User "loraleerincon1" is making trouble without reacting to my messages
Dear all!
There have been made some changes in the registry regarding some royal family lineage of Germany. Now the user "loraleerincon1 is repeatedly making some changes, which I cannot understand and deleting a fair part of my family tree. Unfortunately all contact tries have failed. I'm asking now, where can I report ill-behaviour in family trees changes?
Thank you very much for your help.
Yours sincerely
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@PhilippHonegger I just tried the email envelope and entered the username you posted as a Recipient and I got "no results" but to answer your question, I think you can Flag the "troublemaker" so I'm tagging @Sam Sulser to help you as I'm not FS staff — also, you can phone FS Support Help in the US at 866-406-1830
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@PhilippHonegger you could try Report Abuse on one of the profiles in question but I should warn you that the bar is very high for abuse. However high volume or careless the activity, FS is likely to be unprepared to take action. You may have to revert the incorrect changes via the profile change log and then follow the profile in case it happens again.
Users can't delete profiles that have ever been edited by someone else, btw, the removal of relationships is likely a factor here.
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I can't find the user in FS Chat either. @PhilippHonegger it would be good if you could post an example profile PID if you need further Community help.
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@maryellenstevensbarnes1 Thank you for your comitment and your answer!
@MandyShaw1 Thank to you as well Mrs. Shaw! What do you mean by "post an example profile PID"? Do you mean I should publicly post the ID of the so called "Troublemaker"? Or should I post the PID of my deceased ancestor of my family tree in question?
Thank you two. It could also be that I' m wrong and the user has evidence for his right to change the relations. But then, it would be good for me to know, why this is so, in order to understand the changes. For I have found in different genealogy sites the same evidence of mine, that I put forward.
I wish you a blessed time!
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https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/comment/613427#Comment_613427
This is what I don't understand! Maybe there is a quarrel amidst historians?
Thank you for your advice!
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'PID of my deceased ancestor of my family tree in question' please - sorry for the confusion.
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It is about : GT1H-TZH
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@PH_3546779G7J9056_CHSW This kind of thing pops up pretty often in the FamilySearch Tree. Have you tried reaching out to the contributor directly? If you click on their name in the change log, you’ll see both an email and a chat link. That’s usually the quickest way to clear things up.
It’s worth remembering that even one relationship change can ripple through a whole branch of the tree. Sometimes those edits come from solid research, but other times they’re from folks who are still learning the ropes and just trying to fix what looks off to them.
There’s a great post with tips on how to track changes made by others—it can really help you stay on top of what’s happening in your lines.
And just a heads‑up: what used to be called the CET (personal tree in FamilySearch) is now the GEDCOM upload. When you upload a GEDCOM file, you’re creating your own online tree that you can build, edit, and manage independently.
Hope that helps! It’s all part of the collaborative nature of the Tree—we’re learning together and keeping family history alive.
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Thank you all dearly for your participation and help!!!
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Thank you too!!! How can I upload a GEDCOM-file. I can't pay the paid sites as are "Ancestry" or "geneanet.org". So my experience with Familysearch is the best option I could get. It is also worth to elaborate my family tree, here. Greetings
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Mazy's comment above
provides a link to the up to date FS information concerning gedcom uploads (note that this functionality has recently changed considerably).
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