Is there a place to report images that have been published but are incorrectly indexed?
While researching today I found a section of the 1900 census that has been incorrectly indexed. Multiple images have the head of households name and data indexed for every member of the household.
The link below is the page I ended up on. If you look Ezra J Weigley is the head of household, but his data is also indexed 4 more times as his own son. The image clearly shows his wife, daughter, son, and granddaughter listed in his household, but all their data is not indexed.
In reviewing the other names on the same image and looking at surrounding images, the same thing has been done. The data for the head of household indexed over and over again.
I there a place to report this kind of problem? Currently this image and index are useless for documenting a family and the unique individuals in it.
Best Answer
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@malich; Thanks for highlighting this problem. It is a problem that we are seeing more frequently, and has been reported to the appropriate team within FamilySearch for review and resolution. I will make sure that they are also aware of this instance of the problem. As there is a rather large backlog of issues, it would be impossible to suggest when this problem will be fixed.
As you've noticed, the duplicate entries of Ezra J Weigley in the image index "hide" the entries for the other members of the household. It seems that the only way to attach the census record to other household members is to save the census page to your Source Box and then attach it as a source from there. If you are unfamiliar with the Source Box, you might want to review the article below (and those that it references).
So, consider this problem reported; thanks again for doing so.
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