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Michele

Michele Report 6 Apr 2022 02:07

Hi
I have found relatives on Genes where it is saying that a person married one of these people but none of them are the person they actually married. Is there a way of correcting the information?
Thanks Michele

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 6 Apr 2022 03:31

Depends on where you are finding the information.

If it is on Member Trees, then you would have to contact every tree owner and tell them. Then hope that a) they are still alive and active on here, and b) that they pay attention to you!

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 6 Apr 2022 07:12

If it’s just a marriage entry then it will be those on the same page entry but you would have to work out who the couples are

It may just be too you have found a name that is the same as the one you are looking for but it’s a different person

It’s surprising how many people have the same names

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Michele

Michele Report 6 Apr 2022 14:52

The number of the entry for both my relatives is the same, but it doesn’t match any of the other entries on the marriages. I guess it doesn’t matter as I know the correct marriage but anyone else looking may be sent off on a wild goose chase!

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 6 Apr 2022 15:24

Maybe a typo on one of the entries or a mistrancription

Some of the typed records are hard to read as blurred so 3 can look like 8 etc

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 6 Apr 2022 17:55

Michele .................

most of us do not use the records on GR.

There are much better records, many for free. For example, FreeBMD, FreeReg, GRO

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 10 Apr 2022 05:12



A relative of my maternal cousin’s daughter’s husband took a big chunk of ‘our’ family tree and added it to her own. Not only did she have our surname wrong, she had numerous other errors wrong too. When I contacted her to tell her she ignored me and still has the wrong name etc. So misleading for others !

Lizxx