Census

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  How do I report or flag a record that needs to be manually reviewed or corrected?

  This particular census record has completely bad indexing: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/…

  Answered ✓ Closed jonwithnoh 201 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by jonwithnoh July 24, 2022Search
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  1860 census was indexed a long time ago, but page is missing info...

  I've found family on this page: You can see only one name indexed when there should be 38. No…

  Answered ✓ Closed Jim Laudie 441 views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by Jim Laudie June 10, 2022Search
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  Are all pre-1950 census forms fully transcribed?

  On more than one occasion I can search for and locate an individual in a given census, and then the…

  Answered Closed MarcCriley 211 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by MarcCriley May 13, 2022Search
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  England & Wales census records indexed with incorrect placename

  Some census records are labelled with incorrect parishes in the 'event place'. For exampl…

  Answered ✓ Closed KatieFuller2 181 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by Mike357 March 31, 2022Search
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  Why does 'Cleveland, Yorkshire' appear as a census place when it shouldn't?

  Lately I've noticed that 'Cleveland, Yorkshire' is appearing in search results when …

  Answered Closed KatieFuller2 441 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by Julia Szent-Györgyi March 24, 2022Search
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  Why can't I find a name in a FS census record, but I can find it on Ancestry.com?

  I found an entry for Joseph Rice (born Feb 1863 in Pennsylvania; wife "Mary A.") in the 1…

  Answered Closed Evergreen 931 views 12 comments 0 points Most recent by Evergreen February 25, 2022Search
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  Place name screw ups with 1900 census

  Today I came across the second record for my home county of Garfield in Colorado where someone inco…

  Answered Closed Judy Crook_1 281 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by PiperTWilson February 11, 2022Search