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Submitting corrections for transcription errors in online databases
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Judith Ellen Elam elamj@hawaii.rr.com
Jul 19, 2016, 8:42:15 PM7/19/16
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On-line databases are wonderful resources, but often have errors in transcription.
It makes it harder, if not impossible, for a researcher to pull up these records.
With one particular database that is widely used, I have made it a habit of
submitting corrections every time I run into such an error, even if the
records do not belong to my own relatives. I have submitted hundreds of
corrections. You can do this very easily by submitting the correct version
under "Add alternate information".
On a few records you will not see "Add alternate information", and then I
submit the correction under "Report issue" located directly below, and
posting the link to the incorrect transcription. The database is updated
every few months, at which time the corrections become searchable.
May I suggest that other researchers also submit corrections, so that these
databases can be as accurate as possible. This way, we not only help
ourselves, but others too, in their research.
Judith Elam
Kihei, HI
el...@hawaii.rr.com
MODERATOR NOTE: This message was not intended to start a discussion about databases
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On-line databases are wonderful resources, but often have errors in transcription.
It makes it harder, if not impossible, for a researcher to pull up these records.
With one particular database that is widely used, I have made it a habit of
submitting corrections every time I run into such an error, even if the
records do not belong to my own relatives. I have submitted hundreds of
corrections. You can do this very easily by submitting the correct version
under "Add alternate information".
On a few records you will not see "Add alternate information", and then I
submit the correction under "Report issue" located directly below, and
posting the link to the incorrect transcription. The database is updated
every few months, at which time the corrections become searchable.
May I suggest that other researchers also submit corrections, so that these
databases can be as accurate as possible. This way, we not only help
ourselves, but others too, in their research.
Judith Elam
Kihei, HI
el...@hawaii.rr.com
MODERATOR NOTE: This message was not intended to start a discussion about databases
and corrections - that is outside the scope of this discussion group.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Have you marked your calendar? Plan to be with us in Seattle for the
36th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy 7-12 August 2016.
Registration is now open.
www.iajgs2016.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Watch JewishGen’s video – click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nASSn4rDXh4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Planning to use Ancestry.com? Start by using the "Ancestry Search Box"
on the JewishGen homepage.
By doing this, any eventual subscription to Ancestry.com will result in
Jewishgen receiving a commission.
It’s an easy way to help JewishGen!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Support JewishGen with a contribution to the JewishGen General Fund!
http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen-erosity/
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Sign up for the JGFFAlert!
http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/jgff-faq.html#q3.7
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Join our mailing list at http://lyris.jewishgen.org/ListManager if you
would like the convenience of receiving all soc.genealogy.jewish posts in
your mailbox, instead of having to search for them in the newsgroup, whose
content may not be consistently carried in its entirety by all providers.
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