Ancestry fume!

[Olde Crone Holden]

Ooooh, I'm jumping!

Been looking for Phillip FODEN. Eventually found him mistranscribed as HODEN. I submitted a correction and couldn't believe my eyes when up came a snotty message:

A correction for this name already exists in our database.

I investigated - it was ME (I) who did the correction (lol) back in March this year but - I quote from Ancestry -

This correction is not currently searchable.

WHY NOT??!! Eight months have passed.

OC

[Darksecretz]

oh I havent come across that before Oc.

usually when I submit a correction within a few days I get the usual email, and then it is searchable...

ohherrrr misssis

[Christine in Herts]

That's bizarre! I've even sometimes found that I thought my correction had crashed, but it wouldn't take it when I tried again because it was already there... but, of course, that doesn't mean it was searchable.

Really annoying for you, OC! :(

Christine

[Little Nell]

OC

There're on to you! Foden is but a short step to Hoden and in turn to Holden.

[Olde Crone Holden]

Yes Nell - I have Foden Holdens, lol. Try saying that after a thimbleful of sherry.

OC

[Chrissie Smiff]

But have you got Foden Hodens in your tree OC :D

[Little Nell]

OC

Give us a thimbleful of sherry and I'll give it a go!!!!
Reminds me of a summer evening many years ago when a group of mums had a lovely meal in the evening in the courtyard of a local restaurant. We started with a pitcher of spritzer, as a long cooling drink and chatted and ate as the sun went down. By the time we couldn't ask for "another spritzer pitcher please" we decided we'd had enough!

[Olde Crone Holden]

*screams and has paddy*

Now the stupid thing is telling me there are NO HOLDENS in England in 1861!!!!!!

Of COURSE there are, you fools! Thousands of them!

OC

[Uncle John]

Please don't get upset. They're all dead anyway, so they'll still be there tomorrow.

[Olde Crone Holden]

They certainly are NOT all dead, UJ! Some of the Holdens are still dragging themselves around, aged about 213.

OC

[Rebs]

They certainly are NOT all dead, UJ! Some of the Holdens are still dragging themselves around, aged about 213.

OC

:D :D :D ;)

[Kit]

They certainly are NOT all dead, UJ! Some of the Holdens are still dragging themselves around, aged about 213.

OC

*rushes to FTF Date of birth estimator to work out said Holdens were born 1795 :p *

[Uncle John]

*quick rummage for bell, book and candle*