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Kense

Kense Report 11 Jan 2022 08:49

Further comments from Lost Cousins:

https://www.lostcousins.com/newsletters2/midjan22news.htm

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 8 Jan 2022 13:49

It’s not as though this hasn’t happened before.

:-S

Cornish Susie

Cornish Susie Report 8 Jan 2022 11:17

There is an article in the Telegraph today saying that it is wrong to charge people to view 'something that was created as a national collective resource and not a private commodity'. FMP have said that they have invested millions to conserve, scan, transcribe and publish this important national collection, receiving no public funds for this work and are not guaranteed to recover its costs.
Some academics are calling for a campaign for a change to the census digitisation process.

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 8 Jan 2022 10:59

Interesting article Kense especially that about Transcription Errors as follows
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Transcription errors

There will always be transcription errors – even the National Archives don't expect 100% accuracy. However, you can’t report transcription errors unless you purchase the transcript, and most experienced family historians aren't going to do that because the image and the associated documents are more informative.

I suspect this is something we're going to have to live with until the census is included in a subscription.
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The free 1921 search is linked to the transcription. I've asked FMP how I report an error in the transcription without having to purchase it and pay an additional sum. I've always found that the transcription is only as good as the transcriber and given the choice would always purchase the image :-0

Kense

Kense Report 8 Jan 2022 10:08

Here is a link to that newsletter:

https://www.lostcousins.com/newsletters2/1921special.htm

I certainly would always get the original rather than a transcription.
Even on previous censuses I frequently come across unnotified errors and add a correction.

Allan

Allan Report 7 Jan 2022 22:53

In the special edition issue of the Lost Cousins newsletter dealing with the release of the 1921 census there was a suggestion that you do not download the transcription but download the original page.

I did that and noticed that although my mother's name was correct on the census it had been incorrectly shown on the transcription

Scooby73466

Scooby73466 Report 7 Jan 2022 17:18

"Scooby, I'm wondering if it was the ad to the left of forums 'Find My Past - The 1921 census is here' which you saw? I think that ad could be misleading as the 1921 is not HERE."

Thank you Island, that's what I saw.

But after reading all the comments on here it sounds as if even with a sub to FMP the 1921 Census is not what it should be. I'll bide my time I think but in the meantime many thanks to everyone on here who has, and continues to contribute on the matter. I will keep following the topic.

Maddie

Maddie Report 7 Jan 2022 15:44

tyhank you, it has worked :-D

Island

Island Report 7 Jan 2022 15:26

Belle, silly me searching for Mary instead of 'Harry' :-| Took me far too long.

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 7 Jan 2022 14:42

Maddie, I downloaded my grandparents image and successfully uploaded it onto my Ancestry Tree. In Gallery on your Ancestry Tree you need to click on 'Upload Photos' NOT 'Upload Story". You'll then see that JPG files are supported on Upload Photos....hope this helps :-)

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 7 Jan 2022 14:19

I agree about the transcription being very poor. It took me ages to find my father and his parents.....only the last two letters of their surname were correct! It was only because I already had a lot of info on them that I eventually found them which rather defeats the object :-|

Maddie

Maddie Report 7 Jan 2022 13:49

i could try emailing them
it is expensive so wont be using it very much

Island

Island Report 7 Jan 2022 13:44

Sorry Maddie, I have no idea what those letters/numbers mean.
I was being facetious on account of FMP charging for something that isn't fit for purpose.

Ae you able to post it on their FB page or email them?

Maddie

Maddie Report 7 Jan 2022 13:37

blast, can it be fixed
i am a computer nerd

Island

Island Report 7 Jan 2022 13:28

Basically, it's a c*ck up.

Maddie

Maddie Report 7 Jan 2022 13:16

I have downloaded my grandfathers image and have tried to attach to him on my tree on ancewstry

this is the result

Something went wrong! Take a look at these issues and see if you need to fix them.

The GBC_1921_RG15_08975_0169.jpg file isn't an allowed type. The allowed types are: .doc, .docx, .pdf, .rtf, .txt

anybody havee any idea what this means

Kucinta

Kucinta Report 7 Jan 2022 12:22

I agree with the poor transcription. I had a record where the birthplace was transcribed as Cowbridge, Glamorganshire, on the image it was quite clearly Coatbridge SCOTLAND. :-(

Island

Island Report 7 Jan 2022 12:21

I'm not impressed either Susie. I'm glad I don't actually need 1921 info, just looking out of interest. Had a devils own job trying to find three different families because the spellings were ridiculous. I'm blowed if I'm going to pay to correct their errors.
Life's too short.

Scooby, I'm wondering if it was the ad to the left of forums 'Find My Past - The 1921 census is here' which you saw? I think that ad could be misleading as the 1921 is not HERE.

Cornish Susie

Cornish Susie Report 7 Jan 2022 12:06

I thought it was a bit much for FMP to charge for each look up as people were already paying for a subscription.- they said it was to cover the high cost of transcription. Needs must however so I've just done my first look up and was very disappointed with the standard of the transcription.
It was a family of 4 and there were 5 errors - information being attributed to the wrong person, very poor job descriptions and errors of place names.
Of course they know we have no choice if we want to find out details of our families, but I'm not too impressed so far.

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 7 Jan 2022 11:49

You don’t need a sub. Everyone has to pay for the download, it is just that those with a sub get a discount. So it might be cheaper to pay just for your downloads.
You can do a very very basic search for free. By hovering you can get the names of some of the others in the household.