From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Jul 31 07:44:55 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 k6VDitjb026806; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:44:55 -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 k6VDiqbA032071 for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:44:52 -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 k6VB67FI029209 for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:06:07 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k6VB67tQ029208 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:06:07 -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 k6V9ZNFI028965 for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 05:35:23 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k6VCDwWG017286 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 06:13:58 -0600 X-Envelope-From: justrootin@gmail.com Mon Jul 31 06:13:58 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 k6VCDwjb017275 for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 06:13:58 -0600 Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.232]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6VCDsDm025516 for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 06:13:54 -0600 Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i31so436172wra for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 05:13:55 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:to:references:subject:date:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-priority:x-msmail-priority:x-mailer:x-mimeole:from; b=j2AKMv4eARs3pTDIj7vnHFJWviS1puWEBTRaKsgdBZh+o9e3o/6cLsTgx7JyrCthnuIAhMW/V/tCwgpZoX9iRSC+ZcwHDEO9MO5XSaJwoxQqffXzNI2Cka0XvSF39DwdRgCA7o9EYGMly4t5Z2P3lMH1SM0OPbN3WwEWBTK9GkM= Received: by 10.54.127.10 with SMTP id z10mr2318354wrc; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 05:13:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from SUZY ( [66.61.159.41]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 66sm2756928wra.2006.07.31.05.13.51; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 05:13:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <004401c6b49a$c7a96ad0$299f3d42@SUZY> To: "MScheffler" , References: <000a01c6b380$c42431d0$87b9e645@Colleen> <00f601c6b448$a33089b0$6501a8c0@m1070n> <003201c6b48f$4bf8aff0$299f3d42@SUZY> <018801c6b496$fc270eb0$6501a8c0@m1070n> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:13:45 -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 From: Suzy McGrew Krol 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] Re: Making indexing corrections on Ancestry census indexing Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thanks, Margaret, As many times as I've clicked on that orange circle, I've never noticed the "Page Tools" (duh...it's amazing what you can find if you just look, right?). I have noticed recently there have been "alternate" spellings in parentheses. It helps. I agree with you about taking the time to submit the information of which we're certain. I feel as "listers" we have a bit of an obligation to do so: isn't that a big part of what these lists are all about? Besides, on a selfish note, if one has to go back to that census for some reason, it will be easier to locate if the alternate is noted, right? Thanks again, Suzy ~~~May your journey be as exciting as your destination... ----- Original Message ----- From: "MScheffler" To: "Suzy McGrew Krol" ; Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 7:46 AM Subject: Making indexing corrections on Ancestry census indexing > 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? > >