Good one a result (maybe) A friend of mine went to a talk given by a senior elder in the LDS on the data, it was some years ago. When asked how mistakes could be rectified his reply was on the lines of they do not do corrections. I asume this still true. He said that the information is just an index and you should check the original information for yourself. The data is double keyed, but only the names and dates...not the church/parish. Member submitted info...no checking. Ancestry have always corrected transcription errors that I have pointed out. However they also have records listed in the wrong parishes, and no way of pointing this out to them. Trees on their site are another matter, they are not responsible for other peoples data...I have had what could be described as an internet row over one such tree...the woman concerned has her self descended from one of my mother's maiden aunts. I have found her grandmother on the 1901 census, regretfully an orphan nurse child, no matching birth registration, but she will not have it. My mother's family was extremely close so if this woman had been a member of the family I would have met her, I certainly remember my mother's aunt. I know how the error occured...but... Findmypast also correct transcription errors...but I do not like the wording their emails when they acknowledge their mistakes, even though they do say thankyou. freebmd again correct errors, nicer email to say thank you. Dorri > From: chris.jefferies@blueyonder.co.uk > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com; bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:19:49 +0000 > Subject: [B&S] Update on new Bristol area parish records wrongly lasted as Abbots Leigh > > Last night I had an email from someone who had a reply from Family Search > about 6 hours after my reply with a case ID about 3000 after mine. The reply > below is much more sympathetic and is asking for details of the problem.:- > > "Thank you for contacting FamilySearch concerning incorrect data place > entries n the index of Bristol parish registers. We have been examining the > known issues for entries for Abbot's Leigh. > We would be grateful if you could supply the record details of entries for > each of the parishes you refer to which are incorrect. > This will enable us to examine the data in detail. > Please copy and paste the record details for incorrect entries in order that > we can examine the original images for relevant parishes and the film > numbers as there is clearly an error." > > Below are the errors I have been able to identify from comparing info I have > with the Family Search data:- > > Kingswood Marriages 1837- 1901 listed as Abbots Leigh > Mangotsfield Marriages 1837-1901 listed as Abbots Leigh > Mangotsfield Baptisms listed as Abbots Leigh > Pucklechurch baptisms listed as Abbots Leigh > Pucklechurch Marriages 1837-1901 listed as Abbots Leigh > Westerleigh Marriages 1837-1901 listed as Abbots Leigh > Warmley Marriages 1851-1900 listed as Abbots Leigh > Hanham Abbots St George Marriages 1847-1888 listed as Abbots Leigh > Hanham Christchurch marriages 1889-1901 listed as Abbots Leigh > Oldland St Anne Marriages 1861-1901 listed as Abbots Leigh > Syston Marriages 1837-1901 listed as Abbots Leigh > Wick Marriages 1881- 1901 listed as Abbots Leigh > Iron Acton St James marriages 1837-1901 listed as Abbots Leigh > Stoke Gifford Marriages 1837-1901 listed as Abbots Leigh > Frenchay St John marriages 1837-1901 listed as Abbots Leigh > Frampton Cotterell Marriages 1837 - 1901 listed as Abbots Leigh > > I suspect that for the parishes listed above the Baptism, Marriage and > Burial registers have all been added to Family Search under Abbots Leigh. > > I will email the info above to Family search together with the examples of > faulty entries they requested. If anyone has examples of parish register > entries wrongly listed as Abbots Leigh please email the details to > support@familysearch.org with CaseID:1996686 in the title. > > > The parishes below don't seem to be in Family Search at the moment > Bitton > Winterbourne > Winterbourne Down > Abson > Filton St Peter > Downend Christchurch > > Chris Jefferies > Cheltenham > Glos > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message