Sources [12 January 2014]
I am totally mystified as to how a source in Cook, Illinois contains information about South Williamsport,Lycoming, Pennsylvania. I realize that I need help entering sources but I know I didn't do that. Can someone explain how and why this happened. I am afraid to edit it thus making the problem worse.--EKBDVA 21:20, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
- Somehow during gedcom review, the following US-level census sources were matched to city or county-level census sources:
- 1900 United States Federal Census, 1910 United States Federal Census, and the 1920 United States Federal Census were matched to a source record for a Chicago census,
- 1930 United States Federal Census was matched to a source for Williamsport census,
- 1860 United States Federal Census was matched to a source for Pequannock Morris census,
- 1880 U.S. Federal Census was matched to a source for a Harrisburg census
- The confusion may have come because you were thinking that the sources were for a specific person, when they applied to multiple people in your gedcom. Sources in GEDCOM files are shared between multiple people. For example, the 1910 United States Federal Census (Source S00013 in your GEDCOM) was referenced from Ephraim Drinkwater, who was living in Chicago at the time. But the same source was also referenced from Samuel H Drinkwater, who was living in South Williamsport. I think you may have matched the 1910 United States Federal Census to the Chicago-city census source instead of the entire-US census source when you saw that the source was referenced from Ephraim, without realizing that it was also referenced from Samuel. I'm sorry for the confusion.--Dallan 04:28, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
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