Unable to edit indexing errors in 1931 Canada Census
A couple times now when researching people I've turned up sources for the 1931 Canada Census and I see spelling errors in some names. When I click the edit to bring up the form, it appears with the new style form for editing however I am seeing the pen symbol greyed out so it is not possible to correct the errors. (I'm not a big fan of the new style layout ... found the old style much easier.) Also I notice that when making edit corrections, the old form had a field for explaining why the correction was made but this new form does not. Not a big deal, just thought that "explanation" might help others.
In this example, the surname should be Rodenhizer. (My maternal relatives.)
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A month later, still no change at least on this one - still can't correct it. I haven't had any trouble lately on other indexing corrections I've made.
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The Canada Census 1931 has been transcribed and listed Margaret Boggs Stone, living in the home of Thomas McCook of Campbellford, Ontario Canada as a daughter She was listed on the census as a domestic and I know from personal contact that the McCooks did not have children. Thank you- (name removed)
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@BPechkovsky can you provide a link to the page in question please, to make it easier for the community here to help you.
Also please edit out your first name as we are only supposed to include name elements that are part of our usernames. Thanks.
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@BPechkovsky Mod note: Community is a public online forum. For your privacy, your post was edited to remove a name that is not part of your username. Please see the Community Code of Conduct for more details.
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@BPechkovsky I have verified that the relationships for Thomas McCook cannot be edited on this census page. I will report this to engineering.
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I, too, have a problem with whoever transcribed the 1931 Canadian Census. It CLEARLY states on the record that Frances Mae Cuming is 2 1/2 months old, yet is listed here as 2 YEARS old. She was in fact, born in March of 1931 (she changed her name later in life to Diane Frances Cuming, before I was born - she was my mother).
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In checking a record hint for my paternal grandmother (Guri Skretting) in the 1931 Canada Census, the transcription says she was born in Scotland. I know from personal knowledge that she was born in Alberta. Both the previous "Canada, Prairie Provinces, Census, 1916" and "Canada, Prairie Provinces, Census, 1926" indicate she was born in Alberta as well.
When I bring up the 'Edit' screen, the pencil for birthplace is greyed out. Hopefully there is a way to correct this.
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The image clearly shows Guri's birthplace as "Alba", but the transcript says "Scotland, United Kingdom".
As to why the fields cannot be edited, there is a banner at the top of the page that offers an "explanation" of sorts.
"In order to keep records searchable on FamilySearch, only some fields are available to edit in the 1931 Canada Census." I'm not sure what CONFIRM means in this context.
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It's disappointing not to be able to correct her birthplace. I hope someone behind the scenes will do it.
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