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    1. RE: 1837 Web Site
    2. Archer Barrie
    3. If you are saying that the scans (i.e. images of the pages) are different then that has nothing to do with OCR which converts images into text. If the 1837 scan had been passed through OCR it would no longer be a scan. Barrie > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith Simpson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 30 June 2004 22:24 > To: [email protected] > Subject: 1837 Web Site > > > A transcriber of mine has been checking some amendments with > the 1837 website and has found that one entry on the freebmd > scan reads 336, whilst on the 1837 website scan it read 836. > Now from keeping a record of previous page numbers 336 would > fit within the range. But can somebody tell me if the 1837 > scanned pages have been passed through an OCR SCANNER, > because if they have this might expalin why 836 is shown. thanks Keith > > > > ==== FREEBMD-SYNDICATES Mailing List ==== > Want to help FreeBMD? > Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. > > ============================== > 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 >

    07/01/2004 02:14:32