Problem with "Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953"
"Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4M3J-9MPZ : 7 November 2019), Jacob Stitely and Henrietta Harry, ; citing Marriage, Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, Rhode Island State Archives, Providence; FHL microfilm 007966226.
This volume actually has records for four congregations in Maryland, Rhode Island, and New York. This particular record is actually for Evangelical Lutheran in Middletown, Frederick, Maryland.
Can the source somehow be fixed?
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Looking at the record details page, I see that the Collection, Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953 is cited; however, looking at the Document Information, I see the this record was taken from film/DGS 7966226.
The Collection is set up so that browsing the collection is done by selecting a DGS and then proceeding. I have searched the DGS numbers that are presented when the option to "Browse all 32,524 Images" is selected, and did not find DGS 7966226 listed.
This appears to be an error in the collection for Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953. I will forward this to the appropriate team for their review and resolution. Unfortunately, because of a significant backlog of issues, it is impossible to suggest when the problem will be fixed.
Thank you for pointing out this problem.
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I am not connected with FamilySearch
It seems to me that the error is not so much with the collection Rhode Island, Vital records, rather the error is that FamilySearch has incorrectly attributed a record for Middletown Frederick Maryland to be a record for Rhode Island.
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