This has nothing to do with Legacy! Wendy
-----Original Message----- *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] It's official - Legacy 7.5 is now available *Sent:* Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:30:39 -0800 (PST) *From:* Gene Adams <[email protected]> *To:* [email protected] > The problem is that there is a repetitive mistake in records that have > no capability of being changed. I have asked at the desk in Salt Lake > how to correct massive errors on an entire family that is listed in > the IGI. Not possible. So anyone tracing the family will be looking > for records in "MD" [Maryland], when it should be MO [Missouri], or > worse yet repeating the bad information. Stubby fingers entering > data should be correctable...as well as the middle name of my grandmother. > > Gene A > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Eliz Hanebury <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Tue, January 18, 2011 3:11:32 PM > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] It's official - Legacy 7.5 is now available > > 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] <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[email protected]>] > > Sent: Wednesday, 19 January 2011 9:47 AM > > To: [email protected] > <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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
