I too have found wrong info in Ancestry databases. As I am not a subscriber, am not allowed to address the issue? The mistakes I found on one census file is awful. My Mothers family, had her fathers middle inital wrong, three of the children's names spelled wrong, (if you look at the actual microfilm you can enlarge it and see that the spelling is wrong), so how does one get this fixed? Thank you in advance. Shirley > 10. Living person listed as deceased on > Ancestry.com (Hazel LeBlanc) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________________________ Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com

Shirley, I have a subscription to ancestry.com. Send me the incorrect and the correct information and I will see what I can do. In the 1930 census, the census taker misspelled my father's and mother's first name. Lucky they, my grandparents and uncle and aunt were living side by side. He/she (I don't remember now) spelled Otis as Odis and Mamie as Mammie, go figure. It didn't help that my brother was a Jr. Hazel At 04:02 AM 11/13/2006, you wrote: >I too have found wrong info in Ancestry databases. As >I am not a subscriber, am not allowed to address the >issue? > >The mistakes I found on one census file is awful. My >Mothers family, had her fathers middle inital wrong, >three of the children's names spelled wrong, (if you >look at the actual microfilm you can enlarge it and >see that the spelling is wrong), so how does one get >this fixed? >Thank you in advance. > >Shirley > > > 10. Living person listed as deceased on > > Ancestry.com (Hazel LeBlanc) > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Cheap talk? >Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. >http://voice.yahoo.com?wp_ml=0 >-------------------------------------- >Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at >[email protected] >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message Scanned for viruses by Blue Coat http://www.WinProxy.com/

Hi Shirley When you click on 'View Record' ( the text transcription), there is a box on the left called 'page tools'. One of these options is 'comments and corrections'. I've found it extremely useful and send corrections for all those I come across, even those that aren't mine hoping that someone, somewhere is doing the same for me. It's easy enough for anyone with previous knowledge of an entry to say that should be such-and-such. But if you have nothing to relate it to you can only go by what you see. As for not being a subscriber I'm not sure if this is accessible for you or not. If not send me the details of your mother's family off-list and I'll send it up for you. HTH Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 10:02 AM Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] GEN-COMP-TIPS Digest, Vol 1,Issue 86 - Errors in Ancestry Database >I too have found wrong info in Ancestry databases. As > I am not a subscriber, am not allowed to address the > issue? > > The mistakes I found on one census file is awful. My > Mothers family, had her fathers middle inital wrong, > three of the children's names spelled wrong, (if you > look at the actual microfilm you can enlarge it and > see that the spelling is wrong), so how does one get > this fixed? > Thank you in advance. > > Shirley > >> 10. Living person listed as deceased on >> Ancestry.com (Hazel LeBlanc) >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Cheap talk? > Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. > http://voice.yahoo.com > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Hi Shirley It strikes me that there are two different subjects under discussion here. Where there is a transcription error on Ancestry you can enter your own interpretation for a name. Locations and other details will have the same facility at some point (although they have been saying that for a time) once entered and added to the database (which tends to take a few weeks from input) the alternative name you enter will be picked up on searches. We now have access to all available census online from 1841 to 1901 and although there are many transcription errors the versatile search engine makes up for that somewhat in enabling searches on just about anything. Most errors I have come across are understandable when looking at the writing of the enumerators. If the transcription had been minutely analysed and checked over and over, we would still be waiting for the first year to be released and of course the cost would be that much higher. Therefore I would rather have an index, warts and all, rather than no index. Where there is an entry on Ancestry with incorrect information due to other sources (e.g. someone putting incorrect details on a tree) that is the fault of the submitter, however you can contact Ancestry direct if that information is causing concern. All the above mentioned problems apply to a greater or lesser degree to any other database I have ever used. By their very nature, all transcriptions are prone to error (my own included :-) what is obvious to a connected person may not be so to a non connected person. Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) >I too have found wrong info in Ancestry databases. As > I am not a subscriber, am not allowed to address the > issue? > > The mistakes I found on one census file is awful. My > Mothers family, had her fathers middle inital wrong, > three of the children's names spelled wrong, (if you > look at the actual microfilm you can enlarge it and > see that the spelling is wrong), so how does one get > this fixed? > Thank you in advance. > > Shirley > >> 10. Living person listed as deceased on >> Ancestry.com (Hazel LeBlanc)