Indexed wrong
What do I do if I believe a record is indexed wrong. My Grand uncle was born Walter LT7L-ZKV, but I have an indexed record listing his birth name as John. All of my research and family history leads me to believe this is Walters birth. This is the indexed record :
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Repaired URL: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDD-SSSQ?icid=home-tasks&treeref=GRD7-3JR
Since that is not the birth record but an index of birth records, you are 2 levels removed from the record. Add to that, we cannot see the image even of the index, much less that of the original record.
In other words - there is no easy way to know if there is an error on the original record, or on the state-created printed index. I've seen many birth records with one given name while the infant baptism has a different given name.
According to the FS Wiki, the index was provided by the South Dakota Department of Health. It is what we have; it is not something that can be edited at the FamilySearch level.
If you want to know more, you'll want to obtain the birth record from the original location.3 -
Thank you very much for your time. Your answer was very helpful.
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