> If you search for Mary Ann GREEN, born Preston in June quarter 1853, > you will get these two paragraphs. > > "Whilst FreeBMD makes every effort to ensure accurate transcription, > errors exist in both the original index and the transcription. You are > advised to verify the reference given from a copy of the index before > ordering a certificate. " > "If you are SURE that our transcription(s) below differs from the GRO > index, you can submit a correction request by clicking on the Info > button to the right of the entry in question." > > If after looking at the image you are sure that a correction is > required, then by all means follow that procedure. For what it's worth, I'd like to correct one of the entries for my family due to an indistinct entry on a film but, having attempted to follow the above route, the only Info button I can see (beside the "England and Wales, Civil Registration...' link on the search.Ancestry.com page that one is redirected to) just goes to a description of the index. I don't know whether that's because I'm already registered with Ancestry.com? I can find no trace of any route to report incorrect entries. Regards John K.Eason (freeBMD@john-eason.co.uk)

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 22:24 +0100 (BST), you wrote: > >> If you search for Mary Ann GREEN, born Preston in June quarter 1853, >> you will get these two paragraphs. >> >> "Whilst FreeBMD makes every effort to ensure accurate transcription, >> errors exist in both the original index and the transcription. You are >> advised to verify the reference given from a copy of the index before >> ordering a certificate. " >> "If you are SURE that our transcription(s) below differs from the GRO >> index, you can submit a correction request by clicking on the Info >> button to the right of the entry in question." >> >> If after looking at the image you are sure that a correction is >> required, then by all means follow that procedure. > > For what it's worth, I'd like to correct one of the entries for my family >due to an indistinct entry on a film but, having attempted to follow the >above route, the only Info button I can see (beside the "England and >Wales, Civil Registration...' link on the search.Ancestry.com page that >one is redirected to) just goes to a description of the index. I don't >know whether that's because I'm already registered with Ancestry.com? > I can find no trace of any route to report incorrect entries. If you use the FreeBMD search page, instead of the copy of the database at ancestry, you will see the info button. It is not possible to report transcription errors from the ancestry copy. -- Dave Mayall