Working on Family Tree

I have been working in Family Tree adding sources, photos and otherwise doing what I can to improve the records.

This is a list of the changes

Ida Judd Source Added

Harry Thomas Cory Source Added

Doris Ellen Lincoln Source Added

Herald Eugene Smith Source Added Two photos Added

Eugene Loren Lincoln Source Added

John H. Cory Source Added

Walter Judd Source Added

Susan Eliza Gee Source Added

Edward Larkin Discussion Added

 

Frank Eugene Lincoln Source Added

 

Erika Holz Source Added

 Amos Botsford Fuller Sources and photo Added

William Erastus Gee Source Added

Mary Ellen Kerr Source Added

 

Marion Joseph Kerr Source Added

 

Stephen G. Rowe Source Added

 

Esther Beckwith Source Added

 

Abigail Mack Source Added

I also put together another Adventure in Family Tree.This is the case of the unexpected husband.  Click Here to read.  This involves Susan Eliza Gee my great great grand aunt.

The Deborah Huntley Dillema

In my last post, I cleaned up my 6th great grandfather Solomon Gee.  When I looked at the record he was married to Hannah Huntley, Deborah Huntley's sister.  This will document what I did to correct that mistake.

Click Here for another Adventure 

There is more work to be done.  I will keep you informed of the progress.

Family Search Watch

Each week I get an e-mail from Family Search on any activity on the records that I have put a watch on.  I have placed a watch on some of the records that I have been working on. In the past I have found that very helpful, because some patrons combine records that should not be combined or enter changes that may or may not be correct.  I do not know why I feel I need to be the guardian of the records, but I guess that I have a desire that everything should be correct even if I am wrong.

This week I got another e-mail.  Usually it is 4 or 5 changes, but this week there were 53 changes.  The majority were changes by Family Search with minor changes such as correcting names and spellings and places of birth or death.  It was somewhat time consuming to go through all 53 records, but it was worth it because I found the following records that need attention.  I even found two individuals who need ordinance work.  I made a list, so that if my computer crashes I will have the information on a website, or as the present terminology would have it, on the Cloud.( A fancy term for web based backup.)

NFS Cleanup needed.

Abigail Hill Person identifier: LHLM-PJB her many husbands

Sophia Mack Person identifier: LHZX-ZLY where does this information come from?

Ebenezar Mack Person identifier: LZV8-YBJ multiple spouses and duplicate parents.

John Dodds Telford Person identifier: KWJX-YCR two sets of parents.  The one set is incorrect.

Sarah Maria Sayles Person identifier: KWJP-HQJ 7 sets of parents 3 extra spouses.

Find Grave marker for Graham Coltrin Person identifier: KWJP-HCC supposedly buried in the Centerville Cemetery.  His name was on On Find a Grave, but no photo of the headstone. Needs research

William Jasper Kerr Person identifier: KWJP-CSM has three wives, one unknown with a child John Campbell Kerr.  Needs research.

Solomon Gee Jr. Person identifier: LZPP-GVP has two spouses.  Look and see if the spouses need to be combined.

August Bernard LCRZ-8TW and wife Gertrude LCRZ-DSD need temple ordinances done and daughter Alice LCRJ-THR needs to be sealed, but she only died recently.

Sara Gee (Sarah) Person identifier: 2736-R71 has two sets of parents.  Solomon Gee and both his wives.  This needs to be corrected.

Susannah Moody Person identifier: LHZ8-FJ5 has two sets of parents.  This needs research and correction.

Betty Catherine Bruce Person identifier: 2MGH-H5K needs a definite date of death and place of death. I will have to look in my database.

William Gee Person identifier: LZJG-NS1 has an extra spouse that doesn’t belong.  I have written the person that placed that record, but he has so far not taken action.

Elam Luddington Person identifier: K24C-FH6 has three sets of parents. This needs research.

Edward Gee Person identifier: LC1Y-J1N has two children that need ordinances.

Martha Bingham Person identifier: LZD7-W9P needs to be combined with Mrs Solomon Gee Jr. MQRC-26F Her birth date is listed as 1694.

Deborah Gee Person identifier: KNSS-KG3 has one record with gender unknown.

This will take some time to do.  As I complete each item on the list, it will appear in my next watch e-mail entitled “Weekly FamilySearch changes for things you are watching” with me as the contributor.

 

Correspondence with NFS

Detailed below is the correspondence that I have had with Support at New Family Search.  I have been trying to correct the records on the Gee line.  Here is what has happened this past week.

