How do I change the starting person for a group?
Found my answer in this article:
I started the group for my siblings. We would like to make our father our starting person, but right now it is me. I clicked on Starting Person, then change. I tried to type my father's name in the search bar but it shows "No Results."
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The article you provide a link to is to change the starting person in your FamilySearch account.
If you want to change the starting person in a family group tree, please see
https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-set-the-starting-person-in-a-family-group-tree
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Currently you cannot set a single ancestor as the starting person for everyone in the family group tree. The starting person within the family group tree is really about who you are in the family group tree and links your FamilySearch account to that particular profile. As such, it is individually set for each member of the family group.
The article that you posted can be used to change who you set as your family tree start person. However, you will need to copy his profile ID from your family group tree and paste it into that block. The system cannot search for it within your family group tree. However, this will still only set YOUR start person. All of your siblings would need to set him as their start person for themselves.
Know that setting this start person will make it impossible to switch to the FamilySearch Tree in the tree selector drop-down, as you have set your 'home person' to a person in your family group tree so it will always go to that person in the family group tree. That may not be an issue, because you can see all the deceased ancestors in the FamilySearch Tree by following the ancestors of the living people in your family group tree. Just don't be surprised that clicking on the FamilySearch Tree in the tree selector dropdown takes you back to your family group tree, not the FamilySearch Tree.
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@Deborah M. Price You haven't responded back with additional issues, so it would seem that you have gotten sufficient answer for your issue. Therefore, I am closing this discussion. If you have further issues, please start a new post in this group.
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