How many records are wrong on Ancestry , Findmypast and Family Search ?
Let me explain.
In my tree on Ancestry I have Elizabeth Sarah Flux B. 1849 Newport Isle of Wight .
She Married Richard Bird Cheverton ( B 1845 Shanklin Isle of Wight ) in 1870 at St Thomas Ryde Isle of Wight .
As soon as I entered the Marriage Ancestry gave me a Death for Elizabeth Sarah in 1901 on Isle of Wight ( correct ) and a Burial record for her
1 May 1901 in LANCASHIRE .
I had similar records offered for Richard Bird Cheverton in 1933 .
The Burials in Lancashire did not look right so I looked on Findmypast and they had exactly the same .
I wrote to Ancestry and got no reply ( no change there ) and I wrote to Findmypast , they replied ,
“ Unfortunately as this data is licensed from Family Search we are not at liberty to make an amendment to the records without their agreement and this is the reason there is no facility to report an error. “
I then wrote to Family Search and they replied ,
“ We understand there are transcribed errors in the results from film number 1470881. The record in question shows a system origin of 'England-EASy'. This is one*of the legacy collections and was created by volunteer indexes prior to our current arbitration procedures. As a consequence, the indexed records contain numerous errors. *In the future the original records will be available online and will possibly be indexed again, therefore we are not making corrections at this time. “
So as this batch of Burials contains 5,495 wrongly transcribed as Lancashire instead of Hampshire one has to wonder how many more are wrong .
Newport Record Office have supplied me with the correct location of Richard Bird Cheverton and his Wife Elizabeth Sarah , which is Fairlee Road Cemetery Newport Isle of Wight .
Ken
Let me explain.
In my tree on Ancestry I have Elizabeth Sarah Flux B. 1849 Newport Isle of Wight .
She Married Richard Bird Cheverton ( B 1845 Shanklin Isle of Wight ) in 1870 at St Thomas Ryde Isle of Wight .
As soon as I entered the Marriage Ancestry gave me a Death for Elizabeth Sarah in 1901 on Isle of Wight ( correct ) and a Burial record for her
1 May 1901 in LANCASHIRE .
I had similar records offered for Richard Bird Cheverton in 1933 .
The Burials in Lancashire did not look right so I looked on Findmypast and they had exactly the same .
I wrote to Ancestry and got no reply ( no change there ) and I wrote to Findmypast , they replied ,
“ Unfortunately as this data is licensed from Family Search we are not at liberty to make an amendment to the records without their agreement and this is the reason there is no facility to report an error. “
I then wrote to Family Search and they replied ,
“ We understand there are transcribed errors in the results from film number 1470881. The record in question shows a system origin of 'England-EASy'. This is one*of the legacy collections and was created by volunteer indexes prior to our current arbitration procedures. As a consequence, the indexed records contain numerous errors. *In the future the original records will be available online and will possibly be indexed again, therefore we are not making corrections at this time. “
So as this batch of Burials contains 5,495 wrongly transcribed as Lancashire instead of Hampshire one has to wonder how many more are wrong .
Newport Record Office have supplied me with the correct location of Richard Bird Cheverton and his Wife Elizabeth Sarah , which is Fairlee Road Cemetery Newport Isle of Wight .
Ken
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