The local public library in Bristol has a set of fiche (no longer complete since somebody pinched large quantatiesof the Ws) which are mostly quite good. They don't copy well but I have usually been able to resolve nearly all of the difficult entries in the hand written scans. They are notably better than the fiche in the local Family History Centre. I'm wondering if there is a way of making good use of this facility. I don't have a lot of time but even a couple of hours is enough to correct about 10 pages. It would be easy enough for me to download a batch of transcribed pages onto my laptop, take it to the library, fill in the gaps and return them to the original transcriber. Christopher Richards

Quoting Christopher Richards <cmrichards@blueyonder.co.uk>: > The local public library in Bristol has a set of fiche (no longer complete > since somebody pinched large quantatiesof the Ws) which are mostly quite > good. They don't copy well but I have usually been able to resolve nearly > all of the difficult entries in the hand written scans. They are notably > better than the fiche in the local Family History Centre. > I'm wondering if there is a way of making good use of this facility. I don't > have a lot of time but even a couple of hours is enough to correct about 10 > pages. > It would be easy enough for me to download a batch of transcribed pages onto > my laptop, take it to the library, fill in the gaps and return them to the > original transcriber. Using people with access to the fiche as part of the corrections process will happen. HOWEVER, in order to ensure that we know the provenance of every record on the system, this will NOT be done by amending the original transcriptions as you suggest. Instead, amendment files will be used. Until such time as the necessary design and coding for such corrections is complete, we are not in a position to go ahead with this work. -- Dave Mayall ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net