Hear! Hear! Dick I don't actually think this has got anything to do with certificates. We're transcribing the indexes (indices?). Are the originals at the FRC in London? I know you can view them elsewhere. And as to the reference to difficulty in reading page numbers, they're not on the certificates anyway. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick Jones" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 22 August 2001 20:46 PM Subject: RE: Incorrect Surname > <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] > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > >