----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: "Canada Census Campaign" <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: <Victoria.Gebert@LAC-BAC.gc.ca>; "Gabrielle Blais" <gblais@archives.ca> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 1:07 PM Subject: Post 1901 Cenus - Reporting errors to LAC > Greetings All. > > A number of people have posted messages to the mail lists reporting finding > errors in the information provided by LAC for, in particular, the 1911 > Census records. Many have asked who they might report these errors to. > > I am advised that the person in LAC to report such errors to is Victoria > Gebert. She may be contacted at > > Victoria.Gebert@LAC-BAC.gc.ca > > PLEASE NOTE: Victoria is a contact to report obvious errors made by LAC > personel in setting up the Census web pages. Errors such as wrong spelling; > incorrect place names etc., that would cause problems for anyone doing a > search for a specific location; links going to the wrong location, etc.; > should be reported. Specific suggestions for improving the LAC Census pages > (not the scanned images) might be funnelled through her as well. > > Victoria is NOT a person to complain to about the poor quality of some of > the scanned images, or poor handwriting of the enumerators that make it > difficult to read. There is little that LAC can do about such problems as > they have had to work with microfilm that was produced in the 1950s and > there is only so much they can do with them. If the quality of the original > microfilm copy is poor, so will be the scanned images made from them. > > Likewise, Victoria is NOT someone to ask how to locate your ancestors in the > Census schedules, or how to navigate through the various Districts, > sub-districts, townships, sections and meridians. In most cases, any > questions regarding these can be answered by taking the time to read the > preliminary information provided by LAC on the Census pages. > > Please restrict your messages to Victoria to reporting PROBLEMS or ERRORS on > the Census pages. > > Enjoy the Census! > > Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net > Co-chair, Canada Census Committee > Port Coquitlam, BC > > http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census > en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm > > Permission to forward without notice is granted > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.9/72 - Release Date: 8/14/05 > >