Can't speak to transcriptions, but with the rate they seem to be planning to put it online I do wonder if they are partnering with someone else? And I hear the Manchester census started recovery in 1999 (IIFC) with the Family History society <G> Eliz On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> wrote: > On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:09:39 -0500 > Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Eliz, > >> Am I the only one excited?? <>G is everyone else getting it from >> findmypast. They only have the hoh's listed so far  but still useful >> as far as I am concerned. > > I've read about it elsewhere, but have also read several complaints > about the appalling standard of the transcriptions. > > I'll have to reserve judgement. > > -- >  Regards  _ >         / )           "The blindingly obvious is >        / _)rad        never immediately apparent" > Two sides to every story > Public Image - Public Image Ltd > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:40:44 -0500 Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> wrote: Hello Eliz, > Can't speak to transcriptions, but with the rate they seem to be > planning to put it online I do wonder if they are partnering with > someone else? Ancestry have, in the past, had the transcriptions done overseas (India, IIRC) for a fraction of what it would cost to do here. I suspect the 1911 will be the same and goes a fair way to explaining the poor transcripts reported. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" Where will you be when the bodies burn? The Gasman Cometh - Crass

The transcripts seem to have improved <>G but I think that could be all the error reports they are collecting <G> Oh you forgot to include China for transcripts, gosh they know English there but... Eliz On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> wrote: > On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:40:44 -0500 > Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Eliz, > >> Can't speak to transcriptions, but with the rate they seem to be >> planning to put it online I do wonder if they are partnering with >> someone else? > > Ancestry have, in the past, had the transcriptions done overseas (India, > IIRC) for a fraction of what it would cost to do here.  I suspect the > 1911 will be the same and goes a fair way to explaining the poor > transcripts reported. > > -- >  Regards  _ >         / )           "The blindingly obvious is >        / _)rad        never immediately apparent" > Where will you be when the bodies burn? > The Gasman Cometh - Crass > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >