When in doubt, click on the hyperlink of the record and it will connect you to more description and at the bottom of that is a link to the scan of the actual record. I found that increasing the size of the actual record to about 75% worked best for reading it on my screen and the error late was probably lower than in the materials that I generate :-) . Occasionally, the described event does not appear on the linked page because the transcriber linked it to the wrong record. There is often a way around that. What I did then was to note the url of the incorrect page as well as the date of the records that were on that page. Then I changed the url to reference a page before or after - depending on the date of the record I was seeking. For example, if I had the following page: http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/reels/c-125-3-1-005.pdf and it was incorrect, then I might try changing the last number from 5 to 6. Usually then I was good to go. If there is a place to send notice of such errors, I missed it. Sharon PS In the next day or so, I will be posting dozens of pages of Carlow-JACKSON materials that I have been assembling. Sharon Oddie Brown Roberts Creek, BC, Canada History Project: http://www.thesilverbowl.com/ Some Become Flowers: http://www.harbourpublishing.com/title/SomeBecomeFlowers Family Tree: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=silverbowl On 22/06/2010 6:01 AM, Deborah Fox wrote: > Michael mentioned the 80% accuracy record for the COI transcriptions. > Is there any idea of what types of errors were common? Or were they just all > shapes and sizes? I ask because I have a gotten a record from that database > with a very unusual entry that I believe is an error, but I can't imagine > how it was made--a burial in a specific cemetery is listed, but that > cemetery is rather far from the deceased's home or church. So for years, I > have been hunting for clues concerning that cemetery, to finally conclude it > was written in error. > I know that any database is riddled with mistakes (I even make them > when jotting down notes from records), but, boy, those mistakes can send us > researchers down the wrong path and cost us days and years of work! Deb > Deborah Large Fox Help! The Faerie Folk Hid My Ancestors! > http://irishfamilyresearch.blogspot.com > > > ======================================= > Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must subscribe to the List. Its FREE! > --------------------------------------- > To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >