Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016 - records indexed with wrong/missing county

Tim Carroll

In the collection, Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016, many marriage records for Hamilton County, Ohio [where Cincinnati is located], are indexed as Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio rather than Hamilton County, Ohio

Example: film 100204399  [entire film indexed as Hamilton, Butler, Ohio rather than Hamilton, Ohio]

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q214-PTKM

Second example: film 100204398  is indexed as Ohio rather than Hamilton County, Ohio

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQR-1TN5

russellwaltgeorge1

I would suggest submitting this to the Indexing community.

Maile L

Thanks @Tim Carroll. As of today, when I view the original document (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9X8-C8TY) attached to the record, the dropdown shows Ohio, Hamilton County Records, 1791-1994.

Maile 🙂

Mike357

@Tim Carroll, the problem that you describe is called an place standardization error. It is a problem that FamilySearch has been dealing with for some time. Our engineers are aware of the problem and have been working to resolve it. Unfortunately, we understand that each location and Collection need to be reported separately.

I will forward this issue to the queue for review and resolution. Unfortunately, because of a significant backlog of related problems, it is impossible to suggest when the problem will be fixed.

Notwithstanding the error, you can attach the source to the Family Tree record of your ancestor by using the Source box. If you are unfamiliar with the Source Box you will find the following Help Center articles helpful:

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-to-find-the-add-to-source-box-link

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-attach-source-from-source-box

This type of issue would be more quickly recognized and better dwelt with when reported in the Community, FamilySearch : Search category.