Belize Marriage Records 1919-1927 Indexing Errors

NormCain

Hello,

I want to notify the community that there are some errors in the indexing of the Belize Marriages (All districts) 1919-1927, film # 007784557, affecting Item 1 only. Specifically the pairing of the father's name to the marrying couples. The catalog webpage for this film does states that the film is "not in strict chronological order." However it is because of the this that whenever the dates goes out of sequence, there is a mis-pairing of father to child in the marriage records.

I have identified the images in the film where the marrying couple's names (left side of image) does not match the father's name (right side of image), and matched it with the correct image number in the film where their real father's name is located.

Couple Image# Father's Name Image#
11 - 297
22 - 307
32 - 11
43 - 22
53 - 32
63 - 43
73 - 53
83 - 63
93 - 73
103 - 83
113 - 93
123 - 103
133 - 113
143 - 123
153 - 133
163 - 143
174 - 153
184 - 163
194 - 174
205 - 184
216 - 194
226 - 205
236 - 216
246 - 226
256 - 236
267 - 246
277 - 256
287 - 267
297 - 277
307 - 287

I have corrected a couple of trees which relied on the indexing of these images. Perhaps the FS team responsible for this film can correct it in some way.

Regards
Norm Cain

MazyPutnam

@NormCain Thank you for letting us know. This has been forwarded to the appropriate group.

SerraNola

@NormCain It seems evident that the page mismatching occurred before the FamilySearch digitization, originating from the original books that were microfilmed. Fixing this would require re-ordering pages at the Belize archive and sending a camera crew, which is unlikely to happen. Your work provides a helpful key for researchers to locate and attach both images accurately. I hope we can find an effective way to make your information easily accessible. Thank you for your valuable contributions!

Áine.ní.Donnghaile

@SerraNola Perhaps a note in the Belize Wiki?