> When you get round to it do use the Ancestry census > transcriptions as it can > cut down the unnecessary expense on scotlandspeople But make a mental note to check the originals anyway because transcriptions can and do contain errors. I have not used the Ancestry ones, but I have heard about lots of transcription errors, so don't take anything you find there as gospel. Anne

Hi Anne Just to be crystal clear, I was not advocating using the transcript on its own, far from it Its imperative to check the original page (which is itself a transcript unfortunately up to 1901) No I was suggesting using the Ancestry census transcript to find the right family before buying the image from scotlandspeople Using scotlandspeople on its own can be a frustrating and expensive business Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) >> When you get round to it do use the Ancestry census >> transcriptions as it can >> cut down the unnecessary expense on scotlandspeople > > But make a mental note to check the originals anyway because > transcriptions can and do contain errors. I have not used the > Ancestry ones, but I have heard about lots of transcription > errors, so don't take anything you find there as gospel. > > Anne

From: anne.burgess@btinternet.com > To: angus@rootsweb.com; ANGUS-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 20:13:52 +0100 > Subject: Re: [ANGUS] Try again? > > > When you get round to it do use the Ancestry census > > transcriptions as it can > > cut down the unnecessary expense on scotlandspeople > > But make a mental note to check the originals anyway because > transcriptions can and do contain errors. I have not used the > Ancestry ones, but I have heard about lots of transcription > errors, so don't take anything you find there as gospel. > I aquired an Ancestry sub as a birthday present and have been both amused and annoyed to see that their reputation for typos is well deserved. One of the most annoying (indeed somewhat offensive) thus far has been the major mistake in their transcription of Soldier Who Died in the Great War, where they show most men as having died in Aldershot rather than the actual battlefield or area. I'm using it, like the IGI and other transcriptions, to narrow possibilities before checking the orig8inals on SP. Lesley Robertson _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/