Following up on my three previous blog posts on this subject
(Checking
Tree Inconsistencies, Tree
Inconsistencies: Update #1 and Tree
Inconsistencies: Update #2) here is another example of things to consider
when checking your family tree information.
Sometimes errors are not, in fact errors. But they need to
be checked, all the same.
Another item on both the MyHeritage Tree Consistency Checker
and Legacy’s Potential Problems List showed there was an event date after the
death date of Margaret Maitland Anderson.
A closer look indicated the conflict was with a record
relating to the 1871 Canada census when she had died in 1870.
Margaret was born on 21 March 1825, in Kirkintilloch,
Dunbarton, Scotland, to Gilber Anderson and Margaret Maitland. With her parents
and several siblings, she moved to Canada in 1832. She married Thomas Dick in
1845 in Lanark County, Ontario. The family moved to Huron County, Ontario
shortly after.
Margaret died of phthisis (tuberculosis) in Huron County on
5 April 1870. Interestingly, as part of the 1871 Canadian census, a mortality
schedule was also published which included the names of people who had died in
the 12 months leading up to the census enumeration.
Margaret was one of the people on the list. So, all was well
with this entry, even though Legacy did not agree.
By the way, I checked this individual on the Ancestry Tree
checker as well, but they did not recognize any inconsistency with the
information.
Watch for my talk on this subject in 2025. More information to come in the next few weeks.
