Hi List, I believe someone told me it was transcribed off-shore by people with no local knowledge and little training, possible paid for by number of entries transcribed. Ron, Panama City Beach, FL -----Original Message----- From: eng-hampshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-hampshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sandra J Smith Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 9:46 AM To: eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] 1911 census - help with lateral thinking! I am pleased I am not the only one with a gripe about the cost of the 1911 census. But be warned, it is not just transcription errors you have to contend with, the number of typos is horrific. Obviously no double keying checks have been made. Just some examples from my research in the short time the census has been available Tohmas for Thomas Edtih for Edith Willaim for William Williams for William S Calara for Clara Arthu for Arthur Henrys for Henry S Ch STCHELL for Chrystchell So if you are looking for Knight - also try swapping some of the letters around!!! Kinght, Knihgt etc. Regards Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Morgan" <stuart@tase.co.uk> To: <eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 2:48 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] 1911 census - help with lateral thinking! On Tuesday 13 January 2009 14:26:22 Dorothy Spence wrote: > ............I have had a happy day searching it with success, but am > horrified as onvirtually every page I purchased there were major errors... > there is afacility for reporting them... so far I have made about ten > reports.There are going to be some very frustrated and unhappy searchers > I > think.My Macaulays became McCanleys, Hunns became Hulmes, my thirty year > oldGrandad became 50 years old. Some of the errors wereunforgivable as the > census entrys were extremely clear..... Hi all, After my disappointment at the inflated prices they are charging*, the news that the quality of the transcriptions and indexes isn't very good just leaves a bitter taste. * 4.5x the launch prices for the 1901 with Qinetic. Images in the 1901 census were 75p, in the 1911 they are £3.50 each and that's even with information obscured. Guess I'll vote with my feet and either spend a few days in London, or wait for some competition to come along in a year or two. (Ancestry, GS?) -- Stuart Morgan ............................................. Want to contact the local community? Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk ............................................. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _______________________________________ No viruses found in this incoming message Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.6.3 http://www.iolo.com _______________________________________ No viruses found in this outgoing message Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.6.3 http://www.iolo.com ............................................. Want to contact the local community? Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk ............................................. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message