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Casos Karen Larkin
Casos Karen Larkin ✭
September 1, 2021 edited September 1, 2021 in Search

While doing look ups I have found several records that say that the record is a marriage record but in reality it is a birth record. Is it possible to fix these records? For example Maria Carmen Cherro's index record says it is a marriage record found on https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG3J-4GZV which takes you to https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89SY-Q4YL?cc=1976089 (film #5628309, image 1496) shows that it is a birth record not a marriage record and the record itself found on https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS24-D37M-9?i=1316&cat=704515 (film #8165380, image 1317) shows that it is definitely a birth record. I have encountered this problem several times and wondered if one indexer might have done one batch with the wrong information for all records.

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  • Mirevo
    Mirevo ✭✭✭✭
    September 1, 2021 Answer ✓

    Once the record has been indexed, all reports of incorrect indexing, error of indexing or transcription, are managed in the category of Search-and not in indexing. To help you to get answer to your question soon we are moving your question/report to Search. Thank you for your patience.

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  • Enkiscout
    Enkiscout ✭
    September 1, 2021

    Since Family Search changed their system for using records, I'm finding more and more indexing errors and more than one or two errors on a record. It used to be you could use "Edit" to correct these errors. Unfortunately, seems this option is rarely available now. If it's a record from, for instance, Ancestry, I'm not able to view or correct the record, as I'm not a member. Very frustrating!

    What is the best way to inform Family Search about these errors?

    Have I come to the right place to do that?

    Thank you.

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  • Casos Karen Larkin
    Casos Karen Larkin ✭
    October 8, 2021

    The problem is not within the indexing, it is the header information that says whether the record is a birth or a marriage.

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  • NidaFL
    NidaFL ✭✭✭
    October 8, 2021

    @Casos Karen Larkin Yes, miss-indexed are a problem. And, as mentioned, the option to edit the incorrect information is not always offered , nor available. You might take a look at this article of instruction to see if it provides a workable solution for you. How do I correct indexing errors in historical records?

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  • Beverly MichelleAllen
    Beverly MichelleAllen ✭
    April 2, 2022

    I have come across a indexed page, that has left off 75% of the names, and has added these pages to Burials in Santa Catarina - Brazil, when this is part of a large section of Church records of Burials and Births in St Catherine - Jamaica. How does one go about getting this entire page reindexed? Thank you.

    You can move my question to the correct group if I am in the wrong place.

    https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939F-DZF1-B?i=101&cc=1827268&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AC4YX-7SN2

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  • Mirevo
    Mirevo ✭✭✭✭
    April 28, 2022

    Thank you for your report, we have confirmed the problem and have no answer for it at this moment.

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