Are you able to correct errors in census records so it can be attached (tagged) properly?
United States, Census, 1880
Thomas Paulding
In this census record, Thomas' (LZR9-BGP) son's (Wm. R. Paulding LZR9-196) wife, Elizabeth(LZR9-196) is incorrectly listed as a daughter instead of daughter-in-law, and THEIR children listed with them are incorrectly listed as sons and daughters instead of GRANDCHILDREN, making it impossible for the record to be indexed correctly.
In addition, THEIR son, Frank, LZR9-196 is incorrectly listed as female instead of male.
Also, the first 2 children listed are William's children with his 1st wife, Sarah Hays 2DT2-NC6.
THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE CENSUS TAKER MADE MANY ERRORS IN RECORDING THIS FAMILY.
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@Connie Hays Ogle McKell many indexed records are editable. Here is a link that shows how to do that. Let me know if this helps :)
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@Connie Hays Ogle McKell I can understand that census taker errors impact the DQS; but to preserve record integrity, edits cannot alter the data from the original record. It would be best to make a note in the tree describing the errors, as you did here.
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The source linker is very flexible. No matter what the source indicates, you can always drag names on the left side of the source linker to line up with the correct people. Sometimes you have to force this by using ID numbers. Looking at that 1880 census, I see that you have already attached each source to the correct person so things are in fine shape despite the indexing problems.
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And, if the DQS calls out an error in the relationship, based on the census, you have the opportunity to explain and dismiss the error.
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Just a small aside to this discussion: I think it is better to just call them errors on the record rather than ascribing the error to any person (I started thinking about this when I noticed several of my ancestors have been census takers.)
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