From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Jul 31 07:44:50 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k6VDiojb026664; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:44:50 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6VDiltk031926 for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:44:47 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k6VB5xFI029202 for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:05:59 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k6VB5xPF029201 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:05:59 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k6V98BFI028900 for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 05:08:11 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k6VBkkYi026862 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 05:46:46 -0600 X-Envelope-From: mscheffl@twcny.rr.com Mon Jul 31 05:46:46 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k6VBkkjb026851 for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 05:46:46 -0600 Received: from ms-smtp-01.nyroc.rr.com (ms-smtp-01.nyroc.rr.com [24.24.2.55]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6VBkev8012638 for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 05:46:43 -0600 Received: from m1070n (cpe-69-201-76-92.twcny.res.rr.com [69.201.76.92]) by ms-smtp-01.nyroc.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6VBkddT026327; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:46:41 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <018801c6b496$fc270eb0$6501a8c0@m1070n> From: "MScheffler" To: "Suzy McGrew Krol" , References: <000a01c6b380$c42431d0$87b9e645@Colleen> <00f601c6b448$a33089b0$6501a8c0@m1070n> <003201c6b48f$4bf8aff0$299f3d42@SUZY> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:46:38 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Subject: [ROOTS-L] Making indexing corrections on Ancestry census indexing Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com When one clicks on the global search results for a particular name in a particular census year, one is taken to the page with all the possible results. Making a choice and clicking there brings one to the summary screen for the person one has chosen. This summary screen has an orange circle where you can click to see the actual census page. To the right of the orange circle is a dialog box that has "Page Tools". On the 3rd line click "comments and corrections" and it takes you to a screen where you can put the alternate names with an explanation, then click to submit. The alternate spellings one submits show up relatively soon on some of the screens. They say it will take a few weeks to get to the global indexing. I feel it is well worth the effort to take time to send in alternate names when one is sure that the indexing is wrong. I have seen some alternate names that have to be pure speculation. But given all the possible ways errors can creep into the census through misspellings of census takers and indexing errors, we have a chance to help our fellow researches if we have knowledge that the indexer did not have. Margaret Scheffler ----- Original Message ----- From: "Suzy McGrew Krol" I didn't realize you could advise them of corrections on census reports...how would you go about doing that?