In Family Tree, data administrators occasionally set a deceased person's record to confidential. The record is then visible only to the user who added it to Family Tree. It is also available on the user's list of Private Persons. In Family Tree, you can identify a confidential person because the yellow banner that indicates the person is living or confidential.
Administrators mark records as confidential if the ability for the public to view the information could harm the contributor. We do not accept user requests to mark records as confidential.
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