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Robo-indexing error: Westerly in Rhode Island not Maryland

dontiknowyou
dontiknowyou ✭✭✭✭✭
August 17, 2022 edited August 17, 2022 in Search

Here is another instance of a robot indexing error. From the family names this Westerly definitely is the one in Rhode Island.

This screenshot is from the collection United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFF-L988-B?i=37&cc=2546162&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQPY5-WH13

westerly.jpg


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  • dontiknowyou
    dontiknowyou ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 18, 2022

    Given that the dates are before 1776, the correct standard place name would be Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America.

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  • dontiknowyou
    dontiknowyou ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 18, 2022

    @N Tychonievich

    Please escalate this to the engineers.

    The standard place names being applied in this collection are systematically incorrect, both in time and place.

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