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Gordon Collett
Gordon Collett ✭✭✭✭✭
September 21, 2021 edited August 2, 2024 in Search

Community Members: I have created a post under Ideas>Sources as a place to report incorrect auto-standardization of place names: https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/102829/errors-in-indexed-record-updated-place-names/p1?new=1

Please feel free to post similar errors as you run across them in case these are not already on the reportedly long list of place names that need to be corrected.


Moderators: Please do not move this post anywhere. This section of the community, along with the other places I have posted this, seem to be the most active sections here and I would like as many people as might have an interest in reporting place name errors to be aware of my post. Moving it makes it impossible for anyone to make any comments here that would keep the post on the first page of comments for a while. If any of you feel it would be appropriate to pin it to the top of the list for awhile, that would be fine with me.

Tagged:
  • New
  • historical records
  • Place Names
  • Update place name
  • Place standardization problem.
  • Incorrect standardized place names
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Answers

  • Mark McLemore
    Mark McLemore admin
    September 21, 2021 edited September 21, 2021
    https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/102848/errors-in-historical-records-place-name-updates

    Hey @Gordon Collett ,

    I pinned it to the top - we'll keep this going for a week or so, then unpin it. Thanks for putting this together.

    Best,

    Mark

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  • Paul W
    Paul W ✭✭✭✭✭
    September 22, 2021

    @Gordon Collett

    Are there any specific dates you are aware of that might relate to these place name update exercises? For example, I have just noticed one record with an 18 September 2020 date has been standardized incorrectly (one of the many, many examples where the "United Kingdom" suffix has been added to pre-1801 sources) whereas one dated 19 March 2020 has been handled correctly.

    See https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N1DF-XBZ?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=MNJQ-SGM and https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL6G-JMX?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=MNJQ-SGM, respectively.

    To clarify, how do we identify sources related to any auto-standardization of place names exercise, rather than those revised by any other means?

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  • pianoplayer13
    pianoplayer13 ✭
    October 2, 2021

    This considerable listing of errors is just a small part of the real thing and this only for the Netherlands.

    My real hope is that FamilySearch gets aware of the problem since other ways of trying to make contact failed because (volunteer ?)  recipients probably did not understand the problem and gave the answer that my messages were sent to the proper instance. But since 2015 I never noticed any change or response.

     

     

     

    Beek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

    Correct Location: Beek, Ubbergen, Gelderland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLN7-BN4W

    FamilySearch source image: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77JL-Q4YW

     

    Bergen, Limburg, Nederland

    Correct Location: Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLM2-X29V

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-QY99-DC

     

    Bergen, Norge

    Correct Location: Bergen, Limburg, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL5B-YFQJ

    FamilySearch source image: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-ZSK1-8

     

    Beuningen, Overijssel, Nederland

    Correct Location: Beuningen, Gelderland, Netherlands

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4F-SHGC

    FamilySearch source image: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DT93-VP

     

    Borne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

    Correct Location: Borne, Overijssel, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6S-4BD9

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939D-V1WF-G

     

    Broekhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

    Correct Location: Broekhuizen, Limburg, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL5B-7RFK

    FamilySearch source image: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939F-1G9Q-3W

     

    De Horst, Gelderland, Nederland

    Correct Location: Horst, Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL46-42FY

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77JJ-ZM7P

     

    De Horst, Gelderland, Nederland

    Correct Location: Horst, Limburg, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4C-FMGS

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-7T86-T

     

    Delaware, United States

    Correct Location: De Huizen, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLNM-5LNB

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-QZ9X-L4

     

    Delaware, United States

    Correct Location: Havixhorst, De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLN9-23VW

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-3993-6D

     

    Den Ham, Utrecht, Nederland

    Correct Location: Den Ham, Overijssel, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLNM-HVZ5

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-7PN3-3

     

    Essen, Groningen, Nederland

    Correct Location: Essen, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4F-YL7N

    FamilySearch source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YS7C-H56

     

    Fort, Drenthe, Nederland

    Correct Location: Fort Bath, Rilland-Bath, Zeeland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLCF-3JGV

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-7RHV-2

     

    Goor, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

    Correct Location: Goor, Overijssel, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLF1-BL6D

    FamilySearch source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-7C9Q-B7

     

    Hardenberg, Groningen, Netherlands

    Correct Location: Hardenberg Stad, Overijssel, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLN9-JBPC

    FamilySearch source image: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-8ZSV-1T

     

    Hedel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

    Corrected Location: Hedel, Gelderland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLNW-8HN3

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YS8T-546

     

    Hees, Utrecht, Nederland

    Correct Location: Hees, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLNW-WY8V

    FamilySearch source image: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XS3S-DR9

     

    Hoek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

    Correct Location; Hoek, Zeeland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLCX-8452

    FamilySearch source image: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939D-YL4V-V

     

    Hoorn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

    Correct Location: Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLML-MC3X

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-Q19L-Y6

     

    Horst, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

    Correct Location: Horst, Limburg, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL2C-WSWL

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92S-T8

     

    Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

    Correct Location: De Huizen, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLZF-W92G

    FamilySearch source image: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92S-T8

     

    Hoorn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

    Correct Location: Hoorn, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL46-7569

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77JJ-X84D

     

    Horst, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

    Correct Location: Horst, Limburg, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL2C-WSWL

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92S-T8

     

    Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

    Correct Location: De Huizen, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLZF-W92G

    FamilySearch source image: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92S-T8

     

    Katwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

    Correct Location: Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLR9-VYLJ

    FamilySearch source image: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-Y3MZ-4KS

     

    Laren, Gelderland, Netherlands

    Correct Location: Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMV-BW9V

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMV-BW9V

     

    Lisse, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, Frankrijk

    Correct Location: Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLZM-JZJD

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6RSL-W5

     

    Loo, Friesland, Nederland

    Correct Location: Loo, Eibergen,Gelderland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4N-7V32

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YS7C-ZPB

     

    Middelburg, Gelderland, Nederland

    Correct Location: Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLZ6-NTHQ

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939D-5L9L-BL

     

    Middelburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

    Correct Location: Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL2Q-FKL8

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-4G37-CG

     

    Millingen, Overijssel, Nederland

    Correct Location: Millingen aan den Rijn, Gelderland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4N-L959

    FamilySearch source image: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YS73-NBC

     

    Nieuwerkerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland

    Correct Location: Nieuwerkerk, Zeeland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLS6-LSJ3

    FamilySearch source image: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-759M-L7

     

    Noordwolde, Friesland, Netherlands

    Correct Location: Noordwolde, Bedum, Groningen, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLNS-P5VX

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-Q338-Y6

     

    Noordwijk, South Holland, Netherlands

    Correct Location: Noordwijk, Marum, Groningen, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLNQ-NSQ6

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-D498-T8

     

    Oosteinde, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

    Correct Location: Oosteinde, Ruinerwold, Drenthe, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLZJ-S9NG

    FamilySearch source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-SY92-F2

     

    Oosterhout, Gelderland, Nederland

    Correct Location: Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLCX-XT1C

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939F-K93X-5P

     






     




     

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  • pianoplayer13
    pianoplayer13 ✭
    October 2, 2021

    Listing part II

    Putten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

    Correct Location: Putten, Gelderland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLNH-RHLF

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6B19-PKJ

     

     

     

    Rozendaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

    Correct Location: Roozendaal, Gelderland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4X-ZNGX  

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77ND-S85

     

    Rijnsburg, Zeeland, Nederland

    Correct Location: Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLZJ-FCX9

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-Y3M3-5GR

     

    Rijswijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

    Correct Location: Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL9X-SV1F

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-Y3M9-MQ1D

     

    Scherpenzeel, Friesland, Nederland

    Correct Location: Scherpenzeel, Gelderland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4N-L4QY

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YS7Z-FSZ

     

    Schiphorst, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland

    Correct Location: Schiphorst, De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL5G-2GRV

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9396-PJ9G-FH

     

    Sluis, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

    Correct Location: Sluis, Zeeland, Nederland

    FamilySearcn entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLCD-CRD8

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939D-R883-8

     

    Spijk, Friesland, Nederland

    Correct Location: Spijk, Gelderland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4N-BQWZ

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YS1H-GP1

     

    Spijk, Friesland, Netherlands

    Correct Location: Spijk, Bierum, Groningen, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLNS-PT5X

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLNS-PT5X

     

    Stapel, Rotenburg, Niedersachsen, Deutschland

    Correct Location: Stapel, De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLNQ-Y3HB

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9396-PJ9P-CW

     

    Sterkenburg, Friesland, Nederland

    Correct Location: Sterkenburg, Utrecht, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLZ7-NB6F

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-7R3H

     

    Strijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

    Correct Location: Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLRW-3CCH

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YS77-DZZ

     

    Terschelling, Noord-Holland, Nederland

    Correct Location: Terschelling, Friesland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4S-J8NT

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939F-71S4-FZ

     

    Tienhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

    Correct Location: Tienhoven, Utrecht, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLR4-LJCC

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9398-1PZ8-V

     

    Valkenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

    Correct Location: Valkenburg, Limburg, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4D-3NRR

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939F-RM9Z-RT

     

    Veen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

    Correct Location: Veen, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLNH-4FYN

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77JV-NRWG

     

    Veenhuizen, Gelderland, Netherlands

    Correct Location: Veenhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMP-XCZM

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-TWND-4

     

    Vianen, Zeeland, Nederland

    Correct Location: Vianen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, (since 2002 located in Utrecht)

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLK1-W37M

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YS1D-5DH

     

    Vledderveen, Groningen, Nederland

    Correct Location: Vledderveen, Vledder, Drenthe, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLZJ-95LR

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9396-R2DW-D

     

    Westbroek, Limburg, Nederland

    Correct Location: Westbroek, Utrecht, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLZH-5J3X

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9398-RGH4-J

     

     

    Westeinde, Friesland, Nederland

    Correct Location: Westeinde, Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4K-DYGF

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77JJ-Z9HJ

     

    Winkel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

    Correct Location: Winkel, Noord-Holland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMN-MXBS

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939D-W114-C

     

    Winsum, Friesland, Nederland

    Correct Location: Obergum, Winsum, Groningen, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4Z-LXPS

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-64N8-P

     

     

     

    Zandvoort, Utrecht, Netherlands

    Correct Location: Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLML-96Q7

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-1DQN-5Y

     

    Zegveld, Noord-Holland, Nederland

    Correct Location: Zegveld, Utrecht, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLK1-5BXL

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-C53Z-NN

     

    Zuidwolde, Groningen, Nederland

    Correct Location: Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLNQ-WK18

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLNQ-WK18

     

    Zwolle, Gelderland, Nederland

    Correct Location: Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6W-HNQ9

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939D-P5VV-X

     

    Zijpe, Zeeland, Netherlands

    Correct Location: Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland

    FamilySearch entry: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMG-NDK7

    FamilySearch source image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-4Z9M-34

     

     

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  • BillInPoint
    BillInPoint ✭
    October 6, 2021

    Vinegar Hill Methodist Cemetery, Vinegar Hill Township, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States is not recognized. Vinegar Hill Township, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States is recognized; adding the cemetery is not.

    FamilySearch entry: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LD1X-9TQ

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  • Gordon Collett
    Gordon Collett ✭✭✭✭✭
    October 6, 2021

    That just means the cemetery hasn't been added yet. The places database if far, far, from complete. To request an addition go to https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?pagenum=1&pagesize=20 and suggest a new place.

    For here, I'm requesting that people post problems they find in the indexed records in which the original correct place was improved to be somewhere completely different.

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  • dontiknowyou
    dontiknowyou ✭✭✭✭✭
    October 13, 2021

    Many US census records from 1900 onward for Brooklyn NY are indexed Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States even though that name is time limited to 1776-1898. The correct standard is Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States.

    There is a similar problem with many post-1898 records indexed Richmond County, NY. In 1898 the county was superseded by Staten Island, a borough of NYC.

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  • dontiknowyou
    dontiknowyou ✭✭✭✭✭
    October 14, 2021 edited October 14, 2021

    Indiana record put in New Jersey:

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    November 1, 2021 edited November 1, 2021

    Many locations in the 1901 and 1911 Ireland Census have been re-coded to the wrong county. The original location is in the correct county, but some update has put them all in the wrong county.

    For example: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QYKD-1Z2M

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  • N Tychonievich
    N Tychonievich ✭✭✭✭✭
    November 3, 2021

    For what it's worth, the way to tell an auto-standardization error in the index of a record:

    You'll see both an (Original) place and and Event Place in the indexed info list. @Áine Ni Donnghaile has posted an example above. A moderator can get these to the engineers. Ideas is probably not the best place to report them, since the moderator who makes those reports (me) doesn't wander over to this part of Community very often. The best way to report them is to go to FamilySearch Help and click Search. Give a URL of the record details page. Screenshots are less useful when creating issue reports. Again, @Áine Ni Donnghaile has provided a good example above with an explanation of the problem and the URL of a record details page.

    We are seeing progress in getting the ones we've reported corrected. The list of outstanding issues is dwindling.

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    November 3, 2021

    I'm not sure about that progress, as I've reported the ones I see on the Irish census, and I've received replies that indicate that the person replying does not understand that there is a problem.

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  • N Tychonievich
    N Tychonievich ✭✭✭✭✭
    November 3, 2021 edited November 3, 2021

    @Áine Ni Donnghaile If you post in the Search section of FamilySearch Help, it should eventually make its way to someone who can move it on. If you want to provide a link to some of those reports, we can take a look and see what happened. Sometimes, if lots of folks made comments about the report, it sorta gets lost in the shuffle. And it is true that folks who have not been working with these issues are less likely to understand how to decide what to move on and what is not fixable currently.

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    November 3, 2021

    The most recent reply was commiserating that I was frustrated by a misindexed record - not at all what I had reported. I had reported that the census location had been changed from the correct County Clare to County Mayo AND that the citation listed the PROI of Ireland as being in Belfast. Mind-boggling.

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  • Caleb L
    Caleb L mod
    November 3, 2021 edited November 3, 2021

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    November 3, 2021

    I don't believe there was any confusion or lack of organization.

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  • Re Searching
    Re Searching ✭✭✭✭
    November 9, 2021

    This is just one example of a problem that is widespread...

    Examine the two records below:

    https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQLW-667

    Event Place Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

    Event Place (Original) Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England

    Registration District Derby, West

    https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQGF-DQQ

    Event Place Toxteth Park St Michael, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

    Event Place (Original) St Michael, Lancashire, England

    Registration District Preston

    The first record is correctly attributed to Toxteth Park, the second is wrongly attributed to Toxteth Park St Michael.

    Since the automatic data processing cataclysm, all records that were originally correctly specified as St Michael, Lancashire are now wrongly associated with Toxteth Park St Michael, Lancashire.

    The actual place is now known as St Michael's on Wyre, which does exist in the Standarised place names database. Nevertheless the records have been corrupted by the routine that modified all these place names and made them appear to be in another part of the world.

    The parish of St Michael's includes many outlying areas and many thousands of records. As a result of the flaky automatic standardisation routine corrupting these records many researchers are being misled and are making significant errors. Many days are being lost putting this right. The ever increasing number of innocent new users is swamping the repair process with even more misguided attachments on a daily basis.

    In all the records that I have examined there was sufficent information available in the record to correctly identify the place. The fact that the auto-standarisation routine failed to make the correct selection indicates that it does not take this information into account. I would argue that while it makes these errors it is more of a liability than a help, and therefore it should be revoked until it is proven to work satisfactorily.

    As I said, this is just one example, and this is just in England. Multiply by all the parishes named after saints that have homonyms elsewhere in England, and then repeat for place names that have homonyms in other countries, and then you'll get some idea of the magnitude of the problem.

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  • N.Brogden
    N.Brogden ✭
    December 4, 2021
    https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/102848/errors-in-historical-records-place-name-updates

    A number of entries in –

    "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch

    (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5PN-4LW : 19 March 2020),

    have the following -:

    “Event Place:    Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bury, Lancashire, England

    Event Place (Original):   Saint Mary, Lancaster, Lancashire, England”

    These are different churches 50 miles apart. “Event Place (Original): Saint Mary, Lancaster, Lancashire, England”, is the correct church for the entries that I’ve checked and is St Mary, Castle Hill, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 1XB.

    “Event Place: Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bury, Lancashire, England” is 50 miles to the south in, Market Place, Bury, BL9 0YB, and was in the county of Lancashire till the 1970s but boundaries have been redrawn and is now under Greater Manchester.

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  • Wiesenmichel
    Wiesenmichel ✭✭✭
    December 11, 2021

    Grüß Gott,

    die Diskussion sowie die langen Aufzählungen falsch zugeordneter Orte behandelt nur die Symptome eines grundlegenden Entwurfsproblems der FamilySearch-Datenbank. Konkrete Vorschläge zur Erweiterung der Orts-Datensätze sowie des Programmes zur Suche nach dem richtigen Ort (mit richtiger Zuordnung der Verwaltungshierarchie an das jeweilige Ereignisdatum) habe ich in

    https://community.familysearch.org/de/discussion/111152/standardisierte-orte

    "https://community.familysearch.org/de/discussion/111152/standardisierte-orte#latest"

    gemacht. Es gibt beliebig viele gleichnamige Orte auf der Welt, bei denen die Angabe des Namens allein nicht ausreichend ist.

    Viele Grüße vom Wiesenmichel

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