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Laura17076
Laura17076 ✭
October 17, 2023 edited September 30, 2024 in Get Involved/Indexing

Hello,

There is an error on the record of one of our ancestors in this record:

New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980

There is no editing option on this record. How can I get it corrected?

The index incorrectly lists the record as belonging to our ancestor's brother, who was not even been born at the time. I think I understand why the mistake was made as there was an error written on the actual church birth record years later. (Someone recorded a marriage to the wife of the incorrectly listed brother on the page.)

Thanks in advance.

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  • baptism record
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  • BraydenGraves
    BraydenGraves ✭✭✭
    October 17, 2023

    Not all records have the option of editing them, though I think I've heard that they are gradually making older ones available to edit.

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    October 17, 2023

    The New Jersey Births and Christenings images are not available to view from home for non-LDS church members. For that reason it cannot be edited - no image to compare to.

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  • Laura17076
    Laura17076 ✭
    October 18, 2023

    Thank you for the response. I had the town's special collections librarian look for me and she pulled the image which confirmed what I had suspected. I was hoping to find a contact with FamilySearch would could review the record and note that it needs a correction.

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    October 18, 2023 edited October 18, 2023

    The index is not the record and it served its purpose since you found the record. I'm at my FSC this afternoon if you would like me to pull a copy.

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  • Laura17076
    Laura17076 ✭
    October 18, 2023

    Thank you for your very generous offer. I do have a copy that the librarian pulled, so I think I am set with that. It's just that it's a bit hard to see so I was hoping to get the clear printed index to use for a delayed birth certificate request. I'll use what I have.

    And yes, it did serve the purpose, but only because I knew from research that the person it was indexed to had not been born yet. If anyone else is looking for it, it will be hard to find without that knowledge.

    Thanks again for the offer and the guidance. Best wishes!

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    October 18, 2023

    Often, the image on FamilySearch is better than the image from the NJ Archives. I have many in my files that I purchased from NJ before they were available from FS.

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