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Census records are transcribed with pages overlapping

Dar Helwig
Dar Helwig ✭
February 27, 2022 edited February 27, 2022 in Search

My Grandfather's (Adolph Helwig) 1920 census record is transcribed incorrectly. His information 6th line of the page. But if you look at the transcription at the bottom of the page his information is at the top. To see the top 5 name transcriptions of the record you need to open the PREVIOUS page of the series and look at the transcription. This error begins at the bottom of page 1 of the series and continues all the way through to page 34.

Can this be corrected or is it something that we don't complain about?

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  • annewandering
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    February 27, 2022 edited February 27, 2022

    This thread is moved to Search community where they can better help you.

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  • genthusiast
    genthusiast ✭✭✭✭✭
    February 27, 2022 edited February 27, 2022

    @Dar Helwig

    The Head of House # 577 is included on the previous page. Therefore this occurrence is following normal establish guidelines for indexing - to index the household together on the same/first page when split between two pages. https://prod.familysearch.psdops.com/cmsa/idx/what-to-do-when-records-span-2-images-or-to-view-additional-images

    So I wouldn't complain about this - when records are split between two pages.

    As you indicate this starts on page 1 - I took a quick look there. Yes - page 1 also happens to splits a household. The Census recorder did a good job in conserving pages. Perhaps the recorder for pages 34+ did not.

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