April 26

Dear Ivin Laurence Gee,

Thank you for contacting FamilySearch regarding the confusion in the family of William Gee (1739-1817)LZJG-NS1 and Abigail Mack (1740-1838) LZJ7-32S. We have separated, combined and unlinked so that the only remaining problem is that Sarah Gee (1765-) LZLN-218 is incorrectly linked as a spouse of her sister, Abigal's, Husband - John Lewis (1751-1795) LZJZ-6L7. we are forwarding this to another group to correct. You should hear directly from them if they can make the correction.
With regard to the incorrect gender on Salmon Tinker, we suggest you create another case with that request and provide some proof of the correct gender so that the incorrect gender record can be removed.
Please do not respond to this email as it will confuse the request for unlinking of the incorrect spousal relationship.

Sincerely,

FamilySearch
Patron and Partner Services

Dear Bother Gee,

Thank you for contacting FamilySearch regarding the combined records of Elias Gee LZ25-BD4 showing incorrect parents George Washington Gee II KWZG-Z41 and unknown spouse.

We have verified the information that you sent us for the record of Elias Gee LH27-8V9. Since you are in contact with the contributor of the relationship between Elias Gee LZ25-B8G and George Washington Gee II KWZG-Z41, we ask that you relay this information to the contributor to have this incorrect relationship deleted. You do not want to delete the individuals, just the relationship.

To delete the relationship for this record, follow these steps:

1. Go to the record of George Washington Gee II KWZG-Z41
2. From the Family Pedigree with Details view, click on Spouses and Children
3. Make sure that the Unknown Spouse with the child Elias Gee is showing on the screen.
4. Click on View relationship details under the Children Options
5. A box will pop up with Elias as child and George as the father, click on Edit next to Biological on the Right hand side
6. Another box will pop up with the option to edit the relationship or under the contributor name, to delete/ add a source/ add a note. This relationship needs to be deleted.

That should remove the relationship and change the record for George Washington Gee back to only having 2 spouses. Once that is completed, we will be able to reevaluate this case, and work to remove the incorrect parents from the record of Elias Gee MZ5J-ZK9.

We have also attached a document that gives more information on how to delete an individual from a relationship. We found this document by using the search terms Delete Relationship.

You can access this document by clicking on the blue link below. If you have not visited the Help Center recently, we would encourage you to do so. A link to the Help Center can be located at the bottom of every page in new FamilySearch.

If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact us. You can reply to this email or you may also call us at 1-866-406-1830 (available 24 hours a day 7 days a week), please remember to include your case number 2578909 for reference.

We wish you success as you continue to use the features in new FamilySearch.

Sincerely,

FamilySearch
Patron and Partner Services

Dear Ivin Gee,

Thank you for contacting FamilySearch regarding George Washington Schellenger and George Washington Gee.

The link you send us did not work and when we copied and pasted it in the browser we got a message that that address was "invalid".

As we stiil would like to have a look at this for you we would appriciate it if you could attached the PDF file to the e-mail as you respond to this one.

We are looking forward to receiving this information so we can help you resolve this issue.

Sincerely

FamilySearch
Patron and Partner Services

Here is the link to the document. 

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxseXNhbmRlcmdlZXdlYnNpdGV8Z3g6NWVjYzhmMjI1OWQ5MjA2ZA&pli=1

Dear Ivin Laurence Gee:


Thank you for contacting FamilySearch Support.

Sarah Gee (1765-) LZLN-218  is no longer linked as a spouse of her sister, Abigail Gee's, Husband  -  John Lewis.

We have removed the record of a female named Salmon Tinker.

We appreciate your interest and accuracy in the sacred work.


Sincerely,

FamilySearch Data Administration

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Dear Ivin Laurence Gee,

RE:  Mary Jane Smith PID # KWVQ-DBL

Thank you for contacting FamilySearch Data Administration.  Mary Jane Smith no longer shows with William Smith as an incorrect spouse on new FamilySearch.  Thank you for bringing this concern to our attention.

