Thanks for that Rosemary. I'll check it out. Kind regards, Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosemary M Chalmers" <rosechal@iinet.net.au> To: <gloucester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 6:29 PM Subject: Re: [GLS] Ancestry - mistakes > Hi Cathy, > > I've had a problem finding a family in the 1891 census. The whole family > had been living in the same general area for the 1841, 1851,1861,1871,1881 > & > 1901 census. I've concluded that there is a transcription error and have > tried just searching under christian names with no surname but so far no > luck. > > So I can fully understand your frustration. It is possible to notify > Ancestry of these errors in transacription and they will ammend their > records. > > Bye, > Rosemary M Chalmers > Palmerston Bookkeeping Services > Darwin NT Australia > rosechal@iinet.net.au > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom&Cathy Purcell" <tcpurc@tpgi.com.au> > To: <gloucester@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 5:47 PM > Subject: [GLS] Ancestry - mistakes > > >> Hi listers, >> I just had to make a comment to people who would appreciate it (that >> doesn't >> happen here at home). This week I was looking for the family of Charles >> and >> Matilda HILL on Ancestry for the 1861 census. I had them in earlier and >> later censuses(censii?) so I knew they had to be somewhere. >> I found them under the surname FLITCROFT. How would that happen I hear >> you >> ask? Well when I checked the original image that was the name of the >> family >> in the house before them. It states HILL quite clearly on the image. >> Luckily >> it didn't take me too long to find as I used Matilda's information with >> no >> surname but I so nearly didn't check the entry because I could not >> imagine >> how FLITCROFT could be mistranscribed from HILL. They were residing in >> Lancashire in 1851 and 1861. >> For the record Timothy was from Cam(in the 1851 census his place of birth >> is >> given as Cambridgeshire, Gloucestershire), christened in 1812, parents >> Charles HILL and Hannah SPRATT and Matilda ORGAN was from North Nibley. >> As >> yet I haven't found her birth/christening record. >> Timothy was a younger brother to my ggg grandmother Lois BRUTON (nee >> HILL). >> >> Kind regards, >> Cathy in coastal Queensland., Australia. >> >> _____________________________________________ >> >>