Multiple Townships in Wrong County [1820 Federal Census]
This is the first time I've seen, potentially, a place error when using the 'Browse' method to view a Federal Census record Image.... It appears the Townships of Brush Creek, Hillsboro, Jackson, Liberty, Middletown, New Market, and Salem, .. should be shown in Highland County, vice Fayette County
Complicating this issue is that there are Townships of the same name in both Fayette and Highland County, e.g. Concord, Madison, Paint and Union
If you want to look at the entire Reel for this portion of Ohio [Roll 92], Fayette County starts at Image #14, Highland County at Image #58
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBS-7JL
This co-mingling will impact search results as well
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@N Tychonievich Placename standardization (what else?), please and thanks. It's not just townships, but states.
Pulling an example from the DGS, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGQ-W8R
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Hadn't noticed the state being 'off' as shown in your example. Although I've seen that in other numerous cases
What I find odd in this case is that these are all misplaced in the 'Browse' ordering structure as well. In the past I had found that to be 'right' when it came to finding images in a particular/correct place....
And sadly, when I went back to look thru Roll 92, it didn't take long to find images that were not indexed at all--- Images 28, 33, 36, 38, 40, 42, 47, 49.... I'm sure there more as I stopped there. My goodness what a gordian knot we've made....
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@Mark McKenzie_1 An automated process gone wrong. N Tychonievich has taken the lead on eventual correction.
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Thanks!!
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When you see the Event Place (Original) field, as in my screenshot, that's the clue that the standardization bot is the cause. If you'll report those, in Search, with a URL and screenshot, and tagging N Tychonievich, each will be put on the list for eventual correction.
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Thanks!!
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@Mark McKenzie_1 Thank you for reporting the error. I've sent it on to the group that can make corrections. Unfortunately, they are a small team with a large backlog of similar errors, so we can't predict how long it will be before you see a correction.
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