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these records have a nonsensical place added - why does Philadelphia appear?, Clearly not right

SRuhland
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September 22 edited September 22 in Search

Name

William Plant

Age

66

Birth Year (Estimated)

1843

Death Date

16 Jan 1909

Death Place

MANCHESTER WITHINGTON WORKHOUSE

Event Type

Burial

Event Date

1909

Event Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Source Publication Year Range

1904 - 1910

Affiliate Film Number

M 327 / 2 / 5 / 2

Affiliate Name

Manchester Withington Workhouse

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    September 22

    Ah yes, our old friend the place name auto standardizing routine.

    When the place name lacks a full location, the algorithm makes a guess at which Manchester.
    https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6TNW-QVNJ?lang=en

    @SerraNola Good morning. Is this one on your very long list? Thanks.

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  • ShelleWells
    ShelleWells mod
    September 30

    @SRuhland I checked the list of known errors, and yes, it is there. Engineers are working on a fix. Thank you for reporting this!

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