Hi John, Go to the bottom of the class for not reading your source correctly - the lady (Janet) said the after checking her transcription was correct. Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Pain" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 12:09 PM Subject: Re: Corrections > 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 > > > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >