Question/answer » Genealogy Online reports dead links in my publication, what now?

Your family tree can contain web addresses. For example, in a source or in a note. A link to a scan at an archive, or to a website about your family. Such links do not always keep working. Websites change or disappear.

That is why Genealogy Online checks all links in your publication. If a link no longer works, you get a message. This is called the www-check.

How to view the message

1. Log in and go to Publication management.
2. Choose your publication and click the message about dead links.
3. You will see a list of links that do not work, and which person they belong to.

How to fix it

Look up the new location of the information. An archive often has a new website with a new address. Change the link in your own family tree program. Has the information disappeared completely? Then remove the link, but keep the source citation. Then upload a new GEDCOM file.

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