There is another reason...THEY did NOT do the original transcribing where the error was made. They photographed it...errors and all. One of the ladies I spoke with suggested that I send in a copy of the death cert. of my father to show that MY spelling of his name was correct. I did, and now it is correct. Judie On Sep 6, 2008, at 3:19 PM, Wrdsrus@aol.com wrote: > When you submit an alternate name or alternate data , that comes up > as a > yellow triangle next to the info that has alternate information...if > you run > your cursor over that triangle, the alternate info will show...an > alternate info > search will come up with the data for the alternate name, but in THEIR > original spelling. (I hope that made sense) . I did contact > ancestry once and > asked why, if a relation contacted them with the correct info did > they not > change the way the data base reads and was basically told they wee > not going to > change what had been originally transcribed...period...BUT in their > defense, I > have seen some alternate info with multiple different > possibilities...you > see this all the time on ONE WORLD TREES...so I can see why they > would not want > to be changing the database every time someone submits a different > spelling > or birthdate. That information might or might not be correct. > > > Joyce > > > > In a message dated 9/6/2008 11:58:34 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > Bbokken@aol.com writes: > > And your ccomments remain just that comments, nothing more > and > nothing m less. . The data base remains the same and is > not > corrected > to what you have ascertained it to be. So adding a > comment is > ??? > > This information is not completely correct. I correct name > information on Ancestry.com census records all the time. When you > click on a record after a search, in the left hand menu pane there is > a link called something like Comments or Corrections. If you go to > that link, you can add your version of the names. > > > > > ************** > Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, > plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. > > (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014) > ___________________________________ > > The Bklyn Info Pages Website: > www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/ > > List Administrator: NancyL916@aol.com > > Post to List: nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com > ___________________________________ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYBROOKLYN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > > > > > **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new > fashion blog, > plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. > (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014) > ___________________________________ > > The Bklyn Info Pages Website: > www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/ > > List Administrator: NancyL916@aol.com > > Post to List: nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com > ___________________________________ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYBROOKLYN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message