Error in Nebraska census search results - how to let FS know about issue
Noticed tonight that the county is off for several Nebraska relatives. Doing a record search for William Becker in 1940 census and residence of Fillmore County in Nebraska does not yield result. Removing the county name and just searching Nebraska yields correct family but shows them in Douglas County.
Opening the link shows the census page and clearly is Fillmore County. I noticed a similar issue for people in Johnson County not listed in the correct county in search results. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9MM-52G : Wed Jan 15 16:59:09 UTC 2025), Entry for William B Becker, 1940.
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@neckles This issue with the 1940 Census is part of a larger place name problem being addressed by engineers. The film covers Douglas, Dundee, and Fillmore counties, but only Douglas appears in the RMS data, so all three show up as Douglas in search results. However, I found that searching by residence using Fillmore still retrieves the correct records even though they're labeled as Douglas.
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