tree. If you have any ideas about more things you can do to
prune your tree, let me know in the comments. If you want to
click detach. And they'll ask me a reason why. And then I'll
So, that's some of the things you can do to prune your family
genealogists make mistakes including this Devon Noel Lee
this was wrong is because I know William stayed in England.
my mom. She did it on purpose. Now the reason that this is
person. If you're new to the that Devon Noel Lee person is
record. He didn't go over to the US so this is wrong. So I
So we're going to just delete it. We don't even need a bottle
want to detach this record. I click view sorts and then I
that that this person who put it on is a bad genealogist.
that I'm going to tell you that you can do to clean up the tree
that it was created which you can see so there there are also
glitch or something. I don't know what's going through the
one let's take a look it's doesn't have any information
notes back from back when FamilySearch was created back
create person created from a Jedcon file they those are
thing you can do to clean up the FamilySearch is or just
discoveries or or questions or just things that really doesn't
put the reason. This is not a time to say that you're a bet
learn a little bit more about FamilySearch, check out this
the sources based on the dates that you've provided. Another
It's just a time say why that why I know that this is wrong.
He was born and died in England and this is a US Civil War
mind of this Devon Lee person. This note is not very helpful.
is to detach obviously incorrect sources. All
just as a title that might be a Form but we don't know what
a lot of random notes that just don't make any sense like this
about Jedcon files like migrated from JedCon file or
with a reason statement. It's nobody nobody's going to get
mad at us. The last thing you can do to clean up the tree
kind of a form it is is it a record? Maybe it was just a a
useful in any way. And those are the ones you want to
fit into sources. But there are just some notes that are not
in 2012 and they don't have any information other than the fact
delete. One good rule thumb is anything that does says things
things you can do with notes. Um it's a way to put new
remove on it helpful notes. There there are a lot of useful
the date added to them. This is because they're part of the the
this right in the date and then save it and now it's in
timeline. This is a new feature that FamilySearches rolled out
one source supporting it which is that source that was
page let's just do a quick search because we have because
this one is a birth and a christening. So clearly it
marriage plate and base that they that has all the
the specific source to the information that the source has
Family Tree is to tag sources. What this does is this links
the date is added to that sort that source and if you refresh
your page it's the FamilySearch will sort the date sort
added them yourself in the I'm going to just going to do this
FamilySearch the data more easily and click save. So now
you're clicking this thing to standardize it. That that helps
also some records on the FamilySearch website that don't have
browse only collections which aren't indexed which would
one. There's a deed purchased in 1847. Now always make sure
which is how they get the date. So you're going to have it
chronological order with the the other things. There are
you're going to need to add add the date manually in which case
that. It really doesn't matter which one you put the
information that's more complete alright here so we
want to keep and we want to keep all the in in these two.
records particularly the more index ones but for sources from
along with their timeline feature which you can see watch
their life. Now, FamilySearch does this for some of the
sources based on the time the the year in which they took
supporting it. It just wasn't tagged as being supporting of
that's still a a name that they went by as one of their
date in place so we're just we're going to consolidate them
a nickname say if a record listed in as William Bucky
dramatically different from Colgin so we're going to keep
tagged it, we go back here and look at that. The birth now has
it. A new thing you can do to is add dates to the sources
one now you can see we have one marriage place that one
Because that's what it gives us information about. Once we've
there is they're just not tagged. So over in the sources
another thing you can do to clean up the FamilySearch
multiple ones with different pieces of information so
Lauren are not the same thing. So we want to just say we're
just changing it to the married name. Another thing we can do
change the name back to the maiden name. Her maiden name
place and put the seventeen on it, the seventeenth of
One of them has a more specific date and we want to keep that
information that we know about that marriage instead of having
one just 1830, we have September 8 of 1830 and we have
into consolidate and delete the others into make have one date,
September. So now we have this option that has all the the
and the other has more specific place. We want to also keep
additional information on and then the other one they delete.
