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timms139

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20. True surnames may

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2024, 11:06 PM

Mar 13

have been changed by census takers in America back then . Lots of the ones from Ireland and places couldn't read and write so the census takers could only spell the surnames as they sounded which changed a lot of names . Ours changed from Moulin to Mullins here and in Ireland . When they heard we are Moulins sounded like Mullins and shouldn't of had a s at the end and in some cases was put down as Mullin.

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How do you correct information on Ancestry.com? [View all] bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 OP

I think if you have an account you can do it. Ocelot II Nov 2021 #1

I found it too intrusive, and got off it. secondwind Nov 2021 #2

I actually leave some incorrect information on my trees Sherman A1 Nov 2021 #3

I get your point, but facts are facts bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 #5

No, they're not. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #13

I have seen a family tree for one wnylib Nov 2021 #14

Absolutely! I especially learned to question... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #15

I am on Ancestry all the time, it is a hobby of mine. Irish_Dem Nov 2021 #4

Ugh mahina Nov 2021 #6

You don't correct other people's trees. You make your own. njhoneybadger Nov 2021 #7

I had a family tree done in 1895 or so. I felt an obligation to put it applegrove Nov 2021 #8

Imagine finding your 1895 tree expanded with 3 times the number of people in your families bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 #9

Yes. For me I wasn't afraid of mistakes, I can see how aggravating that would be. For me it applegrove Nov 2021 #10

OK - you need to realize this isn't how Ancestry works. Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2021 #11

Yes, I'm beginning to realize bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 #12

I've actually hired them on and with my finding out stuff they were pretty successful Historic NY Jul 2022 #19

A lot of family trees are completely inaccurate csziggy Apr 2022 #16

If it's a family tree, and you have an account Montauk6 Jul 2022 #17

Lots of people jumble stuff they think is theirs.... Historic NY Jul 2022 #18

True surnames may timms139 Mar 13 #20

The census takers in any given area tended to be the ethnicity of earlier immigrants bucolic_frolic Mar 14 #21