HI A while back I heard that Ancestry was having their indexes read and recorded "off shore," hence the strange outcome of some names. Now I am wondering if they are also going back and looking at the indexing that was done on the censuses and redoing them.I know that a few years back I found with no trouble the Borowicz family on the 1900 census. I have now decided to go back and transcribe the data into my gen program. I used the search (soundex) and still nothing came back. I had the Ed and Page info so I looked for it that way. Yes I found them but wondered how they were indexed. I had a real laugh at this one - Belmarez. Also the wifes name is Julia and they have it listed as John. Has anyone else found a change in the index? Arleen -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.28/672 - Release Date: 2/6/2007 10:22 AM

Arlene - I found changes, too, but cannot remember which of my ancestor's it was. I had to do the same thing you did, come at it from a different direction (street by street). At least on FreeBMD you can contact the website and tell them that a name is misspelled. Maybe Ancestry will offer this service soon. -----Original Message----- From: wimilwau-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wimilwau-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Arleen Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 11:00 AM To: wimilwau@rootsweb.com Subject: [WIMILWAU] Ancestry HI A while back I heard that Ancestry was having their indexes read and recorded "off shore," hence the strange outcome of some names. Now I am wondering if they are also going back and looking at the indexing that was done on the censuses and redoing them.I know that a few years back I found with no trouble the Borowicz family on the 1900 census. I have now decided to go back and transcribe the data into my gen program. I used the search (soundex) and still nothing came back. I had the Ed and Page info so I looked for it that way. Yes I found them but wondered how they were indexed. I had a real laugh at this one - Belmarez. Also the wifes name is Julia and they have it listed as John. Has anyone else found a change in the index? Arleen -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.28/672 - Release Date: 2/6/2007 10:22 AM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WIMILWAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It does offer that service now. There is a link where you can tell them of the error. They don't correct it but do offer the alternate name in searches. I have made many corrections that way. Ellen- www.LinksToThePast.com *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 2/6/2007 at 12:02 PM Lynne Ingalls wrote: >Arlene - I found changes, too, but cannot remember which of my ancestor's >it was. I had to do the same thing you did, come at it from a different >direction (street by street). At least on FreeBMD you can contact the >website and tell them that a name is misspelled. Maybe Ancestry will offer >this service soon. > >-----Original Message----- >From: wimilwau-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wimilwau-bounces@rootsweb.com] >On Behalf Of Arleen >Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 11:00 AM >To: wimilwau@rootsweb.com >Subject: [WIMILWAU] Ancestry > >HI >A while back I heard that Ancestry was having their indexes read and >recorded "off shore," hence the strange outcome of some names. Now I am >wondering if they are also going back and looking at the indexing that >was done on the censuses and redoing them.I know that a few years back I >found with no trouble the Borowicz family on the 1900 census. I have now >decided to go back and transcribe the data into my gen program. I used >the search (soundex) and still nothing came back. I had the Ed and Page >info so I looked for it that way. Yes I found them but wondered how they >were indexed. I had a real laugh at this one - Belmarez. Also the wifes >name is Julia and they have it listed as John. >Has anyone else found a change in the index? >Arleen > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.28/672 - Release Date: >2/6/2007 10:22 AM > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >WIMILWAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes >in the subject and the body of the message > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >WIMILWAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message