Dear Researchers, Remember that millions of people are submitting to the Ancestral File to help one another, unfortunately we are not all perfect and make mistakes not on purpose. This is why the Editing is such a help to all of us Submitters. The Edit Corrections can be done at an Family History Center Branch near you. If you find a mistake that you are positive is wrong and you have the right documented information you can make the CORRECTION AND SEND IT IN TO SALT LAKE ON A DISK AND IT WILL COME OUT ON THE NEXT UP DATE. You can make the following corrections to information found in the Ancestral File: ..Correct name, sex, dates, places and ordinance info. for deceased individual. ..Merge two records for the same person, such as a child listed more than once in a family. ..Add a person to a family to complete a family structure (whether you create the record or the record is elsewhere in the file). ..Correct, add, or remove an individual from a family Correct, add, or delete marriage information. Create a new family or link a person to a family. You may also Correct a submitters name and address. Mark a submitter as deceased. Review or print the corrections you made. Register a research interest. FOLLOW THESE SEVEN STEPS; (At the FHCenter Branch) 1. Go into the ancestral File and look for the name of the person. With the Ancestral File screen displayed, press F4, and follow the instructions on the screen to locate the person whose information you want to correct. Put the blue highlight bar on the person's name you want to correct. 2. Decide the type of corrections: Corrections in Ancestral File can only be made from certain screens, depending on the type of change you want to make. Use the chart that is shown on there computer and decide which type of corrections you want to make. Then press the appropriate key to move to the screen indicated. 3. Complete submitter information. Each time you begin to correct info. in Ancestral File, you must type in your name and address on the Submitter's Name and Address screen. This info. will appear with your changes in a future edition of Ancestral File. Make sure you type your name and address exactly the same way each time. With the highlight bar on the person you want to correct, press F3. The Edit menu will be displayed. Move the highlight bar to the menu option you want and press Enter. Insert the formatted diskette you will use for storing corrections, and press Enter at the disk drive you are using. The Submitter's Name and Address screen will be displayed. Type your name and address and press F12./ You are now ready to begin making corrections. 4. The following describes each item on the nenu. Select only the menu items in bold from this screen. Select other options from another screen. See Step 2. A. Edit Individual Information. B. Merge Two Individuals C. Edit Family and Marriage Data D. Create New Family E. Edit Submitter Data. F. Mark submitter as Deceased. Remember when you want to save your corrections F12=Save. Just follow the directions. 5. Give the Reasons and Sources for changes. 6. Review or print the Changes. 7 Send The Diskette to Salt Lake City. Ancestral File Unit, 2WW Family History Department 50 East North Temple Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 Each Family History Center Branch has the above instructions in detail. .. Carol P. Martoccia .. 903 East Fifth Street .. Greenville, NC 27858 .. Pridgen Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 .. Pridgen Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl