You can correct a person's listed sex in Family Tree. The options are male, female, and unspecified.

You can fix incorrectly or inadvertently merged records that contain information about multiple people.

Editable fields can vary based on the location and language of the user, and any restrictions associated with the collection.    

You can correct family relationships in some historical records collections.

To report an error, you can submit a correction request for the FamilySearch Library Catalog.

You can edit or delete a correction that you submitted to fix an indexing error in a historical record.

When a child in Family Tree is connected to the wrong mother or father, you can correct the parent-child relationships.

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.

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Watch this video and learn how to correct a spouse or parent in your Family Tree.