The work was done in China who used the margin scratchings/abbreviations to index the Collection they didn't check the full text of an entry. Then PRDH/Univ Montreal was (supposed to be) doing the proofreading and corrections. I gather from the info we have on the present situation that the project has been going as fast as it should have.... and so we wait and hope for the best. Cheers! Doreen (P.S. - and why use the Chinese? Because unfortunately we have priced ourselves out of such competitions.) ======== > Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:38:32 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Drouin Collection & Ancestry problems > > Dang, I didn't realize how addictive the Drouin was until I couldn't access it yesterday.....It is a lifeline to our ancestors. > > Do they mean the lack of indexing as meaning the different unique ways the Chinease spell the names? > > Sharlene > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Here is a response to the problem as posted in the Quebec-Research list: > > > > "As you might all know, the Institut généalogique Drouin took The Generation Network Inc. into arbitration over the lack of full and proper indexation of the Drouin Collection put on-line by Ancestry. > > > > On the 12th of August 2009, the juge(sic) name to arbitrate this case sided with Drouin, and declared that Ancestry has failed in its contractual > obligation to properly and fully index the database prior to publication and since publication. The decision grants 60 (days) to TGN to remedy the situation. > > > > Should they fail to do so, the license granted by the Institut Drouin will lapse. > > > > > > > > ***************** > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy > > Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Click less, chat more: Messenger on MSN.ca http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9677404