How do I correct an error in transcription of records where there is no option to "edit" the name? A

EricShelton

How do I correct an error in transcription of records where there is no option to "edit" the name? As an example, the death certificate for Sarah Frances Fisher LZ1D-8XM has been incorrectly transcribed as Sarah Tord but should be Sarah Ford.

See the record at

 

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24D-6V3W?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=LZ1D-8XM

 

The image of the record shows the name correctly as "Ford" but I can easily see how the volunteer confused the handwritten "F" with a "T".

Brett .

@EricShelton EricShelton​ 

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Eric.

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FYI

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Currently, you CANNOT make such a correction to this type of "Indexed" record.

Some you can, some you cannot.

Perhaps, in time.

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But ...

That said ...

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You can always:

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EITHER

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(1) 'FamilySearch' "Feedback" in the (New) "IDEAS" Forum

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Submit the matter, being an "Indexing" ERROR, as an "New Idea", in the (New) "IDEAS" Forum, under the "Category" of "Indexing", requesting that be ERROR be addressed/fixed (ie. corrected) by the Programmers/Engineers.

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Here is a direct link:

IDEAS

[ This is the "GetSatisfaction" replacement. ]

https://community.familysearch.org/s/idea/Idea/Default

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and/or,

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(2) 'FamilySearch' "Support" Case

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Submit the matter, being an "Indexing" ERROR, as a 'FamilySearch' "Support" Case, under the "Category" of "Indexing", requesting that be ERROR be addressed/fixed (ie. corrected) by the Programmers/Engineers.

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Here is a direct link:

Contact Us

Send a Message ... [ie. the Section down towards the bottom of page/screen]

https://www.familysearch.org/help/

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OR ... BOTH ...

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If, you like, BOTH - personally, I would do both.

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Nothing ventured, nothing gained ...

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It may get fixed in due course.

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I hope this helps.

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Brett

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EricShelton

Thanks for a quick and great answer to my first question!