I have received on a few occasions now, e-mails telling me I have wrongly entered information, and after going to the trouble of rechecking my files, it turns out they are correctly transcribed. Surely we haven't got to amend our entries, I thought the whole point was to use the Transcripts. Can't something to this effect be stressed on the Programme. Also, is it necessary for our e-mail address to be on view to all and sundry, as I am seriously considering stopping transcribing if this problem persists. >From a very disgruntled Janet
Janet Surely if your transcription is incorrect then it must be corrected - and from the discussion on this list lately it appears that the only person with the 'real' authority to correct your transcription is You. There will always be some people that will dispute the index, I have had several where it is alleged that the certificate purchased has a slightly different name to that in the index eg transcription = Parkes, Certificate = Parker. The transcription being correct as Parkes. Every other suggested correction has been valid and meant correcting the original files. This means that the database is just that little bit more accurate ( or in modern parlance 'accurater'). Regards John Researching - Hykin (Anywhere) Pai(y)n(e) from Kent 1800's Conde Salop. Anytime ----- Original Message ----- From: Janet <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 6:54 PM Subject: Corrections > I have received on a few occasions now, e-mails telling me I have wrongly entered information, and after going to the trouble of rechecking my files, it turns out they are correctly transcribed. > > Surely we haven't got to amend our entries, I thought the whole point was to use the Transcripts. Can't something to this effect be stressed on the Programme. > > Also, is it necessary for our e-mail address to be on view to all and sundry, as I am seriously considering stopping transcribing if this problem persists. > > From a very disgruntled > > Janet > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >