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Stephen Stuart_2
Stephen Stuart_2 ✭
December 10, 2022 edited December 12, 2022 in Search

"England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N66B-ZY8 : 12 March 2020), Hannah Bucknell in entry for Henry Pooley, 1821.

This marriage manuscript record (1821, no. 526) clearly shows the bride's name as Naamah. Family Search has misread it as Hannah. She was named after her mother.

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  • genthusiast
    genthusiast ✭✭✭✭✭
    December 10, 2022 edited December 10, 2022

    @Stephen Stuart_2

    Firstly, your query is about a published Legacy Collection - and is supposed to be asked in Search category (even though though you are asking about the index).

    I believe you are correct - 1. Bride's name does appear as Naamah 2. This is a Legacy Collection that was indexed for publication by FamilySearch April 2010 (the wiki article link is fairly detailed about the collection and does refer to you to research the original records).

    As a Legacy collection - the article states [no corrections to the index will be made] (see the note in the link) - so complaint for this collection is not productive. The image is available which is a huge benefit in comparison to a collection with only index access. In the record index view the right-hand column refers to Similar Records which have the correct name.

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    You do bring a good follow-up question to mind - will the Record Hints from Legacy collections continue to suggest/create incorrect profiles? How will FamilySearch correct that without correcting the index? Do Legacy Collections even generate Record Hint? (probably) ...

    Anyway, you can console yourself that "the index is not the record" and if attaching the record in Family Tree you can Note the index error.

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  • Maile L
    Maile L mod
    December 20, 2022

    That is a good question @genthusiast. I will see who I can ask about that.

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