Hi Marie It's really easy. You need to be on a 'View Record' page, then tap on 'Add Alternative Information' (on the left hand menu). Then a box pops up and you choose either name etc from the drop down menu under 'Provide alternate for'. This generates another list of 'Reasons' for you to choose from. Next you edit the details shown and tap 'Submit Alternative'. You can submit an explanation too if you like. Hope this helps, Carole > Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 16:53:00 +0000 > To: m_shaw@telusplanet.net; cheshire@rootsweb.com > From: lyn.mcculloch@btinternet.com > Subject: Re: [CHS] Familysearch should emulate Ancestry.com > > Dear Marie, > It's usually census entries that I have to correct. > You click on index and then whenb it comes up on the word that is wrong. > A pencil appears and you click on it a second time. > You change the appropriate word and it will ask for a reason > such as mis-transcription or wrong in original. > The you click on Save and your correction appears. > It even asks you if you want the name applied to all members > of the household, if it's a surname you are correcting. > You need to check it's only members of the family and > not servants that get changed, of course. > If there is something I can't find a way to correct I leave a comment. > Regards, > Lyn > > > > At 19:59 11/01/2014, you wrote: > > >I've found some errors on Ancestry, but have not yet determined how > >to submit a correction. > > > >Marie > >in Alberta, Canada > > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Mrs L. McCulloch" > ><lyn.mcculloch@btinternet.com> > >To: <cheshire@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 5:13 AM > >Subject: [CHS] Familysearch should emulate Ancestry.com > > > > > >>Listers, I. too find it frustrating when there seems to be no easy > >>way to correct entries on Familysearch. > >>Ancestry.com may suffer from mis-transcriptions but is very open to > >>suggested corrections. > >>They even come back later to say thank you and show your correction > >>in context. This is clearly the way to go > >>with the wealth of knowledge that exists in the Family History > >>Fraternity. How to achieve this is another > >>thing altogether! > >>Regards, > >>Lyn > >>PS Another area I have found problematical is the Army Service > >>Records at the NA. The number of pages > >> in each will is variable and sometimes other wills are not indexed > >>but appear with the one before. It's always > >> worth a good hunt round to check if this is the case. > >> > >> > >>------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >>the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > >----- > >No virus found in this message. > >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3658/6994 - Release Date: 01/11/14 > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message