Dear LIST I for one just sit and take note of everyone's comments good and bad, but this issue of scans should be re addressed. I have been slowed down to a crawl on these awful scans. No amount of cleaning them up helps if nothing is there in the first place like the down stroke. Nice and quick to download the images but thats it. That 1845 Births black thick boarder uses the ink if printed. So I re-cut and size. But its what we have for the now and its head down glasses on and do my best. I am sure if the process of the images could be change it would. We are all doing a mighty job! In the collective. I am just please to be part it. Cheers Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gypsy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 9:05 AM Subject: Scan Quality Concerns > G'day All > > One of my transcribers who isn't subbed to this List has asked > that I send the following email for him. > > If anyone wants to contact him directly, his name is Harry Crowe > [email protected] or I will pass any comments on to him that may > come from this List. > > Cheers > Teri > > --------------- > To all Transcribers of 1862 Birth Scans, > > I recently complained to Administration about the Quality of the > scans > we are using, and advised that I was not willing to upload > guesses as to > what I think might be the correct details, suggesting that > incorrect > data should not be uploaded, and I got the following replies. > What is your feeling about the quality of these scans and should > they be > rescanned before we progress any further > > A concerned Harry Crowe. > > Hi Harry > > I appreciate the problems and have already asked the rest of the > team > what are we > going to do about it. > > Unfortunately I don't have the hands control on scanning and it > would be > far > better if you could raise your concerns on our Discuss mailing > list. > This will > enable other members of the team to offer their own comments and > for > other > volunteers to contribute to any debate. > > Sorry if it appears I am ducking the issue, but the best > response would > be > obtained via the Discuss list. > > Sorry I can't be of more help. > > Allan Raymond > > > Hi, > > We are working on this with Ancestry at the moment to see if we > can get > any better rescans. > > We are liaising via the coordinators as we get any change but > there is > nothing yet to say. We are aware of it and it is on our list of > things > we are pushing for but recently we have had holidays,disk > crashes, car > crashes! etcetc... > > Talk to your coordinator about not submitting the information. > Any > information is better than no information. You are not > necessarily > misleading them . you are giving an interpretation which will be > matched > > by someone else's interpretation of the same information. Anyone > using > the site should check back the original source anyway as a > check. > FreeBMD helps them to get there. Having said that, we do > undertand the > concern and we are looking into it... > > Cheers > > Graham > > > > > -- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.273 / Virus Database: 147 - Release Date: > 11/09/2001 > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >