Several years ago, this was part of a tip that I wrote:

Don’t demand greater accuracy from records than you are capable of yourself.

It’s still true and I forgot I had written it until it appeared in Tips & Quips for the Family Historian by Elizabeth Shown Mills.

It’s easy to get frustrated with incorrect information in records. It’s understandable.

But remember that your ancestors were just as human as you are and were inclined to make the occasional mistake as well.