I have found MANY misspelling on Ancestry. Some are understandable, but some are just sloppy reading. I have found many with the first letter wrong. and in context with the rest of the letters you can make out the first one handily. But they evidently did not try. And sometimes I have found they did index two possible first names for one person. I was surprised when I found that, and that was very good to do. I use wildcards, and I sometimes just look for a first name in a county, even when it takes a lot of time, within an age range. Or I may look for "female/male" age 25, give or take 5 years, for instance. If I need it bad enough, I will keep on looking forever! ha! I still look for my Lucinda and Alfred Stone, dau or son Piercy/Percy Stone, and Lucinda's older son Theodore Young - all disappeared after the 1850c. I know the older folks could have died, but all four? Carleen

The worst one I've found was a very plainly written "Joel" indexed as "Jacob". I found him by searching with birth date and place, location, etc with no name, then looking at each of them. I understand that people overseas do the indexing for Ancestry. Jim . . James R. Baker, Jr. (jrbakerjr) Free Genealogy Databases http://www.jrbakerjr.com . . ----- Original Message ----- From: <CCarnivale@aol.com> To: <INSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 12:43 PM Subject: Re: [INSHELBY] 1920 Census free two days >I have found MANY misspelling on Ancestry. Some are understandable, but >some > are just sloppy reading. I have found many with the first letter wrong. > and > in context with the rest of the letters you can make out the first one > handily. > But they evidently did not try. And sometimes I have found they did index > two > possible first names for one person. I was surprised when I found that, > and > that was very good to do. > I use wildcards, and I sometimes just look for a first name in a county, > even > when it takes a lot of time, within an age range. Or I may look for > "female/male" age 25, give or take 5 years, for instance. > > If I need it bad enough, I will keep on looking forever! ha! I still look > for > my Lucinda and Alfred Stone, dau or son Piercy/Percy Stone, and Lucinda's > older son Theodore Young - all disappeared after the 1850c. I know the > older > folks could have died, but all four? > Carleen > > > ==== INSHELBY Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to often check-out our website at > www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/index.htm > > History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines > reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us > tidings of antiquity. > > - Cicero > > For questions regarding the list, contact me at mmweaver1864@sbcglobal.net > > Thanks! > Melinda > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx