And a big cheer from NZ as well for the CD and the CD team! I might add that the transcription is, as expected, much better than Ancestry's (who appear to have put up their 1861 census records over the last day or so). My Medora LATHWELL and Alice LEE appear correctly on the BGS CD, but are masquerading as SATHWELL and LEX over at Ancestry....... As an aside, can anyone clarify what "nurse not domestic" might be - my Alice LEE is enumerated as such, the household she is recorded with (William and Ann DIMMOCK and children) has a 1-month old so I would have guessed she was helping out mother and baby (Alice is 48 so not a wet-nurse or whatever term might have been used for this in 1861!). What would the roles of domestic nurse versus not-domestic nurse have been? Regards Alex in Auckland NZ > > > >As most you know, over the last 3 or so years I > have been regularly > >posting to this list to report on the progress of > the Buckinghamshire > >Genealogical Society's 1861 Census project. > > > >As such I am pleased to announce this will be the > last such posting > >because the CD is now available. We launched it at > our Family History > >Feast in Aylesbury last weekend and Eve and Antony > McLaughlin have been > >busily mailing out CDs since. > > > >Kevin Quick > >Bucks 1861 Census Project Coordinator Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com

I work in a library (U.S.) and the Ancestry rep came a week or so ago to explain the 'new' library edition of Ancestry that we subscribe to. I specifically asked her about the 1861 and when it would be on Ancestry because they seem to be behind schedule. She couldn't tell me which seemed odd - now I know why - anyway, she did say that ALL this work is being outsourced around the globe. So, I imagine it will have problems similar to the 1901. Though in defense of all transcribers, 'L's' and 'S's' can be tricky if you are not familiar with the surnames. There are continued problems with printing copies of some censuses. Ancestry has a drop down screen giving you instructions however the margins still aren't narrow enough. But printing is faster (when you can figure it out). The rep also said that World Family Tree would be taken off the Library version and only available on CD's. Although WFT ranges from absolutely awful to occasionally helpful, I do use it from time to time. The good news for libraries is that this 'new' Library Ancestry is about 1/3 the cost of the previous subscription. And it is free for all library patrons - you only have to pay for your copies. It can not be accessed at home. Liane

Liane Fenimore wrote: > I work in a library (U.S.) and the Ancestry rep came a week or so ago > to explain the 'new' library edition of Ancestry that we subscribe to. > > I specifically asked her about the 1861 and when it would be on > Ancestry because they seem to be behind schedule. She couldn't tell > me which seemed odd - now I know why - anyway, she did say that ALL > this work is being outsourced around the globe. So, I imagine it will > have problems similar to the 1901. Though in defense of all > transcribers, 'L's' and 'S's' can be tricky if you are not familiar > with the surnames. > True, as can T & S, so I find the transcription of my SURMAN ancestors as TURMAN in 1861 understandable. But no checker picking up on SHAWs being transcribed as HARRISON (the previous surname), the surname BUTTRESS being included in the forenames column & surname being blank, HERGEST being DENGEST (the substitution of N for R is understable - D for H isn't, having checked the original), TWING instead of IRVING (sloppy, but not too dissimilar - except that page is very clear & well-written), etc, etc, etc. And this is just my ancestry. There are ancestors I've not been able to find, I suspect because their names are too garbled. The search engine is also very limited in functionality, & "nearest fit" gives positively weird results. In putting census images online & making them searchable, Ancestry is providing a useful service. But it's frustrating that they do it so badly! Paul -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.0 - Release Date: 29/04/05