Sue, I have moved this to Discuss. Well, I wasn't making it up, just quoting! The submitter page says "N.B. The vast majority of records have been transcribed by people with _no research interest_ in the names they have transcribed. Please do _not_ mail the transcribers with research questions. This email address is provided for the purpose of correcting errors in the transcription." I am currently making changes to this page and have included the following, which is along the same lines but more explicit about the kind of changes: "Please note that FreeBMD transcribes the entries in the indexes and has a policy of transcribing the data *exactly* as it appears in the indexes. Corrections should therefore be based on substantive evidence and this must be given in the Source field. Many districts in the indexes have variant spellings. These are transcribed in FreeBMD exactly as they appear in the indexes and are then linked to the correct district. Please do *not* report a misspelt district unless what is in FreeBMD is different from what is in the index." I will also be allowing transcribers to say they don't want to receive corrections, but his just means they will get sent to someone else, yet to be decided! One issue we have at the moment is that we don't know how many people send correction emails. I suspect it is very low - have you had one, I haven't! My changes will incorporate a log of corrections so in the future we will have some information to go on. Barrie > -----Original Message----- > From: Sue Burton [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 21 August 2001 20:07 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Incorrect Surname > > > Hi Barrie > > I'm going to query your reply here!! I think it needs discussion! > > We are transcribing the indexes by what we see and if the original > transcription is wrong then what we type will be wrong! > I don't think I want people emailing me and telling me they > have a certain > certificate and what I transcribed was wrong. I could end up > with several > thousand entries to amend! And certificates are known to be > wrong anyway. > > Sue > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Archer Barrie" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: 21 August 2001 17:17 PM > Subject: RE: Incorrect Surname > > > > If you do a FreeBMD Search for the entry, the identifier of the > transcriber > > will be given as the last item on the line. If you click on > this you will > > get details of the transcriber, including email address. > Send an email > > explaining the correction. > > > > If by "the second keying" you mean that there is an entry > for GOOD and an > > entry for GOOCH then I suspect that there are two such > entries in the > index. > > This can occur where the original scribe of the index > couldn't read the > > certificate they had. The transcriber has therefore > probably transcribed > the > > index correctly. > > > > Barrie > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Max & Carol Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: 20 August 2001 18:57 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Incorrect Surname > > > > > > > > > Because I have a copy certificate, I know that a BMD marriage > > > entry has been > > > entered incorrectly by one transcriber as GOOD, (the second > > > keying of GOOCH > > > being correct). > > > > > > What is the proper and polite way of making this known and > > > having the entry > > > corrected. Your advice, please. > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > Carol Scott > > > > > > ______________________________ > > > > > > > > > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > > Want to help FreeBMD? > > Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. > > > > ============================== > > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & > Celebrate > > your heritage! > > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > > > > > ______________________________ >

<snipped> > >"Please note that FreeBMD transcribes the entries in the indexes and has a >policy of transcribing the data *exactly* as it appears in the indexes. >Corrections should therefore be based on substantive evidence and this must >be given in the Source field. Many districts in the indexes have variant >spellings. These are transcribed in FreeBMD exactly as they appear in the >indexes and are then linked to the correct district. Please do *not* report >a misspelt district unless what is in FreeBMD is different from what is in >the index." > >I will also be allowing transcribers to say they don't want to receive >corrections, but his just means they will get sent to someone else, yet to >be decided! > >One issue we have at the moment is that we don't know how many people send >correction emails. I suspect it is very low - have you had one, I haven't! >My changes will incorporate a log of corrections so in the future we will >have some information to go on. > >Barrie Couldn't the paragraph be simplified to:- "Please do NOT report errors unless you have evidence that the entry in FreeBMD differs from that in the GRO indexes at the Family Records Centre, London." -- Best regards Dick Jones Leigh-on-Sea Essex UK mailto://[email protected]

IMHO the new proposed version is too long. No-one's going to read it. So far I've never received a "correction" - only enquiries from people assuming I'm interested in their "name". So even the existing short one isn't being read and understood. Mark Hattam - - At 9:41 am +0100 22/8/01, Archer Barrie wrote: >Sue, > >I have moved this to Discuss. > >Well, I wasn't making it up, just quoting! The submitter page says "N.B. The >vast majority of records have been transcribed by people with _no research >interest_ in the names they have transcribed. Please do _not_ mail the >transcribers with research questions. This email address is provided for the >purpose of correcting errors in the transcription." > >I am currently making changes to this page and have included the following, >which is along the same lines but more explicit about the kind of changes: >"Please note that FreeBMD transcribes the entries in the indexes and has a >policy of transcribing the data *exactly* as it appears in the indexes. >Corrections should therefore be based on substantive evidence and this must >be given in the Source field. Many districts in the indexes have variant >spellings. These are transcribed in FreeBMD exactly as they appear in the >indexes and are then linked to the correct district. Please do *not* report >a misspelt district unless what is in FreeBMD is different from what is in >the index." > >I will also be allowing transcribers to say they don't want to receive >corrections, but his just means they will get sent to someone else, yet to >be decided! > >One issue we have at the moment is that we don't know how many people send >correction emails. I suspect it is very low - have you had one, I haven't! >My changes will incorporate a log of corrections so in the future we will >have some information to go on. > >Barrie > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sue Burton [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: 21 August 2001 20:07 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Incorrect Surname >> >> >> Hi Barrie >> >> I'm going to query your reply here!! I think it needs discussion! >> >> We are transcribing the indexes by what we see and if the original >> transcription is wrong then what we type will be wrong! >> I don't think I want people emailing me and telling me they >> have a certain >> certificate and what I transcribed was wrong. I could end up >> with several >> thousand entries to amend! And certificates are known to be >> wrong anyway. >> >> Sue >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Archer Barrie" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: 21 August 2001 17:17 PM >> Subject: RE: Incorrect Surname >> >> >> > If you do a FreeBMD Search for the entry, the identifier of the >> transcriber >> > will be given as the last item on the line. If you click on >> this you will >> > get details of the transcriber, including email address. >> Send an email >> > explaining the correction. >> > >> > If by "the second keying" you mean that there is an entry >> for GOOD and an >> > entry for GOOCH then I suspect that there are two such >> entries in the >> index. >> > This can occur where the original scribe of the index >> couldn't read the >> > certificate they had. The transcriber has therefore >> probably transcribed >> the >> > index correctly. >> > >> > Barrie >> > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: Max & Carol Scott [mailto:[email protected]] >> > > Sent: 20 August 2001 18:57 >> > > To: [email protected] >> > > Subject: Incorrect Surname >> > > >> > > >> > > Because I have a copy certificate, I know that a BMD marriage >> > > entry has been >> > > entered incorrectly by one transcriber as GOOD, (the second >> > > keying of GOOCH >> > > being correct). >> > > >> > > What is the proper and polite way of making this known and >> > > having the entry >> > > corrected. Your advice, please. >> > > >> > > Best wishes, >> > > Carol Scott >> > > >> > > ______________________________ >> > > >> > >> > >> > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > > > Want to help FreeBMD? >> > Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. >> > >> > ============================== >> > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & >> Celebrate >> > your heritage! >> > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >> > >> > >> >> ______________________________ >> > > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp