How can I review my own family 1950 census listing for accuracy?
I looked at my own family's 1950 census listing some months ago. Each of the 5 names in our family was incorrect. I tried to participate in the Community Project and fix the errors today, 5/10/2022. I was electronically informed that that State, County and Town was already "fixed." I just wanted to ensure that the dear soul who fixed our family, did it correctly (we have rather unusual names). Whatever I tried, I was unable to see "us". Thus my question, how can I do that.
Thank you,
Tana Fay Ashcroft Graham
Answers
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You can go to the National Archives site and put your suggested changes in there. I ended up going to the original source since I couldn't find my mother's or father's residence. Both were clearly written, but badly transcribed by the computer program. I was able to input the correct names for everyone in both households. The only thing the site requires is an email verification code (for every name search).
As far as FamilySearch's site, volunteers are instructed not to correct any names during the review process. We are to match what we see even when we know it is incorrect.
Once the review process is complete and those files are posted on FamilySearch you should be able to edit their names like we are currently able to do with many of the past indexed census records.
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Update to my previous comment about the National Archives site:
It has been less than a week, and when I enter a search for my father (state/county/full name), it brings up the correct page of the census, but shows a blank in the "Matched Name(s)" field. For my mother's family, the right page comes up, but the "Matched Name(s)" field still has last name misspelled. So it may take a while for those names changes to be entered into their system.
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