G2G: Wrong information

Question

Charles M Hyde B 1819 SC. 

Irresponsible people have my 2nd great grandfather so mixed up I don’t think it will ever be corrected. And it continues to be spread on every genealogy site on the web,  that Isaiah Hyde is the father of Charles M Hyde married to Charlotte Sabrina Day. It is simply not true.  It worth a little simple  effort to correct. Otherwise we who care will never find the correct father of our Charles.

Ancestry.com - 1850 United States Federal Census

My Charles married to Sabrina and the father of my great grandfather,  John D Hyde

1850 United States Federal Census - Ancestry.com

Isaiah Hyde married to Hestor father of 10 year old Charles Hyde 

Answer 1

Start by adding biographical details and sources to the profiles. Then add a Research note section explaining the situation so other members don't add the wrong family members. Hopefully, that will solve the issue.

Comments

Are you speaking of adding info to my profile or the incorrect profile? I have information in my profile but how can Inadd it to others who have the incorrect information?

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Looks like you have created a  second profile for Charles. Duplicates are not allowed. If they are the same person but with the wrong parent, you need to collaborate with the profile manager of the other profile to work through this issue.

Start by adding sources and details to the profile you created so that you can show why the other profile has the wrong father.

If you need any help with this, come back here and ask.

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If they are different people, one born in 1819 and one in 1840, then of course, separate profiles are needed.

I have added the 1850 census records to Isaih's profile and a research note.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hyde-1710

By the way, if you want to edit profiles created by other member's you will need to upgrade by signing the honor code.

Hope that helps.

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I have added a marriage record and 1860 census record to the profile of Charles that you created.

The Charles born in 1840 obviously did not marry that year. So I think that Charles (Hyde-1709) should have his birth year corrected and marriage disconnected. But try and get the profile manager on board with this.

Answer 2

Also a project can take over this profile and project protect it. These two Charles' are years apart in age and cannot possibly represent the same person. I'll look for some sources.

Comments

Thank you

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I just realized you have the same name as John Hyde's wife! I came back here to tell you that she applied for a widow's pension and I'm working on the questionnaire. It gives her date of birth and father's name so far. I thought that might be exciting.

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I added sources for John Hyde and his wife. I also added some for the father Charles. There is a Charles, b. 1842, that is in census records with Isaiah and Hester, but it is before relationships were expressly stated, so it is not yet for sure that he is a son and not a grandson. There are also supposed daughters in the census records that are a little older than Charles. It seems weird that Isaiah would go to a different part of Alabama than his sons eventually move to. It is also more normal for the sons to move away from home, not the father. Night night.

Answer 3

I can certainly relate to this situation; something I have dealt with since 2005 when I joined Ancestry.

I was going to make a post addressing how I have dealt with this problem in general but will make a shorter version of my strategy here.

First an argument can be made as to if a person being irresponsible or not if they fail to learn the universal rules. "Did anyone read any rules on genealogy before doing your tree?" Probably not and especially if you are on the Ancestry two-week trial. Lack of knowledge is not always a malice act but simply a matter of exposure and experience.

Either offer up your experience or send a link to someone else's that you feel is viable.[The Huge Genealogy Mistake We All Need to Stop Making Now (familyhistorydaily.com)]

In my case, the biggest problem was the failure of people to use a map. Remember maps change and must be used with each boundary change. The second problem was people do not read a profile and the third is they neglect to edit. I started out by sending notes to various trees to do corrections based on the previous statement. People have different learning styles; sometimes just showing a different way to view or process the facts is helpful.

Then I went on to show the proper tree or the contrast of the two different people either by creating on my tree version or finding a useful tree or offering reading material. Lol, okay this is how I wound up having over 200 Randolph trees.

I also corrected the error on other platforms. Note, I try to make most names I work on match the data on Ancestry, Family Search and Wiki Tree.

As stated in other answers, for the Wiki Tree profile you should add ===Research Notes=== and {{Conflated}}

Here is an example I am working on [Hugh Richmond Randolph (1756-abt.1843) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree]

His son [James Jackson Randolph (1782-1864) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree] is even more problematic as he is a mix of possibly 3 different people.