---
title: "Read Person"
method: GET
path: "/tree/persons/{pid}"
tags: ["Persons"]
---

# Read Person

`GET /tree/persons/{pid}`

Retrieve a single Person by the personId including the names, gender, and facts of the person.

## Path parameters

- `pid` string, required

## Query parameters

- `relatives` boolean
- `sourceDescriptions` boolean
- `failOnError` boolean

## Headers

- `Accept` 'application/x-fs-v1+json' | 'application/x-gedcomx-v1+json' | 'application/json' | 'application/x-fs-v1+xml' | 'application/x-gedcomx-v1+xml' | 'application/xml', required

## Response `200`

The read was successful. See <a href="https://developers.familysearch.org/main/docs/json-schema#person" target="_blank">Person Schema (JSON)</a>

## Other responses

- `301` — If the requested person has been merged into another person. A Location header is included with the URI of the person that this person was merged into.
- `404` — If the requested person is not found.
- `410` — If the requested person has been deleted.
- `429` — The request was throttled.

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