yes indeed, ScotlandsPeople is expensive but what a wonderful resource of images!! I "did" Angus genealogy in 1980s before computers and what a difference today...so, altho expensive, not as expensive as a trip overseas! [that too shall come for Scotland in my future]...I can remember waiting the mail even for negative responses, then starting over again..now I am impatient if ScotlandsPeople is a few extra seconds in downloading...and I am also re-doing things I found in 1980s..."why did that name sound so familiar?" ha. reinforces my belief tho that I have found the correct families. thanks for all the helpful comments on this thread, Liz of BC Canada On Apr 5, 2009, at 12:26 PM, Nivard Ovington wrote: > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ANGUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >