In Family Tree, you can edit a person's brief life history that has been written by a Family Tree user. You can also choose to replace the computer-generated life history shown on the About tab with the user-written history on the Details tab.
Steps (website)
Tip: Many Family Tree users appreciate it when other users contact them before making changes. You can send a brief and courteous message about your proposed changes to the Brief Life History using FamilySearch messaging.
- Sign in to FamilySearch, click Family Tree, and then click Tree.
- Find the person on the tree that you want to enhance.
- Click the person's name. In the details that pop-up, click the person's name again. You will be taken to that person’s page.
- Click Details.
- Scroll to the bottom of this tab.
- In the Brief Life History, click More.
- Click Edit.
- Enter your corrections and a reason statement to explain why the information is correct.
- If you want this version of the brief life history to replace the computer-generated history on the About tab, click Publish this Brief Life History to the about page.
- Click Save.
Steps (mobile app)
- Navigate to the Person page of the individual whose information that you want to correct.
- Tap Details.
- Tap the Brief Life History
- On an Apple iOS device, in the upper-right corner, tap the three dots then tap Edit Brief Life History.
- On an Android device, below the Brief Life History, tap Edit.
- Enter your corrections, and tap Continue.
- Enter a reason statement to explain why the information is correct.
- Tap Save.
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