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Worcestershire / Pedmore - Familysearch records for 1800 are wrong
« on: Thursday 26 January 12 10:38 GMT (UK) »
Whilst responding to a post on here I was checking familysearch.com for a marriage in 1800, as when I did some research a few years ago on the old familysearch I had only found a member submitted entry. Well I found my marriage but the place was given as Pedmore (near Stourbridge), nowhere near where expected.
But then when I looked at the Familysearch records for Pedmore in 1800, there were 1202 marriages and 3184 baptisms and 2361 burials, a whopping 18 events a day every day of the year. Clearly an indexing problem which appears to have created thousands of incorrect transcriptions.
So, as far as I can see, if you find an event in Pedmore in 1800 on familysearch don’t believe it as it is almost certainly wrong.
If I can find out how to report problems like this on familysearch, I’ll let them know.
Simon
But then when I looked at the Familysearch records for Pedmore in 1800, there were 1202 marriages and 3184 baptisms and 2361 burials, a whopping 18 events a day every day of the year. Clearly an indexing problem which appears to have created thousands of incorrect transcriptions.
So, as far as I can see, if you find an event in Pedmore in 1800 on familysearch don’t believe it as it is almost certainly wrong.
If I can find out how to report problems like this on familysearch, I’ll let them know.
Simon