Duplicate entries on census; please delete them

RickRose2

(No obvious way to report problems---room for improvement!)

Names have been indexed multiple times for the Earle family on this census page, seems to keep screwing up the algorithm:

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89M1-76HC?cc=2000219&wc=QZXY-PPC%3A794389501%2C795563901%2C800568301%2C800590801 : accessed 23 January 2023), Washington > Pierce > Tacoma Election Precinct, Tacoma, Ward 5 > 42-55 Tacoma Election Precinct, Tacoma City Ward 5 (Area E - part) > image 21 of 28; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.

Áine Ní Donnghaile

@Mike357 This appears to be similar to the errors we were seeing in the 1900 and other censuses, where names have replicated in the index.

Mike357

@RickRose2,

Thanks for pointing out this error in the 1940 United States Census. I do see, as you, that members of the Earle family and others appear in the Image Index multiple times. As a result, or coincidently, other names on the census do not appear in the Image Index for that census page.

This is a known problem that we have recently seen frequently. It is now being reviewed and addressed by the appropriate team.

If you find that a family member is not found in the Image Index, you do have the option to still attach the census record, as a source, to their individual records in Family Tree by using the Source Box. If you are unfamiliar with the Source Box, the following Help Center articles will guide you.

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-to-find-the-add-to-source-box-link

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/from-my-source-box-how-do-i-attach-a-source-to-a-person-in-family-tree

I hope this may help.