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Is it possible to upload a gedcom to familysearch? thanks

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August 18, 2020 edited July 22, 2024 in Family Tree
Is it possible to upload a gedcom to familysearch? thanks
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  • Dennis J Yancey
    Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 18, 2020

    have you checked to see if the people in your GEDCOM are not already in FS??

     

    keep in mind when you upload to FS - you are not uploading to your own private database - we all are accessing a single shared collaborative database.

    so anything you upload - can and will affect the work of others.

    and if the people in your GEDCOM are already in FS - you will merely be creating a bunch of duplicates.

     

    see:

    https://community.familysearch.org/s/feed/0D53A00004skwTTSAY

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  • Julia Szent-Györgyi
    Julia Szent-Györgyi ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 18, 2020

    As Dennis says (implies), the answer is "yes, but."

     

    It is possible to upload a file to the Genealogies section of FamilySearch. This becomes a searchable but static archive: anybody can look at the data, but nobody (not even you) can change it. (Well, OK, you can change it by deleting the file and uploading a new one.)

     

    Where the major problems come in is when a file uploaded to Genealogies is then used to populate the Family Tree. FamilySearch does offer a tool for this, but it is badly flawed: it generally results in dozens or even hundreds of duplicate profiles, and can blow out years of good research with a single accidental click.

     

    If you want to use FamilySearch as a form of backup for your family tree file, you can upload it by clicking Search at the top of any (non-Communities) FamilySearch page, choosing Genealogies, and scrolling down to the bottom of that page.

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