Different locations with the same name that are indexed incorrectly
I have noticed that many records from Davidson County, NC are indexed as being from Davidson, Mecklenburg, North Carolina. As I have encountered several thousands of these errors I edited just those related to my relatives, just for those individuals. That leaves multiple thousands of individual records indexed incorrectly for everyone else .
I have also noticed this same issue with Macon County, GA and Macon, Bibb, GA. There must be other locations .
When a registry, an index, a roll book, etc. is incorrectly located, it would be helpful if there was a way to correct the entire record. Having to correct it at the individual record level is too time consuming.
Is there a way, that I am not aware of?
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When an incorrect location affects many records like this, it's basically never actually an indexing error. The indexers likely had nothing whatsoever to do with it. It's probably actually some variant of the ongoing autostandardization mess. However, you didn't give any URLs, and my attempts have not turned up anything that's labeled as Mecklenburg or Bibb but isn't.
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For full background on this problem, see: https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/125985/auto-standardization/p1
If these are reported with specific examples under the Search community, they will get forwarded to the team working on these and we've been told they will be fixed. Eventually. But it will take time.
This is how I report them:
Collection Name: Norway Census, 1891
Original Event Place: Tysnes
Incorrect Standard Applied: Tysnes, Nordland, Norway
Correct Standard: Tysnes, Hordaland, Norway
Example: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DJ5Z-3XN2
Notes: Caution! There is a Tysnes, Nordland, Norway which was just a small farm but it does not appear that any of the indexed records for Tysnes municipality were for that place.
Sometimes with a longer explanation if needed. It is very important to include an example.
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