They do each record twice and then it goes to an arbitrator. I have family where the year changed by 3 seemingly at random.
Eliz On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Jennifer Crockett <[email protected]> wrote: > Well it doesn't give me much faith that any of the records can be taken at > face value. Instead of a mad rush to index everything, surely cross checking, > or having at least one other person verify correct recording should have > taken place. If the image was available it wouldn't matter so much. > > Regards, > > Jennifer > http://colston-wenck.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eliz Hanebury [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, 19 January 2011 9:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] It's official - Legacy 7.5 is now available > > I have to say, the errors are often of the people giving and taking > down information. There is currently no way to correct errors, they > [Support at familysearch] say some day there will be, but they are > concentrating on making a site that will work. > > > Eliz > > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Jennifer Crockett > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I am not LDS. I have accessed one of the new collections recently and found >> errors. What can one do about this? See below. The bride's date of birth >> should be 6 July 1837 not 6 Dec 1837. The place of marriage was not Karby, >> but Redsted. I know this from the online Danish Archives which show original >> images. I verified the correct details with the image of the marriage record >> and the death record for Else Anderson. >> >> Denmark Marriages, 1635-1916 >> >> Groom's Name: Peter Villadsen >> Groom's Age: 24 >> Bride's Name: Else Andersen >> Bride's Birth Date: 06 Dec 1837 >> Bride's Age: 29 >> Marriage Date: 12 Oct 1866 >> Marriage Place: Karby, Thisted, Denmark >> >> Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01212-8 >> System Origin: Denmark-EASy >> Source Film Number: 410117 >> Reference Number: 5-185-6 >> >> There was no image associated with this LDS record. I just want to warn >> people that not all these types of records are error free. >> >> Regards, >> >> Jennifer > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
