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Re: Quality Score
From previous discussions, in the PQS group, that residence after death is the deal-breaker. Presence of a residence fact after death lowers the score drastically.
Re: Translation Request - Lotero and Curotto family
The first is from the marriage (I think) of Lorenzo (also called Domenico) Abbondanza. The second is from the marriage of Giuseppe Domenico Curotto, a man (you can see his signature at the end), with Maria Luigia Pirazza.
And please, next time give links with the full record rather than snippets. Context matters in reading these.
Re: How to "not" Index a widowed spouse
I like the test idea. It could take longer to make new projects available, so that someone can create the test, but it may be worth it.
I think that in some cases it may be better to say "Index this part of the test image, then move to this part of the image (or next image)" rather than "Index the whole test image", because that way you can fit multiple record types into the test without it getting tedious. You could also use that approach to instruct new indexers (or just those new to the project) on different situations they may encounter without having to go through too much that has already been taught to them, i.e. not having to go through half of a city directory before learning not to index companies. Since the person making the test would have presumably already indexed the images in question in order to get the correct answers, it isn't necessary for the "student" to index every name in that instance.
Re: How to "not" Index a widowed spouse
I get the need to help. That's what started me back in 2014 (or maybe '15?). At that time, there was desktop indexing. When that was the case, if you made mistakes on a batch, the reviewer would leave instructions on how to index it correctly.
Ex: my very first batches were WWII draft cards from Alabama. We had to index height and weight with the entries. I would put something like 6'1" and send the batch off. I can't remember exactly how it was set up, but I think there was a "Feedback" tab on it, but the reviewer would say something like "The height is indexed as 6 1." I ended up writing down in a notebook that this is what I did wrong and this is how I fix it. I kept it for years. When FS made the switch to 100% web indexing, that feature did not make the switch, since apparently, there were bad feelings surrounding the feedback. I sort of wish that was a feature so we can reach out to the indexer and say "hey, it's X and not Y."
Re: Finding Mormon Battalion ancestors
You can search the Biographical Database for just the Mormon Battalion. See the drop box box just to the left of the search field.
You can also click on "Show My Ancestors". Then in the results at the top, you can select Mormon Battalion and filter your ancestors by that filter only.
Re: Family
I presume you mean Isle of Wight in the English Channel rather than the County in the US state of Virginia.
I suggest you post in the British Isles Research group where you will find knowledgeable folks ready to help.
Best of luck with the search!
Re: Where is Ctrl+B on an iPad
To the right of the submit batch icon (the paper airplane) there is an icon with an x and a white box to either side. This should function the same as Ctrl + B. Don't use the one with black boxes, that is the button to mark the entire entry blank.
Re: Quality Score
This is a situation where the quality score is doing exactly what it is supposed to do and doing it quite well.
In this case, that residence event appears to have been moved over in the source linker and added to the record without actually evaluating exactly what it was or if it was correct. It came from an indexed obituary published Saturday January 9 which stated he died Thursday which would have been January 7. All other records say he died January 6.
So it is not a residence event. It is a death event. Also, the source is wrong. The way to improve the quality score in this case is to just delete that residence event. It would also be good to add a note to the source along the lines of "Although this obituary states he died the preceding Thursday without giving a date, according to all other sources he actually died Wednesday."
If you by chance can't view the image without going to a FamilySearch Center, it also states his funeral would be the following Monday. So if you otherwise trust the obituary, you could improve his burial date to be January 11.
If we take the term Profile Quality Score to mean the entire profile, not just the Details page but everything including the Sources tab, then it is giving us a chance to evaluate the accuracy of the sources, not just the person's entered details. Just because there is a data conflict, that does not mean the Details tab is wrong and a source is correct.
When we have a situation where there is a data conflict and the source is the problem, it should lead us to evaluate the source to first of all make sure it really is for the person it is attached to. If it is, then we have several things we can do:
- If there is an indexing error and we can edit the record, then fix the index (when that is finally working properly). If we can't edit the index, then we should still put a note on the soure as to what the indexing error is.
- If the indexing is accurate and the source is just wrong, then put an explanation in the source explaining why we know the source is wrong.
- Don't tag that particular source to its associated Details tab data if it is the tagging causing the notice.
- Don't put incorrect information from that source on the Details tab.
- Dismiss the notice in the Quality Checker.