I am finding some of the wrongly transcribed occupations in the 1939 Register very amusing: a barman instead of batman at RAF Cranwell, a hosiery minder instead of a hosiery mender and today, a plumber properly repairer.  Presume properly should be property... Celia (Dodd) [email protected]

Maybe we should have some sympathy for the transcribers, but one of mine where the original said quite clearly "Sulphate of Ammonia Worker in Bye-Product Works" was transcribed as "???" Adrian On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 12:09 PM, Celia Dodd via <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am finding some of the wrongly transcribed occupations in the 1939 > Register very amusing: a barman instead of batman at RAF Cranwell, a hosiery > minder instead of a hosiery mender and today, a plumber properly repairer. > Presume properly should be property... > > Celia (Dodd) > [email protected] >

I had one similarly transcribed as "???" which I could clearly read as "Wholesale Merchant Dealing in Druggists Sundries Medicines Smallware etc" - possibly the longest occupation description I have seen and written in tiny handwriting! A correction was submitted and accepted by FMP. I trust other folks are submitting their corrections to the 1939 Register. Regards, Peter Armstrong ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Abbott via" <[email protected]> To: "Celia Dodd" <[email protected]>; "GOONS" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 1:32 PM Subject: Re: [G] 1939 Register occupations > Maybe we should have some sympathy for the transcribers, but one of > mine where the original said quite clearly "Sulphate of Ammonia Worker > in Bye-Product Works" was transcribed as "???" > > Adrian

Submitting dozens - its the only way we will get it right Robin Border > On 26 Apr 2016, at 13:56, Peter Armstrong via <[email protected]> wrote: > > I had one similarly transcribed as "???" which I could clearly read as > "Wholesale Merchant Dealing in Druggists Sundries Medicines Smallware etc" - > possibly the longest occupation description I have seen and written in tiny > handwriting! A correction was submitted and accepted by FMP. I trust other > folks are submitting their corrections to the 1939 Register. > > Regards, > Peter Armstrong > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adrian Abbott via" <[email protected]> > To: "Celia Dodd" <[email protected]>; "GOONS" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 1:32 PM > Subject: Re: [G] 1939 Register occupations > > >> Maybe we should have some sympathy for the transcribers, but one of >> mine where the original said quite clearly "Sulphate of Ammonia Worker >> in Bye-Product Works" was transcribed as "???" >> >> Adrian > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I agree, I'm also submitting all the errors I find but how to report the numerous instances where the household contains the wrong people because someone from the household below or above has been included? As an example, I have just added a correction where person 1 of the household is omitted but person 1 of the next household is included. At present I am dealing with this by correcting the surnames included in the household then adding a comment about who should be in or out but I have no idea if FMP will read this and correct as a result. Grateful for any suggestions. Sian -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robin Border via Sent: 26 April 2016 14:31 To: Peter Armstrong; [email protected] Subject: Re: [G] 1939 Register occupations Submitting dozens - its the only way we will get it right Robin Border

As I commented a couple of months ago, what is written is not necessarily a transcription. My grandfather's entry showed him as a CPO in the Royal Navy. FMP had him not as CPO but expanded the initials - to 'General Post Office'. Just checked and this has now been corrected (to CPO, not Chief Petty Officer). A quick search told me there were quite a number of POs and CPOs recorded as (General) Post Offices, and I pointed this out in my message but didn't send in a correction on each. Not even the one listed immediately after my grandfather has been corrected. It seems they are happy to look really stupid! Teresa PS My laugh today has been from a baptism on FMP. Christian name 'Paskis' transcribed as 'Pastie'. (In Devon, where they are proud of having the earliest known recipe for pasties). On 26/04/2016 13:56, Peter Armstrong via wrote: > I had one similarly transcribed as "???" which I could clearly read as > "Wholesale Merchant Dealing in Druggists Sundries Medicines Smallware etc" - > possibly the longest occupation description I have seen and written in tiny > handwriting! A correction was submitted and accepted by FMP. I trust other > folks are submitting their corrections to the 1939 Register. > > Regards, > Peter Armstrong > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adrian Abbott via" <[email protected]> > To: "Celia Dodd" <[email protected]>; "GOONS" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 1:32 PM > Subject: Re: [G] 1939 Register occupations > > >> Maybe we should have some sympathy for the transcribers, but one of >> mine where the original said quite clearly "Sulphate of Ammonia Worker >> in Bye-Product Works" was transcribed as "???" >> >> Adrian > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >