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Sleuthsthedead
Sleuthsthedead ✭
August 30, 2021 edited August 30, 2021 in Search

The hint that comes up for the person states "North Dakota, Cemetery Records, 1877-1999", but the records for Riverside Cemetery in Fargo, ND come up and insert the burial location as Riverside Cemetery in Marian, Missouri. Would someone please correct this?

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  • 1ByrdLady
    1ByrdLady ✭✭✭
    August 30, 2021

    Hello Sleuthsthedead

    We are a collaboration tree. Which means we help correct information in our Data Bases. The following articles will help you.

    How do I suggest a new place to FamilySearch Places?

    How do I enter dates and places into Family Tree?

    How do I correct or edit a place in FamilySearch Places?

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  • Brett .
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    August 30, 2021

    @Sleuthsthedead

    FYI

    Welcome to the "Community.FamilySearch" Forum.

    I am just another 'lowly' User/Patron.

    Am I correct, in believing, that the particular, "Hint" comes from the following "Collection", in 'FamilySearch':

    North Dakota, Cemetery Records, 1877-1999

    Description: Index and images of cemetery transcriptions compiled by the Red River Valley Genealogical Society.

    https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1451475

    https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1451475

    Question: What is the particular "Name" and 'Year' of "Death"?

    With those details, we would be better able, to 'see' the problem/issue that you raise.

    As, it could be, that the "Index" of the particular "Source" contains, the INCORRECT Burial place; or, an INCORRECT "Standard" for that Burial place.

    Armed with that knowledge, we may even be able to 'see', if it is just the "Index" of the particular "Source" that is INCORRECT; or, whether, even, the ENTIRE "Collection' is in ERROR.

    Just a thought.

    Brett

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  • DebDT
    DebDT mod
    August 30, 2021

    We are moving your post to the indexing question and answering page.

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  • Sleuthsthedead
    Sleuthsthedead ✭
    August 30, 2021

    The suggested hint for Herman Adolph Oeder #LTL5-T8Y is titled: North Dakota, Cemetery, Records, 1877-1999. I know from Riverside Cemetery's records that he died in 1953 and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota. When I add it to his source box it states he was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Marion, Missouri, even though it's supposed to be ND Cemetery Records.

    It did the same thing for Enzie P Oeder, G886-758, who died in 1913, and others that I don't remember now.

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  • N Tychonievich
    N Tychonievich mod
    September 5, 2021

    @Sleuthsthedead Thank you for reporting the problem with place identification in the North Dakota Cemetery Records record collection. We went to the entry for Herman A Oeder (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6C49-C76Z) and see that a computer-standardization tool has inaccurately standardized the Death or Burial Place. We are seeing a lot of this sort of error. We will add it to the report to the engineers of these kinds of problems. Unfortunately, they are dealing with quite a few issues so a fix is not going to be quick in coming.

    We see that the record is already attached to Herman Oeder as a source in Family Tree. If you'd like, you can click the source and then click Edit. Then you can add a note about the inaccuracy of the indexed information.

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