Mini Rant

I do a lot of genealogy stuff so I end up looking through old records and stuff on some websites. So one of these sites is ancestry.com and only the free access stuff, but they have those little leaf things which are hints. Well when you look through these hints they have the record all indexed so you know the basic information that is on them without having to actually look for the information on the record itself. But ancestry.com has a tendency to be annoying in one little thing that irks me more than it should. More often than not they will give you a hint to someone but it's actually that person's spouse... Ancestry.com John Smith is NOT his wife Abigail Jones Smith, he is John Smith. HOW DO YOU CONFUSE THE TWO?!? It's really not that hard to make sure that this little thing doesn't happen. Whatever programming device you have that automagically finds these hints and is sensitive enough to realize that the right name and dates are on these records should be able to attach those records to the RIGHT spouse not just be like "Well, it's at least the right couple." Just because someone is married to someone else doesn't mean they lose their own identity. That's just silly.
Another thing that I get annoyed by in genealogy is how many people will have written down Mrs. John Smith as John Smith's wife rather than giving her her own name or unknown if they don't know it. That kind of shoddy record-keeping is part of why family history stuff is so tedious and dead-end filled for so many people. I can understand that it's a pain in the butt when doing a census to make sure you get the woman's maiden name. I can accept that. But really, you can't really go far with Mrs. His Name.
The way I see it: Every last single person has the right to the name they were given/chose to use, their children, and recognition as being a distinct individual rather than identified solely by the role they play in their family.
/end rant