Begin forwarded message: > From: Julie Aspin <julie.aspin@fsmail.net> > Date: 21 October 2005 13:17:42 BDT > To: genmail <genmail@btinternet.com> > Subject: Re: bouquets/ also question about uploading data > Reply-To: julie.aspin@fsmail.net > > > I am currently transcribing 1874 births. I work full time and > don't have much spare time but I try to do at least 30 minutes > everyday. Is it ok to upload everyday or do I need to complete the > whole page first ? > > As to the bouquets issue > I completely agree. I teach people how to research their family > history using the internet, and I am constantly up against people > who think their ancestors will appear at the touch of a button, and > many give up when they realise there is some work involved - but > those who stick at it have real successes and always completely > thrilled. They are the ones who make my job worthwhile - when the > elusive ancestor turns up because they've take advice and tried > something as simple as an alternative spelling -it's the ones who > won't take the advice who give up, and as you say, miss out > > > > > ======================================== > Message Received: Oct 21 2005, 11:27 AM > From: "genmail" > To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com > Cc: > Subject: Re: bouquets > > Without specific information from Admin at FreeBMD (and it's not > vital enough to use up their time) I guess it's not possible to know > precisely which alphabetical parts of each quarter of every year have > been passed to Ancestry. I know the transcriptions are completed in > dribs and drabs - leastways that's how mine get uploaded! > > It's just that relative newbies don't always realise that the > Ancestry database is an always-out-of-date version of the data on > FreeBMD. Ancestry do make it clear that they are publishing FreeBMD > data, but their users don't always read the information which is > provided! But I've discovered that recent participants in the family > history game don't read much anyway - they seem to assume it's all on > the net and easy to do! How much they miss out on, and how erroneous > their search results, I wouldn't like to judge! > > Jay > > > On 21 Oct 2005, at 03:54, tony harrington wrote: > > > hi Jay > > I have been transcribing for just a short time and have been doing > > my own research for a lot longer, I have found several entries on > > free bmd that are not on the ancestry database so either they are > > doing something to the files before putting them on line or they > > are a long way behind in updating their database with the info > > freebmd pass to them??? have also found some (dare i say) obvious > > errors in their census pages. > > tonyh42 > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "genmail" > > To: > > Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 6:21 AM > > Subject: Re: bouquets > > > > > > > >> Presumably Mr Haskell does know that Ancestry are publishing the > >> FreeBMD produced indexes - not doing their own???