This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ovington1_1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ans.general/5911.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Pat & all With respect I would say any transcript needs checking wherever you find it, I have found plenty of errors in scotlandspeoples transcripts as well Whilst I agree that Ancestrys transcripts of Scotlands census leave a bit to be desired, they are a whole lot better than having none at all, of course if the NAS allowed Ancestry access to the images we could check ourselves but they make to much money out of it for them to do that Another site worth checking is freecen http://www.freecen.org.uk/ Very much a work in progress but worth a look On the subject of the census, a very useful site on the census in Scotland is http://www.talkingscot.com/censuses/census-intro.htm NJO Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.