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Ancestry 1911 transcription of occupations

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MaureeninNY

MaureeninNY Report 6 Feb 2012 17:28

LOL! I'm glad I'm not the only one who saw those,Andy!

Although why I went looking in the first place is a poser. Probably bored....

Maureen

Alan

Alan Report 6 Feb 2012 16:18

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think Ancestry 1911 Census was completed in India. If this is so, it might explain some poor transcription given the poor handwriting one has to decipher and unfamiliar names & places.

Kense

Kense Report 6 Feb 2012 10:34

Bit of a pointless rant really, like going onto the other site and complaining about slow performance on the GR site.

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2**

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 5 Feb 2012 22:07

No it's just my sense of humour - it is bizarre! ;-)

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 5 Feb 2012 22:02

I am slow on the uptake tonight ;-)

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2**

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 5 Feb 2012 21:48

Hi Glitter, Sorry it's my weird sense of humour re the phantom reporter.

I can't tell if they report Ancestry because

A) it shows Ancestry in a good light
B) It shows Ancestry in a poor light
C) just because it mentions Ancestry

Personally at the moment i think the various sites compliment each other as they offer lots of different records so i can't see why mentioning Ancestry causes people to report it.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 5 Feb 2012 21:31

Not sure why it makes GR look good

They do not transcribe anything

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2**

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 5 Feb 2012 21:18

Again it's a post that makes GR look good :)

Andrew

Andrew Report 5 Feb 2012 21:15

Rant mode.

I was looking at a record on Ancestry today and the occupation was so badly mangled it was laughable. The original form was quite clear and anyone with any sense would have known exactly what the correct words where.

I then spent sometime going through a list and found among others

Practitioner
Primitive
Institute
Post Office
Provisioner
Private means
Pianoforte

All have been transcribed as a certain illegal profession of great antiquity.
None of the originals are that difficult to read and must call into doubt the standard of transcribing on the website. Surely some common sense can be used by the people doing the work.

I submitted corrections for each of them so at least Ancestry will know about them.

Thank you for readind

Rant over.

Andy

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