Alabama Reference Name Files
In the next few minutes you will see the number of Arbitrate/Review image sets increase dramatically.
Why? As we reviewed the image sets that have been completed for this project we noticed that there were some fields that weren’t keyed at all as well as fields that weren’t keyed correctly. In order to add this information, and maintain the quality of the index, we felt the best option was to return the arbitration/review image sets so the data could be entered correctly.
And the next question, what needs to be fixed? The two main fields we noticed errors in were Event Type and Event Location. Each card needs to have an Event type entered. If it is not a Birth, Marriage, Death, Burial, or Will/Court it is Other. And for the location many of the cards have a location on them but for some reason they weren’t entered. When I was looking over a few image sets I also noticed that quite often the incorrect form type was selected, and not all of the names on the cards were keyed. You can visit the project page to review the field helps.
If you have questions about this project please post on the Discussion page, or send us a note, worldarchivessupport@ancestry.com.
Happy arbitrating and reviewing!
Now you’ve got me worried Anna!! I had arbitrated/reviewed a lot of these cards and (hopefully) corrected all the things you mention above. However when I look on the Project Stats I notice I have disappeared from the Arbitration list. I had done over 14,000 of these cards – does this mean all the ones I did were wrong and have been returned to be redone?!
I don’t want to sound over-confident and we all make some mistakes – but I don’t think I got the whole thing wrong here! I’m not the only person to have “disappeared” off the top arbitrators list either.