Hi Mike I don't blame you blowing your own trumpet however the main difference is that you are not being paid for it so can take the extra time to check things more thoroughly The main players such as Ancestry have to pay transcribers to get the data out in a reasonable time so do not have that luxury, but there again make far more available online quicker Whilst Freecen may be a more accurate transcription there is errors there too, you can't avoid it I have nothing but admiration for all transcribers paid or otherwise, I am often amazed that so much is correct, rather than the small amount that is not Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hello Nivard > > I agree that some of the enumerated details are difficult to read but the > transcribers/checkers for FreeCEN sometimes need a medal for their work. > > The name is transcribed as WALKER on FreeCEN. > > We are still recruiting helpers if anyone is interested in helping to bring > the Census on line for free. > > > Mike Borrill > FreeCEN Vice Chairman > FreeCEN Coordinator > Lincolnshire & Rutland

I was stupid not to think of trying Walter - but I also always forget about Freecen - it doesn't get mentioned much, and Mike, I have Borrills on my tree - of hand I don't know where they fit though. You are both wonderful!RegardsJan > From: ovington1@sky.com > To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:16:44 +0000 > Subject: Re: [LIN] Henry Gask WALKER b1828 Wainfleet,d 1895 Spilsby > > Hi Mike > > I don't blame you blowing your own trumpet however the main difference is that you are not being > paid for it so can take the extra time to check things more thoroughly > > The main players such as Ancestry have to pay transcribers to get the data out in a reasonable time > so do not have that luxury, but there again make far more available online quicker > > Whilst Freecen may be a more accurate transcription there is errors there too, you can't avoid it > > I have nothing but admiration for all transcribers paid or otherwise, I am often amazed that so much > is correct, rather than the small amount that is not > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > Hello Nivard > > > > I agree that some of the enumerated details are difficult to read but the > > transcribers/checkers for FreeCEN sometimes need a medal for their work. > > > > The name is transcribed as WALKER on FreeCEN. > > > > We are still recruiting helpers if anyone is interested in helping to bring > > the Census on line for free. > > > > > > Mike Borrill > > FreeCEN Vice Chairman > > FreeCEN Coordinator > > Lincolnshire & Rutland > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Jan If you cannot find someone in the census the best ploy is to enter less detail and look for similarities to your target Some details are more prone to being misread or mistranscribed than others Forenames are more likely to be correct than surnames Ages are usually within a few years of being correct Place of birth can vary enormously and can change the further the person is from home, the County is far more likely to be correct Although in your case it was the birthplace that pinpointed him A search for a Henry born 1829 +/- 1 year in Lincolnshire, using Wainfleet as a keyword finds just one hit in 1891 Coincidentally it also finds him in all other census years except 1841 which only records County of birth (if enumerated in that County) but he appears to show up in Belleau 16 miles from Wainfleet The above does not always work but often does Then there is the use of wildcards Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > I was stupid not to think of trying Walter - but I also always forget about Freecen - it doesn't > get mentioned much, and Mike, I have Borrills on my tree - of hand I don't know where they fit > though. You are both wonderful!RegardsJan