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1911Ttranscript v Original
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Eileen | Report | 21 Jan 2009 10:37 |
Has anyone else found a between the transcripts and the original. |
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Eileen | Report | 21 Jan 2009 11:45 |
Know what you mean Percy |
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Julie | Report | 21 Jan 2009 19:37 |
The mistakes on the 1911 are awful, my Gt Grandfather was Laurie George Rayner he is down on the transcript as Louise George, 2 of my Husbands relations are also transcribed wrongly |
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Janet 693215 | Report | 21 Jan 2009 19:58 |
I guess we'll just have to persevere and think outside the box like all the other census. (Persevere being the operative word when this site has prevented me from posting this three times now!) |
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Richard in Perth | Report | 21 Jan 2009 22:36 |
"I guess we'll just have to persevere and think outside the box like all the other census" |
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Caz | Report | 22 Jan 2009 01:31 |
I agree. The transcriptions are awful. I couldn't find my g-grandmother in the right area. I knew she was there because she married for the second time shortly after the census was taken. They had her surname transcribed as Rosa but when I looked at the original it clearly says Rose. I can understand such mistakes being made when the handwriting is poor but in this case the handwriting was very clear. They had also mistranscribed the surname of the brother she was living with and yet his name is perfectly clear on the original. I was lucky. I took a chance on the mistranscribed name and it paid off but how many people have not been so lucky?They are going to make a fortune out of us if we are going to have to pay to check the original everytime we search for someone. Was it just rushed perhaps and that's why there is so many mistakes? Or was it a very clever way of making the maximum amount of money out of it because they knew people were eager to get hold of it? I don't know but I hope they do a better job on the counties that are not available yet because that's where most of mine are lol. |
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Madmeg | Report | 22 Jan 2009 02:06 |
I don't think we should just live with it, I think we should complain. It is expensive to search and we are not getting value for money. To have a family called Faulkner transcribed as Clare is unacceptable. |
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Margaretfinch | Report | 22 Jan 2009 09:20 |
I was very lucky I was lokking for a Minnie Durban she and the family were transcribed as Durham I took a chance and opened the image only to find it quite clearly said Durban' |
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Joy | Report | 22 Jan 2009 11:40 |
If you see errors, please report them. |
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Julie | Report | 22 Jan 2009 12:29 |
I have sent error reports last Sunday, re, my Faulkners who were transcribed as Clare, also for my gt grandfather Laurie George who was transcribed as Louise George, but as yet have not seen anything change. I agree we should complain after all the Census info is given free of charge by our Ancestors, so why should they be allowed to charge exstortionate prices for it and then we get so many silly mistakes to boot. |
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Christine | Report | 22 Jan 2009 12:52 |
I found my grandfather shown as born in Broghton (should have been Brighton) and working for the Rogby Union (Rugby Union, obviously!). I followed their procedure to report errors, and they have just contacted me to say that the transcripts will be corrected. |
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Rita | Report | 22 Jan 2009 13:29 |
Just to add my pennorth - |
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PME | Report | 22 Jan 2009 15:27 |
I think if you submit an error report (and its correct) you should be given some credits, as at the end of the day you are doing the double checking /proof reading they should have done in the first place. |