In some of my indexing, I have encountered errors by the Census taker where the county of residence in 1935 was entered int the State column. I debated about how to enter the data but finally erred on the side of the instructions and entered the data as recorded. An example is 'Avery' was entered in the State column and I know from the other data that that should have been entered as Avery Co., North Carolina. Be that as it may, I entered the data as shown and as recommended. Is this compounding an obvious error? I leave it to others to decide.
bob On May 1, 2012, at 4:19 AM, Jenny M Benson wrote: > On 30/04/2012 23:46, mbstx wrote: >> To me, it's not so much the quality of the image as the quality of the >> indexing. There are a multitude of errors in the previous census >> databases on Ancestry.com (and some in FamilySearch as well, but not as >> many I believe). FamilySearch is trying to use indexers who understand >> the batches they're working one, particularly re surnames, and other >> things that might be misinterpreted. > > But wherever possible one should record what is actually written on the > Census sheet, not what is obviously a bad transcription. > > This is one reason why it's important to cite the full Source, including > the website. If a person's name is transcribed (wrongly) as Jane on one > site and (correctly) as James on another, someone trying to follow up > your record of Jane, but using a different site to you, might not find > the record. > > Sometimes what is written on the Census sheet is obviously incorrect, > but I still record exactly what is written. > > -- > Jenny M Benson > > > > 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 > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
