Getting a citation corrected
Hello,
I just corrected a transcription error on a 1930 United States Census, from Virginia, for Kenneth Uglow and his family. The source citation is now wrong and there is no way to change it in the screen it shows on.
My question is Who do I contact/write to, to have this looked into. Here is the URL:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CJTF-7ZM
Thank You,
Sue Sanchez
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@Sue Sanchez, I suspect that the reason that you are seeing the error in the citation is due to the Auto-standardization problem that is most easily seen in the 1930 census record for the father, Kenneth M. Uglow (See https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CJTF-SN2).
In his census record, notice the Event Place (Original) and the Event Place do not agree. This is a problem that we have been dealing with for a while. The engineers are working to resolve these kind of problems. I will put this specific issue in the queue to be reviewed and forwarded to the engineers for resolution. Unfortunately, it is impossible to tell you when the problem will be fixed.
I believe that, when the auto standardization problem is corrected, the citation will also be corrected.
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FamilySearch does not own the original records. If you look at the end of the citation, it shows the microfilm the record came from is owned by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Any edits you are able to make in the FamilySearch indexed records online do not change the original source, nor the Family History Library microfilm. Thus, the only part of the citation that might change is the accessed date.
I have alo made edits to census records (often spelling issues). I usually add a note in the comment field to indicate to other researchers I have done so. A note might also prevent someone else from changing your edit back to the original.
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