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middlesex /mexico

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An Olde Crone

An Olde Crone Report 11 Jul 2006 22:02

I found my family on Mars (Manchester really) And another branch of the Holdens that I kept on ignoring because they were supposedly born in Lanarkshire - were in fact from Lancashire. OC

Phoenix

Phoenix Report 11 Jul 2006 22:00

As Merry says, the transcribers clearly use abbreviations. Kent > Kenya Bath is sometimes somewhere unpronounceable in Europe and you cannot search for Prussia as a birthplace

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 11 Jul 2006 21:54

You have to allow for the fact that Ancestry transcription is carried out by people whose first language isn't English.........and who have absolutely no understanding of England's geography......... Reg

Merry

Merry Report 11 Jul 2006 21:47

They probably didn't misread it, but miskeyed their ''hot key'' to save typing it in manually each time! I expect the keystrokes for Mexico, Middlesex and Midlands are all similar........ Hopeless isn't it! lol Merry

Mandy in Wiltshire

Mandy in Wiltshire Report 11 Jul 2006 21:45

Yes, I came across Somerset mistranscribed as Somalia. So annoying isn't it. Mandy :)

Right said Fred

Right said Fred Report 11 Jul 2006 21:44

I know - I have some transcribed the same! I also have them transcribed as Midlands. lol.

Karen

Karen Report 11 Jul 2006 21:43

If your family is missing in Middlesex try entering Mexico I noted 1500-1600 names indexed wrong on Ancestry. Yes many are on vessels in Mexico but the rest are born or living in Middlesex. The person who transcribed the original census has miss read the abravation of Middx. as Mexico. yours angry. We are paying to use Ancestey yet I'm finding so many mistakes on the indexess.