1950 census errors extensive and make it hard to attach sources
When the census was first out I got a lot of good hints and was thankful for the rushed indexing, but increasingly I am finding the rushed indexing problematic.
I am thankful that I can edit records myself, but this is an example of a sheet with a lot of errors. It seems to me that running it through an indexing algorithm again with better training would be an option FamilySearch could pursue. My guess is this is already on their roadmap and they just have not gotten to it?
Can anyone confirm this is a known issue?
There is so much mixed data like the ages and households and genders that even if I make the names for the sheet match the highlights then the other data still does not match.
In the source attach view it is hard to even attach them or know which people to attach them to. Names are with wrong genders and wrong ages and relationships.
Link https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHJ-5QHW-29WM-1?view=index&action=view
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@Michael W. McCormick the engineers are aware that there are issues. We have been asked to use the Feedback button on the left of the original census to report the issues that we find and be as specific as we can. Also, please include the screenshot of the Source Linker you included above. When we report what we find using the Feedback option, it goes directly to the engineers who work on this project. They will then add this to their work schedule.
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