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Error on Census Transcribed

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Pauline

Pauline Report 21 Oct 2009 00:34

On looking up two marriages, on two different sites I have found the information regarding place/county to be incorrect on one of the sites, . What is the protocol? Shoud this be reported to the site? As I know the correct place , not a problem for me, but if this has happened on others, as i suspect this to be the case, it is not so good. This is related to 1950-1965, I don't think one can blame bad writing,in this era. How do you report it?

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 21 Oct 2009 01:16

if the site is 1837/find my past, email them with your concerns/corrections

I got a census transcription amended they had ages 10 years wrong.......they had accepted that the census takers' mark made them 18 and 17 instead of 8 and 7


err!! census,?? 1950--1965??
Bob

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 21 Oct 2009 10:35

Presumably you are talking about the site's transcripts, and therefore the knock on effect on searches, rather than the underlying record?

Most sites do have a mechanism for reporting errors. I have used the one on Ancestry for Censuses regularly.

Do bear in mind that errors will always occur - anything better than a 95% success rate is considered good in many industry processes - even though it means there will be several thousands of incorrect entries.

Pauline

Pauline Report 21 Oct 2009 23:08

Bob/ Hawkwind
Thanks for replies. Bob I did not say census, i was looking at marriages in the period of years 1950 to 1965 The site was Ancestry, so will let them know. Gr had the correct place
Harrow Middx was transcribed as Harlow Essex, as one was my own I think i know where i got married
pauline