At first, I couldn’t think of any mistakes I have made in the last thirty years of genealogy research. I’m not saying I haven’t made any mistakes—I just cannot remember them. In reviewing the database that I keep in RootsMagic, I thought to compare my records with the FamilySearch Family Tree for my Hork/Horoch line, who lived in Westphalia, Germany before my great-grandfather, Johann Anton Hork emigrated to the United States. His brother, Albert, and sister, Clementine, also emigrated. Perhaps more Horks have come, but I haven’t located them yet.
I located John Anton Hork in the FamilySearch Family Tree as the son of Joseph Heinrich Horoch and Maria Katharine Trösster.[1] Most of the entries have been made by myself or my second cousin’s wife. We are probably the only ones researching this family.
I found a major mistake in my own database as I compared the death date of Joseph Heinrich Horoch in the FamilySearch tree and my database. The tree listed his death date as 5 Oct 1847 in Oberhundem. My RootsMagic database gave the date as 5 Oct 1857 in the same location. However, when I viewed my transcription of the record, I see I recorded his death as 5 Oct 1847.
"#27, Joseph Henrich Horoch ?? in Oberhundem, ??? [his standing], 53 yr, 8 mos, 3 days, died 5 October 1847, burial 6 Oct., died of dysentery (Ruhr)"
Yet, when I view the full page of the image record, the year written at the top is 1857.[2] Now I need to make the correction in my transcript and on the Family Search Tree entry for Joseph.
I am so glad I went looking for a mistake to write about and this one popped up! Now it is corrected.
#52Ancestors: Week 5: Oops!
This is my sixth year working on this year-long prompt, hosted by Amy Johnson Crow (https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/) at Generations Cafe. I write each week in one of my two blogs, either Mam-ma’s Southern Family or My Trails into the Past. I have enjoyed writing about my children’s ancestors in new and exciting ways.
[1]
John Anton Hork (L4T4-1TK), Joseph Heinrich Horoch (L45Q-4QW) and Marie
Katharine Troester (M7G3-5HB), FamilySearch Tree (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L4T4-1TK
: accessed 27 Jan 2023).
[2] Katholische Kirche Oberhundem (Kr. Olpe)
(Oberhundem, Westfalen, Germany), "Toten 1848-1878," Joseph Heinrich
Horoch, 1857, p 33; Family History Library, microfilm 1,257,843, item 3.
I've found the same kind of "oops" where my finger must have slipped a digit (pun intended). Enjoyed your post!
ReplyDeleteTypos are so easy to make...I found one in an abstract I did last week while working on a blog post. I've corrected it now. As a writer I know that it's important to step away for at least a day or two, then review work to catch those typos.
ReplyDeleteThat's such good advice. I'm usually anxious to get my post posted.
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