RE:  Mary Jane Smith PID # KWVQ-DBL
        George Washington Schellenger PID # LC8M-SHB

Thank you for contacting FamilySearch Data Administration.  We appreciate your diligence in maintaining accurate family history records.  Although, the Sealing to Spouse Ordinance for Mary Jane Smith to George Washington Schellenger may not be correct according to your records, the ordinance itself is considered valid.  To alert the submitter of the incorrect relationship, please begin a discussion on this record.  This way you may communicate with  the patron who completed the ordinance that the relationship is incorrect and prompt them to request the ordinance be removed.  Because temple ordinances have been completed, the request for removal of incorrect ordinances must come from the submitter.
Sincerely,

FamilySearch Data Administration

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My response:

Thank you for removing William Smith as a spouse of Mary Jane Smith Gee.    I am well aware that the sealing of those individuals cannot be canceled.  It is unfortunate that errors creep in and ordinance work is done in error.  I have posted on my blog the following quote, “To err is human, to correct in New Family Search, divine.”

Unfortunately those who submit records, combine records, separate records, add data or change data do not always add complete contact information, or only an e-mail address and do not respond. 

I think I have adequately documented in my previous attachment that George Washington Gee II Person identifier: KWZG-Z41 is not the son of Mary Jane Smith Gee Person identifier: KWVQ-DBL and Geroge Washington Schellenger Person identifier: LC8M-SHB. He (George II) was sealed to George Washington Gee I Person identifier: KWVQ-DBG and Mary Jane Smith Gee Person identifier: KWVQ-DBL on 9 May 1894 in the Salt Lake Temple in person.  I will personally look at the record next week in the special collections to affirm that fact.

I have sent an e-mail to Stephen Erekson in order that we may collaborate on this issue. The first e-mail was not returned nor answered. Unfortunately the other two contributors do not have any contact information.

There are 64 combined records for George Washington Gee II, three of which have the name George Washington Schellenger.  I can correct this record by separating out these records. All three of these records M7RQ-LK1  MKMX-L6Q  9XSC-QSW have George Washington Schellenger and Mary Jane Smith listed as parents. This appears to be a loop. 

Stephen Erekson is only the contributor of one of these records the others have no contact information.

The following comments are found in discussions on George Washington Shellengeers record;

Relationship to child: George Washington GEE II Note: George W. Gee II is born before George W. Schellinger

1 year agobyJanice Peterson

Marriage: Mary Jane Smith 5 February 1837 <Stockholm, S-Lwrn, NY> Note: the child is born before parent George W. Schellenger. Also George Washington Gee II's father is George Washington Gee I. According to my records on this date she was married to George Washington Gee I. Schellenger is Mary Jane's grandmother's maiden name.Less

1 year agobyJanice Peterson

Relationship to spouse: Mary Jane Smith Note: the child is born before George W. Schellenger. Also George Washington Gee II's father is George Washington Gee I.

1 year agobyJanice Peterson

George Washington Schellenger has an unknown spouse with children attached.  All with the surname of Schellenger.

It appears to me that someone picked up Mary Jane Smith and attached her to George Washington Schellenger by mistake.  Since this is not my error I do not wish to find the correct spouse for George Washington Schellenger.  I have enough work to do trying to correct the errors on the Gee line, but would help anyone to find the correct individual. 

April 25, 2012

Dear Ivin Laurence Gee,

RE:  Deborah Huntley PID # LZVZ-PTP

Thank you for contacting FamilySearch Data Administration.  Deborah Huntley no longer shows with Ebenezer Mack as an incorrect spouse on new FamilySearch.  Thank you for bringing this concern to our attention.

Sincerely,

FamilySearch Data Administration


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A return to the busy day at the office.

A return to the busy day at the office.

On my blog of April 15, I detailed the marriage of Salmon Gee to his mother in law. I e-mailed Support and today I received a reply;

Dear Ivin Laurence Gee,

RE: Solomon Gee PID # LZL9-B9S

Thank you for contacting FamilySearch Data Administration. Solomon Gee no longer shows with Deborah De WOLF as an incorrect spouse on new FamilySearch. Thank you for bringing this concern to our attention.

Sincerely,

FamilySearch Data Administration

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An hour later I got another reply:

Dear Laurence Gee:

We looked at the record for Solomon Gee (MS5M-QHY) and we do not see Deborah De Wolf as a spouse to him. The record for Deborah DeWolf (KN65-2K4) does not list Solomon Gee as a spouse. It appears this issue has been resolved. If this is not the case, please let us know. Thank you.

Sincerely,

FamilySearch Data Administration

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I still had an issue to resolve so I replied:

Now all we have to do is get the Deborah Huntley Gee marriage to two Ebenezer Macks Person identifier: LZDX-SX5 and Person identifier: LZZ1-HRM spouses cleared up, Ebenezer Mack was married to Hannah Huntley Person identifier: KN65-VT7. Actually on his record he is married to two Hannah Huntleys, but I am not going there, because I am working on the Gee line. When we get this taken care of, I will work on her non-marriage to Robert Huntley, but that is a matter for another session.

