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August 24, 2017 edited September 28, 2020 in Suggest an Idea
Darla Rodriguez said: Federal Census, Wise County, Justice precinct 4, Texas 1900
In question: John W. West listed birth year by transcriber as 1879 when he was born in 1871..clearly the copy of mirco-film supports the 1871 date, as does looking up John W. West via findagrave.com. Also his daughter's name is spelled Winkey B. by transcriber when her first name was Minkey. In the name column for wife, it is transcribed as S-In-Law...her nick name is listed on mirco-film as Tennie M. T.

I know some of these census records can be hard to read especially for those who don't know the details of the person or persons in question.

How does one ask for corrections to be made?
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  • LegacyUser
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    August 24, 2017
    Tom Huber said: You don't because indexes at the present time cannot be corrected, changed, etc., by anyone, including FamilySearch personnel.

    We have been told that a feature that will allow us to make additions, changes, corrections is somewhere in the works, but we have not been told what the feature will entail or when it will be available.
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  • CindaBeckwith
    CindaBeckwith ✭
    July 17, 2021

    The following record shows fields which need to be corrected because of certain scrivener's errors I have enclosed the corrections in parenthesis based on the image of the record:

    Event Type: Census

    Name: Emma J Talley

    Sex: Female

    Age: 32 (52)

    Event Date: 1900

    Event Place: Election District 2, Clarksburg Hyattstown town, Montgomery, Maryland, United States

    Event Place (Original): ED 50 Election District 2, Clarksburg Hyattstown town, Montgomery, Maryland, United States

    Marital Status: Married

    Race: Black

    Number of Living Children: 8

    Relationship to Head of Household: Wife

    Mother of how many children: 11

    Sheet Letter: B

    Sheet Number: 12

    Years Married: 35

    Birth Date: Feb 1868 (Year should be 1848)

    Birthplace: Virginia

    Marriage Year (Estimated): 1865

    Father's Birthplace: Virginia

    Mother's Birthplace: Virginia

    HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplaceFleming TalleyHeadM59VirginiaEmma J TalleyWifeF32VirginiaNora TalleyDaughterF12Maryland

    Line Number: 67

    Sheet Number and Letter: 12B

    Affiliate Publication Number: T623

    Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

    Indexing Batch: N00828-9

    Household ID: 215

    GS Film Number: 1240625

    Digital Folder Number: 004120210

    Digital Folder Number: 004120210

    Image Number: 00469


    Citing this Record

    "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M32Z-84R : accessed 17 July 2021), Emma J Talley in household of Fleming Talley, Election District 2, Clarksburg Hyattstown town, Montgomery, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 50, sheet 12B, family 215, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,625.

    This person is report to have had 11 children in this census (year 1900), was married in 1865, and was born in 1868. The record details shows that edits can be made to the name, event date and event place only. Can a change to be made to accom0date other fields, event if the changes are to be submitted to someone in your IT Dept, to verify the proposed corrections are valid?

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