Request: Rename "FamilySearch Tree" option

Carter J Parker

I know there was already a post about this, but it's been closed, so I had to go here.

Up in the left-hand corner when you are viewing your tree, it currently says "FamilySearch Tree." From my understanding, it used to say "My Tree", and I'm glad that got changed. However, I wonder about renaming it to "Public Tree", or at the very least, changing the description given in the pop-down menu. Currently, it says "Your private tree connected to the public tree." Starting with the phrase "your private tree" keeps throwing me off. Could I suggest re-wording the description to something along the lines of "The public tree, including your individual private tree." This would help clarify that this is the tree everyone sees (other than your personal private people).

I know, it's a tiny detail, but my hope is it will help clarify to everyone what the different trees actually are, especially since Group Trees haven't been around for very long.

Alan E. Brown

I appreciate your efforts to clarify this point. But it's important to realize that every Family Group Tree is also connected to the public tree that everyone sees. So if we were to describe a Family Group Tree following your pattern, it would be labeled as "The public tree, including the Smith Family Group Tree." I'm concerned that this would confuse people, rather than clarifying the distinction.

Carter J Parker

Right now, there isn't any label on the family trees in the pop-up menu, just the main tree. And yeah, changing the description was just a small suggestion; it probably wouldn't matter too much.