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Áine Ní Donnghaile
Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
April 24, 2024 edited November 20, 2024 in Social Groups

I was cleaning up a profile for a GG Aunt this morning after some incorrect records were added to the family overnight. Mary's maiden surname is McGarrity, from County Tyrone. Profile MR7P-YCK.

"Mc" names have often been indexed with a space between the Mc and the rest of the name. And, Irish birth registrations have been indexed multiple times. As a result, Mary has multiple "consistent with sources" errors when the algorithm does not recognize that Mc Garrity is the same as McGarrity.

Mary McGaritty, "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881" has a last name of garitty, which is different from mcgarrity.

I recognize that there is a variant spelling here, with 1 r and 2 t, but I imagine that would fall within normal parameters for variants if not for the space in Mc Garrity.

Oh - and the record, which was handwritten in 1864, does not have a space. #279.

Thanks.

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  • Rhonda Budvarson
    Rhonda Budvarson ✭✭✭✭
    April 24, 2024

    Thank you for your feedback. This is what is needed to improve algorithms.

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  • Rhonda Budvarson
    Rhonda Budvarson ✭✭✭✭
    June 17, 2024

    PQS should no longer be calling out the space. You are correct that there should be no space. We have forwarded this on to the proper team for that issue. This was a great catch on your part. Thanks again for your help :)

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    June 17, 2024

    Thanks, Rhonda.

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