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Louise2212

Louise2212 Report 19 Mar 2005 14:14

i got excited when reading the ancestry details for the Tyrer family in 1871 --- It said Catherine came from Norway - when i clicked it clearly said norwich --- Source information: (RG10/3856: 129: 29)

Karen

Karen Report 19 Mar 2005 14:24

and when is someone going to realize that there is no Somalia in Somerset........?

Heather

Heather Report 19 Mar 2005 14:36

Or Kenya in Kent. Or Leichenstein in Leicester. Or Thadwete in Shadwell. Or Negania Wales in Virginia Waters?? We can live in hope (or hipe if we are ancestry transcribers)

Geoff

Geoff Report 19 Mar 2005 14:49

I would guess that most of these places use the input of a 3 letter code eg LIEchtenstein LEIcestershire I've made the same sort of mistakes when transcribing for FreeBMD - Penrith can easily finish up as Penkridge if you're not careful.

Unknown

Unknown Report 19 Mar 2005 14:52

Hopefully when they do the 1911 they will have a computer programme that can check place names against gazetteers. I do find it odd that my great-grandma's birth place is given as 'Camligger' when only 2 people further down in the list it says quite clearly 'Cambridge'. Surely the person transcribing must have thought - perhaps Camligger should be Cambridge too? Similarly I have found two members of a family one born Cobham Surrey and the other in Cotham, surrey! nell

Heather

Heather Report 19 Mar 2005 15:01

Geoff, hats off to BMD transcribers they are much more accurate and I guess more dedicated. I think we had a thread before on ancestry transcribers and it seems a lot of them are probably students doing temp work during vacations, so you can see how at some point some of them will get tired, bored or both!