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1950 Census indexing consistently wrong for LaSalle County, Illinois

BWH436
BWH436 ✭
June 6, 2023 edited July 9, 2024 in General Questions

Every record in the 1950 Census for LaSalle County has the "Event Place" as "La Salle, LaSalle, Illinois, United States" regardless of the contents of "Event Place (Original)". What can be done to fix this problem?

The image below shows the top 4 results in a search of the 1950 Census for families in LaSalle County with the surname of "Swanson":

1) Tennis Swanson: actually in Crotty (a.k.a. Seneca): https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6X1K-B3FM

2) Harold Swanson: actually in Mendota: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6X18-3C96

3) Gerald Swanson: actually in Allen Township: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6X1N-FBMR

4) Charollette Swanson: actually in Ottawa: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6X16-9B9F

1950Census-LaSalleCounty.jpg

Here's Harold's record:

1950Census-HaroldSwanson.jpg


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  • Correcting indexing errors
  • 1950 US census
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  • N Tychonievich
    N Tychonievich ✭✭✭✭✭
    June 7, 2023 Answer ✓

    @BWH436 Thank you for reporting the inaccurate place standardization in the index of the 1950 US Census for LaSalle County, Illinois. I have reported it to the group that is working on correcting similar errors.

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    June 6, 2023

    @N Tychonievich please and thank you.

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