Corrections & Record Updates

What is corrected

A correction is made where documentation establishes that a published detail is wrong or that a stated classification is broader than the evidence supports. This covers the identification of persons, the dates and places of events, official and traditional titles, the attribution of a source, the evidence and corroboration status of a record, and the category under which a relationship is described.

Where two records in the archive disagree and the conflict cannot be resolved from the material presently held, the conflict is recorded and flagged for verification rather than silently resolved in favour of one version.

How a correction is handled

A submission is assessed against the archive's research and documentation standards and its methodology. Where the supporting documentation ranks above the source presently cited, the record is amended and the page's review date updated. Where it does not, the earlier account is retained and the new material noted. Quotations from outside publications are not rewritten; they remain as quotations, with any characterisation they contain identified as the publisher's.

Submitting a correction

Corrections are received through the enquiry form on the contact page, which records the submission directly with the Office. Please cite the archival identifier or the page address of the record concerned, state the detail said to be incorrect, and identify the documentation relied on.

No response time has been published; submissions are reviewed as the Office is able.