How do you correct information on Ancestry.com?

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14. I have seen a family tree for one

branch of my grandmother's family that also goes back to Adam and Eve. It is accurate for several generations, but then veers off the rails to claim an ancestral connection between some Welsh and Scottish names in the British Isles to "Celts" of the Middle East who supposedly traced back to some Israeli tribes, and from there to Adam and Eve. In making the connection to ancient Israel, several centuries were condensed until the end result was 6000 years ago for Adam and Eve.

I've also seen other listings (not my family's) at Ancestry based on info taken from LDS records that have names and dates so jumbled that there is a gap of 2 centuries between a father and son.

Even census records are only as accurate as the person who spoke to the census taker, and dependent on the census taker's listening skills.

My aunt found an amusing census entry for an ancestor in my grandfather's family. The man's first name was Gottlieb. The census taker recorded it as Cutlip due to the ancestor's accent, and the place of birth as Bear, Germany. But he was actually from a German speaking family in Bern, Switzerland.

Ancestry and LDS listings are only clues or guides. They have to be verified by further research.