I am currently transcribing hand written scans 1846m1-H-0172 through to 1846m1-H-192. As usual with hand written scans I print them out and take them to the FRC and check against the "originals". With the above scans however I find that they have been retyped and compressed into fewer pages. The problem I have is that it is obvious that the typist has "corrected" some of the entries and also made errors in the transcriptions. For Instance Page 175 Hodge Mary Ann Tiverton x 473 has been transcribed as Hodge Nary Ann Page 186 Holloway William Kidderminster xviii 390 is entered twice on hand written scans but only once on typed scan. Furthermore several of the page numbers are different where the scan is quite clear. I intend to do the following and would like confirmation that what I am doing is right. 1. Where I am absolutely satisfied that the hand written scan is correct use that information. 2. Where the hand written scan is unclear but I am absolutely satisfied that the typed version is a correct interpretation use that. 3. Where I am in any way unsure use the normal underscore, brackets, asterisk etc. Would someone up on high please confirm that I am doing the right thing before I upload these files John Mills jmills

You have confirmed what I had previously suspected - that when handwritten pages were "typed" the typists made many mistakes. Last time I was at the FRC I enquired if the hand written pages that have been typed still exist - and if they might be accessible. The answer is that they are probably in the store at Christchurch Hants. I was given the email of the person in charge there - but other things intervened and I haven't done anything further about it. Christopher Richards ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Mills" <johnmills@btinternet.com> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 4:00 PM Subject: HAND WRITTEN SCANS WHICH ARE TYPED IN FRC. >I am currently transcribing hand written scans 1846m1-H-0172 through to >1846m1-H-192. > > As usual with hand written scans I print them out and take them to the FRC > and check against > the "originals". With the above scans however I find that they have been > retyped and compressed into > fewer pages. > > The problem I have is that it is obvious that the typist has "corrected" > some of the entries and > also made errors in the transcriptions. > > For Instance > > Page 175 > Hodge Mary Ann Tiverton x 473 > has been transcribed as Hodge Nary Ann > > Page 186 > > Holloway William Kidderminster xviii 390 > is entered twice on hand written scans but only once on typed scan. > > Furthermore several of the page numbers are different where the scan is > quite clear. > > I intend to do the following and would like confirmation that what I am > doing is right. > > 1. Where I am absolutely satisfied that the hand written scan is correct > use that information. > > 2. Where the hand written scan is unclear but I am absolutely satisfied > that the typed version is > a correct interpretation use that. > > 3. Where I am in any way unsure use the normal underscore, brackets, > asterisk etc. > > Would someone up on high please confirm that I am doing the right thing > before I upload > these files > > > John Mills > > jmills > > > > > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > FreeBMD - http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >