How to get feedback from reviewer to indexer

Read Gilgen

I've been reviewing Italian records from Genova and find that one indexer makes the same (minor) mistakes consistently. Is there a way to share a batch and have FS contact that indexer and remind them of the correct ways to index? As it is, it slows down the review process by having fix the same errors over and over.

Thanks in advance.

John Empoliti

Hi @Read Gilgen

Currently, there is no way for a Reviewer to give direct feedback to an Indexer. If your Indexer did a poor enough job that you are ready to return the batch for reindexing, you could activate/invoke the Help>Labs option to return the batch with "Reasons for Reindexing." This would allow you to give indirect feedback to the Indexer.

Check out the discussion at this link for more details:

https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/111180/is-there-anyway-to-leave-feedback-for-indexers

Susan Ann Mullen

Fortunately we do have reviewers to catch those errors. Thank for your work reviewing!

Read Gilgen

Thanks, I think this might be my only recourse. The same indexer adds accents (acute) to Genova and Maria. Possibly this doesn't matter, but when I remove the accents the review box does indicate a change (read arrow).

This indexer also has other problems that indicate training issues and I'll use the "labs" feedback option to indicate so.

Thanks!