---
title: "Create Person Note"
method: POST
path: "/tree/persons/{pid}/notes"
tags: ["Notes"]
---

# Create Person Note

`POST /tree/persons/{pid}/notes`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://apibeta.familysearch.org/platform`
- URL: `https://apibeta.familysearch.org/platform/tree/persons/{pid}/notes`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Create a note on a person. The Person Notes resource is to be considered an embedded resource, and any links to this resource are to be treated as embedded links.

## Path parameters

- `pid` string, required

## Headers

- `Content-Type` 'application/x-fs-v1+json' | 'application/x-gedcomx-v1+json' | 'application/x-fs-v1+xml' | 'application/x-gedcomx-v1+xml', required
- `X-Reason` string

## Request body

- CreatePersonNote
  - `persons` object[], required: Array containing the person with notes to add. Exactly one person must be provided. See <a href="https://developers.familysearch.org/main/docs/json-schema#person" target="_blank">Person Schema (JSON)</a>
    - `notes` object[], required: Array of notes to add to the person. At least one note must be provided. See <a href="https://developers.familysearch.org/main/docs/json-schema#note" target="_blank">Note Schema (JSON)</a>
      - `subject` string, required: The subject for the note
      - `text` string, required: The text of the note

## Response `201`

The creation of the note was successful. Expect a location header specifying the link to the note.

## Other responses

- `400`: If the request was unable to be understood by the application.
- `404`: Requested person or note was not found.
- `410`: If the person has been merged or deleted.
- `429`: The request was throttled.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/familysearch/apis/family-tree-endpoints.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/familysearch/apis/family-tree-endpoints/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/familysearch/apis/family-tree-endpoints/revisions/e248abd029e6?raw)