The best example I can think of regarding a valid "corrections" report Assuming you had a good scan and assuming you mistranscribed a clear entry. It would be quite legitimate for anyone finding such an error to issue a "corrections " report. This would not be to update your entry it would be to correct your entry. Allan Raymond -----Original Message----- From: Elizabeth Kipp <kippeeb@magma.ca> To: FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com <FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 14 March 2004 22:39 Subject: Re: Correction Requests > >I am new as a FreeBMD transcriber but would ask why are we calling them >corrections? I have had one scan that will have to be rescanned because I >couldn't read everything. I put in * and _ as needed. I think it is more >of an update than a correction. I gave permission to have my email address >attached to my work so that one could email me and query as I have kept >the scans on my hard drive. I shall put them into folders with enough >wording to identify them and make it easier for myself. > >Plus if people send in their comments because the original transcript from >which we are working had errors they are not really our errors we are just >typing what we see. I liked the idea of making my email available so that >I can make the changes after verifying with John Slann. > >Elizabeth Kipp > >On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Dave Mayall wrote: > >> On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 16:59:17 EST, you wrote: >> >> >Then, I guess I'm back to my original question: >> > >> >Could we please be informed how our records are being checked so that we can >> >understand why we are getting multiple requests to make corrections to an >> >individual file rather than one request with multiple corrections. >> >> Given that the corrections have NOT been generated by anybody acting >> in an official capacity for FreeBMD, it is difficult for me to comment >> on the methodology. >> >> > >-- >Elizabeth (Blake) Kipp >mailto:kippeeb@magma.ca > >webpage: http://www.magma.ca/~kippeeb/ > > > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

I am trying very hard not to have any of those. John Slann was most direct in expressing the need to verify carefully before tramitting to BMD. I understand then what is meant by correction. Much appreciated. Elizabeth Kipp On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Allan Raymond wrote: > The best example I can think of regarding a valid "corrections" report > > Assuming you had a good scan and assuming you mistranscribed a clear entry. > > It would be quite legitimate for anyone finding such an error to issue a > "corrections " report. > > This would not be to update your entry it would be to correct your entry. > > Allan Raymond > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elizabeth Kipp <kippeeb@magma.ca> > To: FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com <FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 14 March 2004 22:39 > Subject: Re: Correction Requests > > > > > >I am new as a FreeBMD transcriber but would ask why are we calling them > >corrections? I have had one scan that will have to be rescanned because I > >couldn't read everything. I put in * and _ as needed. I think it is more > >of an update than a correction. I gave permission to have my email address > >attached to my work so that one could email me and query as I have kept > >the scans on my hard drive. I shall put them into folders with enough > >wording to identify them and make it easier for myself. > > > >Plus if people send in their comments because the original transcript from > >which we are working had errors they are not really our errors we are just > >typing what we see. I liked the idea of making my email available so that > >I can make the changes after verifying with John Slann. > > > >Elizabeth Kipp > > > >On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Dave Mayall wrote: > > > >> On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 16:59:17 EST, you wrote: > >> > >> >Then, I guess I'm back to my original question: > >> > > >> >Could we please be informed how our records are being checked so that we > can > >> >understand why we are getting multiple requests to make corrections to > an > >> >individual file rather than one request with multiple corrections. > >> > >> Given that the corrections have NOT been generated by anybody acting > >> in an official capacity for FreeBMD, it is difficult for me to comment > >> on the methodology. > >> > >> > > > >-- > >Elizabeth (Blake) Kipp > >mailto:kippeeb@magma.ca > > > >webpage: http://www.magma.ca/~kippeeb/ > > > > > > > >============================== > >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > -- Elizabeth (Blake) Kipp mailto:kippeeb@magma.ca webpage: http://www.magma.ca/~kippeeb/