Location of Death - Died at Sea showing error report

Question

Many ancestors died at sea in the early 1800's.  If a person en-route from Germany to Australia died at sea, and the date unknown, therefore the place or ocean unknown, how can you put in the location without an error report coming up.  You can leave it as unknown, and report it in the biography, but many people looking for ancestors, may not necessarily look at that. Should you put in Australia, as that person was heading that way?

Comments

Hi Debra, more information about in this post.

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Sometimes the death was registered at the destination.; from Germany to Australia possibly Fremantle.

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In 1841 on the Skjold from Altona to Port Adelaide, many deaths (approx 50) occured at sea, and the body's were put in a shroud and thrown overboard, so no death registrations were recorded.  The only hints were in the dairies kept by some passengers.

will try the other quidelines above

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/328061/at-sea-guidelines?show=328061#q328061
Thank you for your comment.

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You can simply add "At Sea" and add a note in the biography.

Answer 1

The last discussion, if I remember correctly, on this (birth, deaths at sea) to avoid database errors it was recommended to add details something like this

At Sea; in the {Sea, Ocean, River etc}, on board {Ships name}, en route to  {Country}

With out the { }  and the only thing required was the At Sea

Comments

that's what I understood - "At Sea, ship Neptune"

not sure about aircrew though - have opted for "over the English Channel" or "over Germany" - would like some discussion about this.