How to get an indexing error corrected on a non-editable record?
Apologies if I'm posting this question in the wrong place—first-time poster here.
This record for the wedding of Gottfried Hierholzer (PZDD-8PP) and his second wife, Maria Magdalena Schaupp or Schupp (PZDD-48R), is from the church books of the diocese of Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. The indexing lists the place of the event as "Rieden, Amberg-Sulzbach, Oberpfalz, Bayern, Deutschland." However, that location looks incorrect because it is outside the diocese of Augsburg.
I do not have access to see the image, but I found the wedding record on Matricula Online's records for the diocese of Augsburg. I believe it's the same individuals because not only do the names match, but the DOB for Gottfried Hierholzer matches the DOB on the record indexed on FamilySearch. Additionally, Gottfried is listed as a widower on this record, which is consistent with this being his second marriage. The location on the Matricula record is Frieding, not Rieden. As shown on the map at Matricula, this Frieding is just northeast of Herrsching am Ammersee.
The best "standardized location" I can come up with for this Frieding in FamilySearch is "Frieding, Andechs, Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany" although it doesn't fit the 1832 event date.
Is there another place I should report this correction, or is reporting it here sufficient?
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@KE_631 I think that you would get better help posting this in the German Records group.
https://community.familysearch.org/en/group/88-germany-research
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@KE_631
Your question has been moved to the Search category, the best place for your question. The members of the Germany Research group are great when you need help translating a record, but they cannot edit an uneditable record.2 -
@dancingintherain and @Áine.ní.Donnghaile just my opinion but I think this may have to do with the standardization of places - I've seen other discussions but don't have enough skills to explain or fix
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@maryellenstevensbarnes1
I looked at the record before I commented. Usually, with the place standardization issue, there are breadcrumbs - evidence of the change, including the word "original." This record didn't have any of that.1 -
@Áine.ní.Donnghaile Thank you, and best wishes — we users all appreciate your willingness & dedication
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This record has a duplicate as it is found on two different films—8119700 and 8117929. I noticed they are both attached to Gottfried Hierholzer and both now show the place name as “Frieding, Andechs, Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany”. To be historically correct, “Germany” should be omitted but there is not an option for that in standardized place names.
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