Frequently, while doing my research I find mistakes in the various databases of information that Ancestry.com is able to link me to. Most often, the mistake is due to a transcriber incorrectly reading the information on a scan of an old handwritten document. These can be pages in a census book, death certificates, marriages licenses, etc.
Ancestry.com provides the ability to submit comments and corrections. They review what you submit and if approved, it becomes available to all who view that item in the future, hopefully saving them the same frustration I encountered.
Today I received one of many emails I have received from Ancestry.com telling me that corrections I have submitted have been approved. Most of these were correcting names, dates of birth, names of spouses.
