Metadata error
I had to correct many profiles due to Metadata errors made by the Indexing "department"
Three parishes
Irsch, Saarburg, Rhein, Preußen, Deutschland
The hints/indexes tagged films/images as Irsch, Bitburg, Rhein, Preußen, Deutschland
This is very very wrong as the images show it is Saarburg. Bitburg one is way further north. I check every entry when it is shown as Irsch, Bitburg instead of Irsch, Saarburg
Same for Losheim, Merzig, Rhein, Preußen, Deutschland. tagged as Losheim, Hellenthal, Malmedy, Rhein, Preußen, Deutschland
(no tags for Metadata)
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@W D Samuelsen contact me please I have the film #'s for the metadata errors for Irsch. Can you send a link to an example for Losheim. It seems to come up correctly in search results for me.
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I have lot of Losheim, so it will be a while before I come across one to report.
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I found another one - records of Bous, Saarlouis, Rhein, Preußen, Deutschland were listed as Zons, Neuss, Rhein, Preußen, Deutschland
Quick link: Anton Schelinsky Male 4 May 1859 – Deceased•L5KB-6VJ
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@SerraNola one for you
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Found another major error
Wahlen, Schleiden, Rhein, Preußen, Deutschland
The problem, it's wrong Wahlen.
The information and images belongs to Wahlen, Merzig, Rhein, Preußen, Deutschland
the link to find the metadata error
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPS4-GGP3?lang=en
Here's the proof showing the database.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKS-PSFR-Z?view=index&action=view&cc=2790268&lang=en&groupId=M9HS-ZPQ
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@SerraNola one for you please
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@W D Samuelsen contact me please Thank you. I have documented all DGS with this error.
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Thanks, and I will continue to look out for others, I know there are. Losheim is one I am looking for with wrong metadata and will report here when found.
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There is one major problem and it isn't metadata issue for this one
Practically every extracted entries from this particular set https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/83068
which is Katholische Kirche Sankt Nikolaus Greimerath (Kr. Saarburg)
is indexed as
Sankt Nikolaus, Sankt Nikolas, Saarbrücken, Rhein, Preußen, Deutschland
100 percent error. I had to come to the FamilySearch Library to track down this very glaring error in order to report this because the indexed entries were NOT linked to images. Somebody goofed.
This drove me crazy since so many of my folks are in Greimerath, which is 42.37 km (26.327497 miles) as birds would fly straight line. (by car it's 66.2 km (41.13477 miles)
Absolutely NO WAY everybody move from Greimerath to Saarbrucken just to get baptized, married, died or even buried !!!
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@W D Samuelsen contact me please Thank you for making the trip to the library to verify this error. This is another example of the name of the church—for which there is no standardized place name, computer matched to a village of the same name. It does appear to be 100 percent incorrectly auto-standardized.
There are other items from other parishes on this film that seem to be correct in search results. I will report this as DGS 8113128, Items 3-5. Again, thank you for your diligence in checking the actual film as it would otherwise not have been discovered.
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Found another metadata error
Bettingen, Saarlouis, Rhein, Preußen, Deutschland
NOT Bettingen, Bitburg, Rhein, Preußen, Deutschland
Proof is in images. Part of Schmelz parish
Image linked Laurentius MIchels (1814-1821) (death record) GLZ1-HMJ
Specific dataset is #008343644
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@W D Samuelsen contact me please Got it, thanks!
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Working for a friend of mine
discovered a glaring error.
Entries indexed as
Rohrbach, Balde, Wittgenstein, Westfalen, Preußen, Deutschland
Should be Rohrbach, Heidelberg, Baden, Deutschland
Metadata or Indexing error?
Film 102154914 is specific issue.
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Why is that I am only one who can catch those metadata errors?
Here's another one!
Heidelberg, Kreis Habelschwerdt, Provinz Schlesien, Preußen, Deutschland
wrong!
it's Heiliggeistkirche Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Baden, Deutschland
Guilty film # 1189483 DGS 102078202
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Found another metadata error
Wrong: Fremersdorf, MERZIG, Rhein, Preußen, Deutschland
Elisabeth Weber (1795-1859) G53S-LM2
Correct: Fremersdorf, SAARLOUIS, Rhein, Preußen, Deutschland
see: https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/263445
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Found what has to be most glaring one.
This particular film data shows Kastel in St. Wendel. (in what is now Saarland)
That is Kastel, Nonnweiler, Sankt Wendel
Every record Indexed as Kastel, Trier. This is very different Kastel.
Film number is https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSTT-1YDN?lang=en&i=1&cc=2790268
Compounding the error is the catalog got it wrong for this particular one.
Google shows this Kastel, 66620 Nonnweiler, Germany, which is 6 km south from Nonnweiler.
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Thank you. It has been documented.
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My friend in Florida alerted me to this what is turning out to be extreme bad.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPD5-62J9?lang=en
This is one of hundreds.
WRONG!
Baden, Achim, Hanover, Prussia, Germany (this place is a dorf called Baden, way way up north)
Correct:
Unteröwisheim, Unteröwisheim, Baden, Preußen
Please fix the metadata before the mass acceptance of this glaring error.
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@SerraNola another for your list I think
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It's hard to keep up with the mislabeling of German church books. The errors would not be found without researchers who understand the jurisdictions, so thank you.
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Thank you Serra Nola in response.
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