Ancestry ascribing a race and colour to the long dead

[alunno-a]

I am gobsmacked.And how have they verified this?? Don't know what they think they are doing, unless they are now being sponsored by some really dodgy political group.This is my search result for a quaker burial/death;

Name; Jennet Wilson
Gender; ( I think they mean sex) Female
 Race; ( do they mean colour of skin?) White
Age; 60
 Birthdate; ( I presume they mean birth year approximate) 1718
Deathdate; 6 Sep 1778

[KGarrad]

Were you looking at UK records?

I seem to remember that colour/race applied to US records?

[Ruskie]

Is this a submitted record on the IGI?

I believe that US census records asked what race (or colour, I can't recall) a person was - perhaps other records did too.

It was just something they did back in the day. I don't think it is worth getting up in arms about.

[alunno-a]

Its on UK search..and the Quaker meeting is UK.....but "race" as in "colour of skin" only occurs on US records from much later than this. I'm objecting to stating "facts" that are not facts at all, are completely irrelevant etc. And someone put that there...why??

[alunno-a]

It isnt back in the day....its what somebody has added wrongly ( because they do not know what race she was) now.

[BumbleB]

Are you using .com or .co.uk?  I've looked on .co.uk for this entry and there is no mention whatsoever, either in the transcription or the image for "gender" or "race" - Liverpool Quaker Registers.  Nor in the 1538-1991 Select Deaths and Burials (from LDS).  Nor in the England and Wales, Quaker Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths Register. 

[stanmapstone]

That record is from  England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. FHL Film Number:    583999 See https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5MF-MY8

Stan

[stanmapstone]

It appears to be a standard index card used by FamilySearch.

Stan

[BumbleB]

Looks like there are two versions of the Family Search entry - film no: 583999 (with) and 584012 (without).