Here's some situations I found with Familysearch: 1. My açoreanos migrated to Brazil and started having children there. They were born around Franca, in the State of São Paulo.
Well, someone not really acquainted with local geography assumed it was França (France). So, those births were indexed I having occurred in France and now, if I want to get to those records, I have to enter Southwest Europe as the region. 2. On my mother's side I have a branch with the family Luiz do Passo. Well, the transcriber put down as Luiz do Papo. The person wasn't really acquainted with paleography. 3. On their new site: new.familysearch.org, people have jumped one generation and although they allow changes there, it is difficult to make a correction with that type of mistake. 4. A cousin entered some wrong information on my parents and there they stay. I'm thankful for the work of volunteers and the service the church provides, but I don't like their policy of leaving mistakes there. They not only perpetuate, but foul up the work of others. Douglas Borba From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:28:45 -0700 Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Familysearch Record Pilot Error To: [email protected] And if I want to get some of the native born Azoreans at my hall going.... Them: Are you Portuguese? Me: Yes, my father is half. Them: And your mother? Me: She's from the Ozarks. (They don't hear the word "Ozarks.") Them: Where? Me: Blue Eye Them: What? I don't know why they think I'm saying Azores for my mom and not Ozarks. I now say "the Ozarks of Missouri" and leave it at that. LOL Cheri On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 8:42 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: I have found the same problem with some records on Ancestry.com. They say the person is from Arizona when the census says Azores. Cheryl In a message dated 7/21/2010 5:27:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Thanks for catching this George! Now some new people will know we exist. LOL When i tell people that my family is from the Azores..they have no idea what i am talking about...Then i love to explain where the Azores are. On Jul 20, 9:49 pm, George Pacheco <[email protected]> wrote: > I wrote an e-mail to Salt Lake on an error, That on research pilot > people that are suppose to be From St Michael, Azores they Recorded St > Michael Arizona, same for St george Azores they also recorded St > George Arizona below you can read their response. > > Dear George Pacheco, > > Thank you for providing the information. We were able to look at the > original record, and the indexer saw AZ, thinking Arizona. > We are not making changes to the existing data during the pilot > (engineering and design) stage of Record Search, however, a feature is > being engineered that will accept corrections / additions to the > searchable index. When that feature is in place, both the original > index and the correction to the index will be searchable, thus > preserving the ability to view original indexes and images as well as > providing a means to accept corrections and/or additions. > > We wish your continued success in your family history research. We > invite you to our community of researchers who assist in answering > your questions at forums. familysearch.org, Family Search also offers > world wide research helps at wiki.familysearch.org. We'll see you > there. > > Sincerely, > FamilySearch > [email protected] > ---------------------- > > --http://www.geocities.com/bretanha1954/ -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
