Hi Lists, FYI - some time back, when I had an Ancestry membership, I found my Davis, misread as Mavis on the 1930 census. There was a procedure that I was able to use to notify Ancestry of error. The next time I pulled up the info, it was correctly listed as Davis. I don't know how quickly it was, but seems like the correction was made almost instantly. Tricia M. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cecelia" <cheinric@tca.net> To: <bavarian-ancestors@rootsweb.com>; <germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com>; <hmschmidt03@msn.com>; <Jjdittmer@aol.com>; ":" <prclbischoff@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 11:07 AM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] [BAVARIAN-ANCESTORS] Corrections to Records > I don't know if this is true for Ancestry, but, for my home county gen > web list, they said that they won't make corrections, until after all the > work is finished. But, they have added a feature where you can put a > little > note on the entry for corrections. > At least, that's how I understand it. I had questioned about some names > and dates mixed up on my relatives. For example, they gave Louisa Meier's > name as Louisa Frantz. (No such person there, and they supposedly got > that > from the tombstone.) > Some things in records, however, were just written by the original person > doing the recording, the way it sounded to them, or they were just in a > hurry and wrote fast, or the writing is just difficult to read. > They probably will not want to correct the way the records were > originally > written, but they might be willling to add a little post it note with the > correct information. > I am still amazed at finally having someone send me the passenger list > with my great-grandfather, Emil Conitz, on it, just yesterday. Last week, > I > had found his Declaration of Intention at the courthouse which has his > ship, > date of arrival, port of departure, etc. on it. I put out a query about > that and someone very kindly found him right away. > I never would have found him, myself! I had been searching for the ship > "Adenmal" or "Adermal", as it was written on his document. And Emil > Conitz, > or just Conitz. No results. > But, the person who responded , found him as Emanuel Conitz on the ship > Admiral! > I am so excited to know this, but just amazed at the change. Come to > think of it, the way my grandfather said Emil, sounded a bit like Amuel, > sometimes. (He was Emil Jr.) So, adding a German accent to that, no > telling > how it sounded to the person who was writing down the information. > I was able to add a note on one passenger list when I thought I had found > my great-grandfather, so that might be possible for you to do. They had a > contact e-mail address, which is where I wrote. > Cecelia in Texas > > > > Subject: Re: [BAVARIAN-ANCESTORS] [G-P-L] Fung Raith & Kreszenz Amberger > > > I also found major misinterpretations of several passenger >> lists. > How do we go about getting Ancestry to make corrections? Just yesterday >> I found "Jalint Masrshall, Florida" which was supposed to be "Jaluit, >> Marshall Islands." > No wonder I've been having such trouble getting my Grandfather >> Schmidt from the islands to San Francisco! Bev>