Thanks you for straightening this out. I am attaching the file, which explains the non-marriage of Deborah Huntley Gee to Ebenezer Mack.

The link to this file is:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3pRqBw_zruORVFJV1E2UkJBZ2s/edit?pli=1

I was going to make a separate blog entry for this, but it fits in nicely here.

The following day, April 16^th I posted about Mary Gee in the merry mix-up. We might quote Shakespeare here, “All’s well that ends well.”

2559793
4/13/12 7:15 AM
Closed

Wrong daughter
Mary Gee Person identifier: L7F3-MHL is erroneously listed as a daughter of Augustus Gee Person identifier: KWJP-416 who was married to his wife Annie (Johanna Wilhelmina) Dahlquist (1857-1933) Person identifier: KWJN-56C on 28 December 1877 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
Their first child Ida Louise Gee Person identifier: KWZW-BT9 was born 10 Nov 1878 in Batesville, Tooele, Utah.
Someone has added a child Mary Gee to this family. Person identifier: L7F3-MHL. Date of birth 31 may 1857.
Obviously this is an error as her father was born in 1854. This Mary E. Gee born in 1857. She is Augustus Gee’s sister who married Rudolph Thorp Luker.
I have e-mailed the contributor LucardieCharlane1 who has reserved the endowment ordinance for Mary E. Gee. Mary Person identifier: KWJP-41Z has already had these ordinances performed.
I have had no response to this e-mail.

Could you please rectify this error.
Sincerely,
Laurence Gee

Dear Ivan Laurence Gee

RE: Mary Gee PID # L7F3-MHL

Thank you for contacting FamilySearch. We were able to unlink Mary Gee from Agustus Gee and Anne (Johanna Wilhelmina Dahlquist as her mother. She now shows in nFS as having no parents or family. We wish you success in this sacred work.

Sincerely,

FamilySearch Data Administration
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Subject: Re: Wrong daughter

I combined the two records so that someone coming along would not try and
seal her to the wrong husband or duplicate any work. She now appears as record 25 in
the 27 combined records of Mary E. Gee Person identifier: KWJP-41Z.

Now a return to the Ruth Gee question. (See Friday the 13^th posting)

I received the following reply to my case:

Dear Laurence Gee,

RE: Ruth Gee PID # LZV8-PMF

Thank you for contacting FamilySearch.. Could you please spell out what it is that you would like to do with the record for Ruth Gee. It is difficult to discern exactly what it is that you would like for us to do.
We wish you success.

Sincerely,

FamilySearch Data Administration
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Obviously I was not specific in my posting this case information.

I wrote the following response:

Subject: Re: Wrong Ruth

Ruth Gee is not the daughter of Zopher Gee and his wife Esther Beckwith.
Please see the attached documentation in PDF format. Please remove her
from this family and place her with the proper family, She is the daughter
of Andrew Gee.

Andrew Gee Person identifier: 9N62-FBN is listed in NFS with Abigail Lane
his wife. Contributors to the record are Family Search. There are no
children or parents listed, so I assume that these names were found through
extraction.
I hope that this is proof enough that Ruth Gee was not the daughter of
Zopher and Esther and that we can remove her from this NFS family and put
it in the right place (daughter of Andrew Gee.

Please look at the attachment for documentation. I also have a 129 page
document of the descendants of John Gee which further documents that Ruth
Gee is the daughter of Andrew Gee and the wife of Morgan Owen which I can
e-mail to you as well.

Thanks,

Please let me know if you need further help from me.

Sincerely,

Dear Ivin Laurence Gee,

RE: Ruth Gee PID # LZV8-PMF

Thank you for contacting FamilySearch. We were able to unlink Ruth Gee from Zopher Gee and Esther Beckwith as her parents. She now shows in nFS as having no parents and is alone. You may add the correct parents for her. We wish you success in this sacred work.

Sincerely,

FamilySearch Data Administration

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I did not respond to this e-mail, but went straight to Ruth Gee’s record. I found her and put her in Andrew and Abigail Gee’s family (They are what I refer to as the New York Gees), as they had not a child listed. Then I connected her to her rightful husband Morgan Owen and found two of their children and attached them. I will leave this to someone else to finish unless I don’t find anything else challenging.

Now we await Support’s response to the non-marriage of Deborah Huntley and Ebenezer Mack. That may take a while for them to sort out.