same. So in going down to his parents we know Michael Colt
about the mom. So in genealogy we like to have the the name at
Michael and M M I C H L is for Michael but for the sake of
standardized date right here and now there's only one date
going to go over and change the name to Lauren. And we leave a
names we only want to keep stuff that's dramatically
here is we can delete duplicate information. With alternate
which is has all the information so we're going to
17th of September 1830, these are the variations of the same
variations of the same thing so we just click edit and then
guy. There you go. And of course you have just leave a
date that the algorithm sees. It just all the dates on the
William. So I'm just going to expand that to say William. And
standardized so the algorithm knows what date this is. We
church in the information for people to find it. We also have
it's fairly simple it's just from 1842, we're going to put
other websites such as this city director of in Don's list
videos about there but what this does is allows you to sort
place which is really helpful for seeing what happened in
was Lauren but she later appeared as Colgan because
should be tagged for the birth and the chrysanthemum right?
the standardized date and the shown date are one and the
time we're going to skip over bit and we're going to talk
consistent. Even though we can see that this date has been
click delete and then put the reason as duplicate information
alternate names in this case all of these names are
Colgin then we'd keep that to note that it is a nickname but
that as an alternate name another example is if they had
I'm going to edit up on this profile is the name. WM means
fixed. Another thing we want to do is make the date so
the birth here has no sources supporting the the evidence but
things like the names and the dates. Um try to standardize
I'm just going to take this this one that has more specific
about a particular event. Going back to William it looks like
more specific information and we can go ahead and delete this
Bergenheimer or something. That's not Colgan. That's
organized and usually all it takes is remove just changing
one thing taking off the zero and look at that it's we have a
in this case we had a couple dates for his parents we have
have two options here of which date place combination we
delete this 1830 and we mark that this there's other
let's go over and and cover how you can fix duplicate dates so
so now that we've cleaned out that that area of the profile
different from their the name that we have on their profile.
If we had for instance a record that gave his name as William
them and also the correct information. The first thing
want to make the date that people seem look like the the
put a recent statement to saying it. It's on the death
place. So now we have the church. It now we have the
standardizing thing. This is like a big change. Colgin and
reason say for what we're doing because this isn't just like a
that's the record was given from her married name. So we're
Another thing you can do to clean up the FamilySearch
then look at that. The exclamation mark went away.
this 1831, where the christening took place is
within the time that this this entity existed so that's the
little reason statement saying that's what you're doing. And
And so in this case she she had her name changed from her
in Yorkshire now this is this this Bradford existed as entity
birth which is the maiden name instead of the married name.
maiden name to her married name. So we're going to just
a place name that FamilySearch can find to help them find this
Family Tree is to edit vital information. This includes
then it was restructured after 1974, but this is date range
the county or whatever it is and then the the country so for
this it's not it doesn't say itself as a church so I'm just
FamilySearch Tree look the same and more consistent and
certificate and then you're going to save it. And now it's
people people come in they read it they say oh it's a church
place this drop down menu over here just view the city and and
but for FamilySearch they just need the the town or city
times standard the problems where the FamilySearch has a
standard edition. It's is it is you have additional information
going to put that there and let's also add spaces between
township whatever it is and that's right here this Bradford
the cemetery is another place for burials. So so in those
like you know the specific church where it took place or
that's less common but they have this red exclamation mark
ancestor. A FamilySearch makes it really easy to see where
happened. Where they lived in 1900. And turning that into a
FamilySearches has having a problem breeding it. So often
that so now it's more obvious this is a church and so when
the commons because a good English FamilySearch reads
next to the the the place name and that lets you know that
place of christening and then have the standardized event
cases what you want to do is you want to leave it in the
these unstandardized date places are and also dates but
locations. The idea behind this is you're taking the the note
find hints and and record and other duplicates of your
Search Family Tree. One thing you can do that's one thing you
that you've written down of where that where the thing
format that the algorithm of FamilySearch can use to to can do to clean up your family tree is to standardize
In order to keep your family tree healthy and strong, you
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