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Patricia | Report | 4 Dec 2004 15:19 |
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I searched and searched for a relation on the census on ancestry with the name LAMB - eventually found her on another census so decide to look for a brother and sister for her. Her father, mother and brother were transcribed as LAMB but the person I was looking for, her sister and another brother were transcribed as LUMB - all at the same address!!! |
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Heather | Report | 4 Dec 2004 14:56 |
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Hey, just found a lovely one, beats Somalia (Somerset) as birthplace - I was looking for an ancestor and came across this place of birth: Lunatie Jumates. You work it out! |
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Heather | Report | 3 Dec 2004 16:39 |
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Richard - but why were you looking them up!??? Youre not the sort of boy who used to look through the dictionary for rude words at school are you? Love them though! |
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Hawthorn | Report | 3 Dec 2004 16:00 |
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In the 1901 census I searched for sometime for my Great Grandmother Rica May . . . . I eventually found her transcribed as Ricker May! |
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Richard in Perth | Report | 3 Dec 2004 15:59 |
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Prize for the most unfortunate mistranscription would have to go to: Shepherd, Mary Ann 20 F**king, Sussex Servant or maybe... Phillips, Joseph 46 F**kingwide, Cornwall or even... Steel, John M 42 F**kam, Middlesex |
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Richard in Perth | Report | 3 Dec 2004 15:22 |
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My Sartains are down as "Larhn" on the 1881, and my Sugdens were "Layden" in1891. There's even people who were born on Saturn, Neptune & the Moon on the 1891 (try them in the country box!!!)... But, the prize for the least useful place of birth would have to go to (again on the 1891) .... Powell, Elizabeth 19 "Hos uo idea" I think that the transcriber "hos uo idea" either LOL!!! Richard |
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♥♪ˇ Karen | Report | 3 Dec 2004 13:42 |
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my Clemmitt family were down as Flemeaith. No wonder I couldn't find them. |
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Lynne | Report | 3 Dec 2004 12:11 |
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Hi all My Stratton has been transcribed at Watton. Took soooo long to find it because they won't let you put a wildcard at the start. *SIGH* Lynne |
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Sam | Report | 3 Dec 2004 12:04 |
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I found a load of people in a workhouse in Somerset (most were locals) being listed as being from Somalia! Sam |
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Geoff | Report | 3 Dec 2004 11:53 |
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Twinkle - I would guess that the enumerator was copying what the family had written! |
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Heather | Report | 3 Dec 2004 11:39 |
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Yes, I had a "woisherwoman" in an 1851 for a Norfolk village. But I bet all the other villagers were well impressed by the guy! |
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Twinkle | Report | 3 Dec 2004 11:13 |
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The best one I found wasn't a transcription error. The enumerator clearly wasn't literate as he had written down Jerimya, Harret and Lueza for Jeremiah, Harriet and Louisa! |
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Martin | Report | 2 Dec 2004 22:30 |
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You click on "Comments and Corrections" on the "Record Information" page. Martin |
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Researching: |
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Luciacw | Report | 2 Dec 2004 22:24 |
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My Punters were transcribed as Beuter! By the way, Is there any way I can inform ancestry of this error? Lucia |
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Shirley | Report | 2 Dec 2004 22:18 |
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Yeh I know what you mean. On the 1881 census I looked for my Raisbeck gt grandparents. They were mis transcribed as Raisbrek. Luckily I knew who they lived next to, so found them that way. |
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Heather | Report | 2 Dec 2004 21:47 |
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Heres a good one - I just found Henry mistranscribed as Stoney!!! |
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