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Transcription errors on Anc'
Wed, 08 Feb 2006 19:11:58 GMT
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Geoff...
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If every error is the subject of a message, we'll be reading them when
the Atlantic freezes over!!!
PLEASE can't we leave anc's errors alone?
mvernonconnolly...
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A lot of the mistakes are quite 'logical', just a letter or three
misread, but the really gross errors are admirable in their way. Today
Dave Mayall...
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And often mistakes are not in the transcription!
A challenge for those who use Ancestry...
1851 - HO107/2065 fol 263 pg 45
William BULL, and family
Also found in 1871 at RG10/3170 fol 75 pg 4
myths...
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RG9/2196 f.14 p.22
Dave Mayall...
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Correct! :-)
An entry which has (I think you'll agree) been accurately transcribed from a
clear original, yet is rather difficult to find.
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The challenge is to find this family in 1861 (and yes I have done so, and
will post the details on Monday if nobody else finds them)
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I came across the surname 'Whitehorn' transcribed as 'Jaquest'! That
takes style. Plus, it makes one all the more pleased to track it down.
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