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ERROR REPORT - Placename algorithm moves Chicago to Prussia

Áine.ní.Donnghaile
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October 5, 2024 edited March 13, 2025 in Search

In Chicago, there is a cemetery named Waldheim. The placename algorithm has transplanted an infant death/burial to Prussia as a result.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N724-W2H

And, in the process, the date of burial has been truncated to just the year.

https://imgur.com/oXvYfo2

@Ashlee C. please.

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  • Ashlee C.
    Ashlee C. ✭✭✭✭✭
    October 7, 2024

    @Áine Ní Donnghaile I will send this in to be investigated. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

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  • Áine.ní.Donnghaile
    Áine.ní.Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    October 7, 2024

    Thank you @Ashlee C.

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  • Áine.ní.Donnghaile
    Áine.ní.Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    October 8, 2024

    Another example of the algorithm's misinterpretation of Waldheim Cemetery, on the burial of Frederick Hill: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M7-PFYZ

    Interesting to note that the same death certificate has been indexed multiple times, but the algorithm has not moved the burial in all cases.

    This one also moved to Prussia: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M7-T4JY

    This one did not https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7JN-PMY

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