Who is dd_777 on FamilySearch?

The Typical Genealgoy Snob

The following is a report I made to support@familysearch.org, against

dd_777

On June 5, 2026, I decided to create a separate profile for Rasmus Julius Sorensen, which I did:  P6CW-RVX

I did this because, after studying, since 2018, the life and history of Erastus Julius Smith(KWCL-TJW) his forebears, and descendants (including me), I had/have come to the conclusion that Erastus Julius Smith and Rasmus Julius Sorensen were probably two different people.

I had/have also come to the conclusions that:

1. Erastus' daughter, Emma (KWVW-RCJ), had a twin named Josephine Smith (GB3V-LVS), not to be confused with their elder sister by the exact same name, Josephine Smith (KWC2-B3N).

2. Erastus' biological mother was probably NOT Juliane Sorensdatter (KWJR-KDM).

3. Erastus' biological father was probably Juliane's husband, Jorgen Christian Pedersen (KWJZ-KTB) - NOT her employer, Rasmus Smidt (LZP5-L4T).

As I was working on these profiles I suddenly discovered that someone else was working on them simultaneously. For instance, they kept merging Rasmus Julius Sorensen's file with Erastus Julius Smith's, almost as quickly as I could unmerge it. Worse, I discovered that they had deleted my Alert Notes on Erastus' profile, as well as those of several members of his family.

I submitted a report regarding this abuse.

On June 6, 2026, I discovered that the perpetrator was, apparently, identifying themself as dd_777, and they were continuing to delete my Alert Notes almost as quickly as I could submit them, so I submitted another report of abuse.

As I noted in a deleted Alert Note update, dd_777 is entitled to have a difference of opinion regarding my conclusions about my great-grandfather and others, but they ARE NOT entitled to delete the work I've done on his profiles and others for years.

UPDATE:  On June 7, 2026, I discovered that a FamilySearch Volunteer identified as "SPacker FS volunteer" had edited Josephine Smith's Collaboration Notes. 

Being surnamed "Packer," they are probably one of Donna Smith Packer's ten children, or one of her descendants. They might be the same person as dd_777.

What he/she/they is/are trying to do are essentially two things:  

1. They are trying to reconcile Rasmus Julius Sorensen and Erastus "Rasmus" Julius Smith as the same person. We (Erastus' descendants, including me) believed, for more than one hundred years, that Rasmus and Erastus were the same person.

2. They are trying to reconcile the Josephine Smith born to "Julius" and "Josephine Smith"(KWCL-TJ4), in Brigham City, Utah, on August 10, 1898 (the same parents, place, and date as Emma Smith(KWVW-RCJ)), as someone other than Emma Smith's twin. They are saying that the second Josephine Smith born to Erastus and his wife, Josefina Bernhardina Beckman, alias "Josephine Smith" is Emma Smith, and that the Josephine Smith born to Emma's parents, in Brigham City, on August 10, 1898, that I regard as Emma's twin, was, instead, a woman named Josephine Holub (GHM6-RVH), who married a man named Edward Berosehicker/Bergschicker Smith (GRSV-MZZ). 

Before this abuse began, there were three records of twin Josephine's existence:

1. "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8ZR4-BNPZ : Wed Oct 04 23:45:50 UTC 2023), Entry for Josephine Smith and Julius Smith, 10 Aug 1898.

2. "Utah Births and Christenings, 1892-1941", FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F82C-HYM : 28 January 2020), Josephine Smith, 1898.

3. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3GM-6JD : 11 January 2021), Josephine Smith, Mar 1981; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

UPDATE (As of  June 20th):  dd_777 initiated a conversation with me on FamilySearch's chat. Essentially, dd_777 is not going to change their opinions regarding these Erastus and twin Josephine, and neither am I, although I do concede that Josephine Holub probably is twin Josephine (more below). Also, dd_777 refuses to identify themself, and does not consider what they have been to to constitute abuse.

I was not surprised to receive a reply from support@familysearch.org, agreeing with dd_777 that what they were doing did not constitute abuse. I countered with an e-mail reminding them about how they had found in my favor regarding M.Scott Manning's similar abuse, and how much worse this was. He at least identified himself by his real name and relationship to the person whose profile he was bogarting, and didn't delete my work, but simply always added his clarification to it, as if he were the final authority regarding her life. I received a reply to this challenge indicating that they still do not regard dd_777's behavior as abusive; on the contrary, they suggested that my behavior is abusive.

I did not dignify them with any further response, and I have decided not to do any more work on their website. I feel that there is little point in wasting my time doing so, when their moderators are going to allow people to delete my work.

Regarding twin Josephine, I have decided that Josephine Holub probably is twin Josephine. I am going to create another post on this blog in lieu of a profile for her.

Post by William Mortensen Vaughan