Something Is Terribly Wrong with the 1900 U.S. Census Data File
I hope someone from technical support reads this. There is something wrong with the 1900 U.S. Census data file, at least for Pennsylvania. I have encountered dozens of cases of this problem:
- When trying to attach the Census from Research Help, I get an error "! 410 - Record removed."
- When clicking on Review Attachments in Sources for previously attached records, I get the same error.
See screen shot examples. I have many more. This only happens with 1900 Census records.
Sincerely,
Mark Hansen
Answers
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There is a known issue with the 1900 US census. It is with the developers for a fix. See this thread, among others: https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/111793/a-gremlin-in-the-1900-us-census-kearny-new-jersey#latest
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URGENT @N Tychonievich, @Áine Ni Donnghaile - What is the status of this issue, please? It seems every 1900 Census in Pennsylvania has this problem. I have many dozens of examples. This defect is affecting not only 1900 Censuses that I am trying to attach, but also 1900 Censuses that were attached by others years ago. It has been happening for months now. Please let me know when it will be fixed. Thank you.
Mark Hansen
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@Mark.B.Hansen The last I heard back from engineering (4 days ago), they believe they have identified the source of the problems and have assigned an individual to work on it. Months? Maybe. We first reported it to engineering on 18 December. Not a lot of work gets done during the holidays. Being married to a software engineer, I can tell you that even things that seem to be quick fixes can sometimes prove to be more difficult to nail down than one might expect. Let's give them time to get it working.
As as workaround, you can always add the census image to your source box. From there, you can attach it to family members correctly.
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Thank you @N Tychonievich.
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Thanks, @N Tychonievich. Well, it SEEMS like months. 🙂 I didn't write down when I first started seeing it. Yeah, the workaround is very tedious. Based on the number of 1900 Censuses I find and need to attach each day, my source box would be overflowing! And attaching the Censuses the real way automatically adds it as a Residence in the Other Information section, which the workaround doesn't do, so I would have to do that manually for each person in the family. And worst of all, in many cases you can't even view a 1900 Census that is already attached. You just get a !410 - Record Removed error. So needless to say, I am anxious for the fix. 🙂
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Suggestion for the workaround: instead of a separate addition to your Source Box for every person mentioned, create a "whole family" citation for the image, then go into your source box from your account icon (rather than from a tree profile) to make use of the new attachment options (finding profiles to attach a citation to based on name, ID, or your recents list). No, it will not create a residence under Other, but on the plus side, it'll create a linked set of citations, where if you fix a typo in one instance, it'll be corrected on every profile where it's used. A citation that refers directly to the image rather than to someone's reading of it will also be a lot closer to good genealogical practice than FS's index-centric setup.
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