Reporting obvious transcription errors
Today I came across a gross transcription error from the 1906 Canada Census (See https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHVD-F8J)
In the transcribed record he is shown to be the s/o Thos and Mary Jane DWYER. This family is actually the next family below. (Pretty sure the transcriber lost their place and confused Mary Jane PAGE with Mary Jane DWYER). Because there is no image on FamilySearch, I am unable to make the corrections so that the source can be attached to the correct family.
Is someone at FamilySearch able to correct this? Joe Napoleon PAGE was the s/o Joe PAGE and Mary Jane with siblings Frances and Albertine ... he is not the son of Thos DWYER and Mary Jane with siblings Patrick and Rose as reported in the FamilySearch sources.
An actual copy of the image is available at Ancestry.com to verify the information I have provided (see the actual image at https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2901065:8827 but note that the transcription on Ancestry is also incorrect 😥)
Answers
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We cannot send errors in household groupings for correction. Here are some options for attaching the source:
- Attach to the correct person and make a note of the error.
- Create a new source to the Ancestry image url with a correct transcription of what is on the record.
https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-add-an-outside-source-to-family-tree https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-create-a-source-in-family-tree
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