Need to verify marriage detail before carrying across in attachment process

LegacyUser

Paul said: I raise this issue further to a recent post relating to the inaccuracy in this particular source detail.

I have never been happy that users have the ability to carry across this type of detail during the attachment process.

Firstly, these sources often include marriage banns and licence dates & places - being at an earlier date to the actual marriage event, they replace any correct details that already appear on the person pages.

Secondly - as in this case - they often contain incomplete or incorrect details that again, when carried across, can replace the accurate detail already on display.

In the example below, the marriage took place at Sunderland, Durham, England - NOT in the county of Northumberland, England. Yet (depending on the date format) this inaccurate detail could replace the correct information displayed on the person pages.

LegacyUser

Paul said: As an update to the above, in this case (the date being the same) the original entry detail was not replaced (on the person page) by the added source. As shown, it appears in the Relationship Events list, but comes below the "existing" event entry.

However, as mentioned earlier, I still feel the ease at which incorrect / unverified details can be carried across whilst attaching the source means it would be better to block the transfer of this Marriage detail during the process.

Had the source related to a marriage licence (there is no differentiating of these from actual marriage events in the titles of FamilySearch sources) the licence detail would have "overwritten" the correct detail on the person page.



(I have now deleted the second entry from Relationship Events list and added comments to the incorrectly titled/detailed sources I have just added to this couple.)