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From: "Nivard Ovington" <>
Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] FTM treesuploaded toAncestry.com and alsoWorldConnect
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:17:13 +0100
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Hi ????
You should never try and alter (correct) the original data
You transcribe *as found*
The census lists a family as enumerated *not* as you know it to be through research
If Fred SMITH is enumerated as Fritz the CAT you should transcribe Fritz the CAT
You might add a note to say why its not and show why he is really Fred SMITH but you do not alter
the original
With Ancestry you can add a variation which you might do but you should never try and alter whats
recorded in the document
Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)
> The question would be, Why should you not? Maybe someone knows who the
> husband is, but they don't know the maiden name of the spouse. If you have
> researched it and verified the information with documents and correlated with
> other researchers, why would you not put a correction for the maiden name?
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