create an account for a cousin

Question

Can I create an account for my cousin and his ancestors? I want his name as the profile manager. I will be entering his data. He does not have a WikiTree Account.  I have not added his family members to the existing ancestor profiles of others from whom he descends.

I think I made a mistake with my son-in-law's family.  He also does not have a WikiTree Account.  I searched for his ancestor on the WikiTree and I added the descendants, with sources, that are his.  I brought that tree down to him, so he now has a profile number.  I don't think I should have done that.  I think I should have ended with his parents, who are deceased.  He will be taking over his tree sometime soon.  I would like to make him the profile manager

I would like to do this the correct way, they need my help and I became helpless!  So, I want both my cousin and my son-in-law to be the profile managers of their own families.  

Can anyone help me?

Comments

He will probably have to contact info@Wikitree at some point after he joins since you already created his profile, but that shouldn't be too much of a problem. I think you are correct that you should have left off with his parents to avoid the need for a merge. Anyway, once he joins, you can simply orphan his direct ancestors and he can adopt them when he is ready. Same for your son-in-law.

I am so jealous. Neither my sister or I can find anyone interested in carrying on our family's history, for when we're gone. I have four kids and they are all like "whatever." My sister only has one disinterested party. We do have a 10 year old niece, but she has not reacted to any of my subtle hints. I have even traced her family since my brother is only my half brother, but no interest.

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Thank you.  My cousin and I do not have any younger family member who cares about the ancestors either.  My goal is to perpetuate both our families in case some descendant, someday, does care.  My husband and I have done family research since 1965 from information passed down to us.  We used to do research in person or by snail mail.  We cared, so does my cousin who has a great deal of information on his family.

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If you created an account for a cousin and that cousin is going to join us, you only need to enter their email into the correct field in the existing profile and it should send out an invitation. There is no need for the cousin / other person to create another profile.

(Well, hey, it worked for my cousin and my ex-husband.)

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That was easy!  I just did it.  Now he will need to accept the invitation (which he will)  Then I need to get him to sign the honor code so he can enter data.  I am not too clear on orphaning his family under my name so he can adopt them because that would take him forever to do.  I guess they will remain under my name but he can edit them as time goes on.  Thanks!

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Ann, just add him to the Trusted List for those profiles.

Once he has accepted the invitation and is a member, it will be as simple as adding his email to the TL page (NOT inside the profile as for inviting someone).

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OK, thank you, I think I understand.

Thanks to all of you kind people, too.

Answer 1

There is a Help section on invitations. This should describe what to do to invite someone to be a member. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Invitations

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Thank you for helping me.

Answer 2

Hi Ann.  If both cousin and son-in-law are planning to become members, I don't think any harm has been done.  You can create profiles for them which include their e-mail addresses, and the site will automatically send them invitations to join (see George's link).  Then all they need to do is just follow through with the steps as directed, and I think each will automatically become profile manager of his own profile.  If you have created additional profiles for family members or descendants that they wish to manage, you can then just add them to the trusted lists and designate them as managers also.  I don't think you need to orphan the profiles.  And after they're settled in, you may or may not remove yourself as manager, depending on the preferences of you and the new members.

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I did find the edit and added the email address for my son-in-law and was acknowledged as an invitation was sent to him! Yay!  I wrote to my cousin to make sure of what he would like his name to appear and I will create an account for him.  So I can go to my account and add both of them on my trusted list or do I need to do that once they get themselves on the honor roll?

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Each profile has its own trusted list, customized for that profile.  After each relative becomes a member, you can add that person to the trusted list(s) of any profiles you manage.  You may or may not add them to the trusted list of your own profile, your call.  (And you may or may not remain on the trusted lists of their profiles, whatever you all agree to.)  Just to clarify the jargon, "profile" is not synonymous with "account."  You can create profiles for anyone you wish, but you can't create an account.  That's the mechanism by which the site registers users and gives them the authorization to create and edit profiles.

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I didn't quite understand the Trusted List, thanks for the explanation.  Yes, I wanted to create accounts for my relatives so they can handle the profiles of their ancestors.  Thanks for the help.