US 1900 census PA Somerset ED 186 Lincoln township indexing error

HLHansen

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-XCZS-PS1?i=7&cc=1325221

This particular batch of the 1900 census cannot be attached to individuals on FS. It appears that the husband and wife were indexed and then the rest of the family was indexed with the same name and vitals as the father or head of household. Is there any way that it can be corrected?

N Tychonievich

@HLHansen Thank you for pointing out that the index for this portion of the 1900 US Census has become corrupted. We will report the problem to the group that can look into a solution. We are not able to predict how long it will take for a fix to be in place.

Meanwhile, you can bypass this flawed index and use the census image that you linked to as your source in Family Tree. Notice, in your screen shot, in the lighter gray bar above the image--on the right--is a Source Box button. Click that and add the image to your source box. From there, you can attach the census image as a source to your family in Family Tree. Here are some Help Center articles with full details:

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

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-attach-source-from-source-box

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

Another option is to copy the URL for the census page image and use that to create a source in Family Tree. Here is a Help Center article that gives the details:

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-create-a-source-in-family-tree