Christine Pettit
Sun, 06 Aug 2000 11:10:06 -0700
My understanding is that you cannot change the Ancestral File, but you can make an additional submission with the corrected information. That's why we often find conflicting information there. Certainly this would be better than leaving only the incorrect file there. At least this would alert folks to the fact that there is an error in one or the other of the files and your name would be available for contacting. Please...let us know if I am wrong about this. At 01:41 PM 8/6/00 -0400, you wrote: >My Grandfather sent in a large database to Ancestral File years and years >ago.... he had a professional researcher working on the family, but I have >found some mistakes. Probably in typing it into the computer. My grandfather >has since passed away, and I would like to know about how I go about changing >Ancestral File. I am not the original person to send it in; but I know the >new information I have is correct. Can I still have it changed if I explain >I'm his grandson? I would think only the original person could send it in, >but I have never done it before so I really don't know. I have several >hundred names to add; and many dates to correct on my grandfather's ancestral >file database. > >Also, he is in the database, but the file lists him as <living> How do I go >about changing that? I have found myself on the Ancestral File at the FHC, >but not on the website because I'm living. So, I assume they have the >information ABOUT my grandfather except his death date and place..... Should >I send that information too? He died several years ago, so it is not a recent >death....... > >If you can help, please post to the list or email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Bradley Marchant >Vineland Family History Center > > >==== LDS-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== >FamilySearch Internet is now online! Watch for new features! >http://www.familysearch.org/ >Probably now in the 'top ten' most popular websites on the 'net! ==== LDS-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== Basic info about the LDS Church Family History Program http://www.lds.org/ Click on Family History for basic info, Media Info for news.