Birth Dates Confusion?

[Tim]

Has anyone else noticed that Ancestry has mis-transcribed the birth month and day on the 1989-2023 death index? The correct date here is 1st March.

 

[ChalfontR]

Because the first example is from an unofficial dataset compiled by a company in the USA and so uses their dating format which Ancestry fails to convert.

 

[Sandra837]

The first example is from an unofficial dataset compiled by a company in the USA and so uses their dating format which Ancestry fails to convert.

That is useful to know, thank you. I just checked FindMyPast's England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 and their transcript of the above record appears to be correct.

 

[Sue_3]

Because the first example is from an unofficial dataset compiled by a company in the USA and so uses their dating format which Ancestry fails to convert.

It wouldn't be so bad if they'd just left it in a numerical format - at least then we'd be more likely to consider that it could have two possible meanings?

 

[peter]

Has anyone else noticed that Ancestry has mis-transcribed the birth month and day on the 1989-2023 death index?

I mentioned this in the newsletter some years ago, not long after Ancestry first introduced their index.

That is useful to know, thank you. I just checked FindMyPast's England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 and their transcript of the above record appears to be correct.

I also reported that at the time.

Fortunately we now have the GRO death indexes, which weren't available then.

 

[Sandra837]

I also reported that at the time.

Alas, there's a hole in my memory bucket - they do say staged learning is super effective so perhaps now I've read the same bit of information twice it will stick ... (need a fingers-crossed emoji there).

 

[peter]

Alas, there's a hole in my memory bucket - they do say staged learning is super effective so perhaps now I've read the same bit of information twice it will stick ... (need a fingers-crossed emoji there).

The problem is that we tend to forget things that aren't relevant to our research at the time. Thinking back to my schooldays the solution is clear - you need to write out each newsletter 100 times by hand!