COUNTLESS descendants, MANY of whom are making "Changes" to those individuals/persons; and, there needs to be some 'Control' of the "Changes" for such individuals/persons. Generally, 'FamilySearch' makes the necessary "Changes" to those individuals/person, on behalf of their descendants.

    IF, you want some work, done on a "Ready Only" individual/person, who you ARE related to; THEN, you can request that be done by 'FamilySearch' through 'FamilySearch' "Support".

    Here is a "Knowledge Article" in 'FamilySearch':

    What are read-only records in Family Tree?

    https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/what-are-read-only-records-in-family-tree

    https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/what-are-read-only-records-in-family-tree

    I hope this helps, somewhat.

    Brett

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