All As part of the computer help section at the Fair this year we are running two desks, manned by volunteers (with a little arm twisting) to help people try and find their missing links in the 1881 census index. Part of this of course means that we need examples of known mistakes. My own classic one is of Henry Noyce that was transcribed as Henry Nogee. No wonder I could never find him in the middle of London. We want to make a display of these so if you have examples of errors or difficult to find entries I would be interested in hearing from you. Particularly if you have a scanned image of the original to show the difference. If you have images you will have to email me off list. A list will be kept of errors that we find and can be posted to the list afterwards if people are interested. For full details of the computer lecture and demonstration program please check the Society's web site at http://www.sog.org.uk/events/fair.html Regards John Hanson

To John Hanson, Unfortunately i havent got the original census copy of my maternal g-g-parents but i have the 1881 census on CD Rom from the LDS. I hunted for hours if not days trying to figure out where my relatives were on the census. I hasten to say i gave up and then tried my paternal relatives. Whilst searching i clicked the neighbour tab to have a look at others in the street just out of interest. A little way down the road were my family members. The family name was/is BAALHAM and they were transcribed was BRALHAM. I am sure there are many out there searching for lost relatives and i think its a great idea. Where is the fair and its date please? Never been and would love to drag my suffering hubby along. Melanie List administrator ========================================================= BAALHAM (and any variant) COLE, DUMBLETON, EDEY, JACKSON, LEACH/LEECH, MILLER, ROUSE ICQ no. 66028020 Melanie : List administrator. BAALHAM-L-request@rootsweb.com DUMBLETON-L-request@rootsweb.com ENG-EAST-ANGLIA-L-request@rootsweb.com LEECH-L-request@rootsweb.com Baalham Website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~baalham/ =============================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: John Hanson <john.hanson@one-name.org> To: <ENG-EAST-ANGLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 7:15 AM Subject: [EEA] 1881 Census Transcription Errors > All > > As part of the computer help section at the Fair this year we are running > two desks, manned by volunteers (with a little arm twisting) to help people > try and find their missing links in the 1881 census index. > > Part of this of course means that we need examples of known mistakes. My > own classic one is of Henry Noyce that was transcribed as Henry Nogee. No > wonder I could never find him in the middle of London. We want to make a > display of these so if you have examples of errors or difficult to find > entries I would be interested in hearing from you. Particularly if you have > a scanned image of the original to show the difference. > > If you have images you will have to email me off list. > > A list will be kept of errors that we find and can be posted to the list > afterwards if people are interested. > > For full details of the computer lecture and demonstration program please > check the Society's web site at http://www.sog.org.uk/events/fair.html > > Regards > John Hanson > > > ==== ENG-EAST-ANGLIA Mailing List ==== > This list is for people who have an interest in the ESSEX, > SUFFOLK, NORFOLK,BEDFORDSHIRE and CAMBRIDGESHIRE regions. > ENG-EAST-ANGLIA-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >