Although Robert HAWKSLEY was a cordwainer the children of my concern weren't his and in fact it was an error by the transcriber from ANCESTORY .COM,as pointed out by Brian binns, as this was my very first use of Ancestory.com, I am left with little faith in their work. Living in Australia means that we do have to use whatever facilities we have access to or some extra filtering of our information resources. This places more on importance of the kind people on NOTTSGEN and its kind to whom I am most thankfull and respectful of their work and willingness to share and assist Ted STEVENSON in Perth, Western Australia also nee of Nottingham

I find errors in spelling, transcription, & actually anything no matter where it comes from (ancestry.com , familysearch.org, ect.). That's why you need to check more than once source while trying to piece things together. It's also good to leave them a comment to correct a problem. Nothing is perfect! Think about if you were a transcriber yourself......and look at some of those originals. It's a difficult job. A big thank you to all the people who do it. Debbie > From: tedstevenson@optusnet.com.au > To: NOTTSGEN@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 20:07:55 +0800 > Subject: [NTT] (no subject) > > Although Robert HAWKSLEY was a cordwainer the children of my concern weren't > his and in fact it was an error by the transcriber from ANCESTORY .COM,as > pointed out by Brian binns, as this was my very first use of Ancestory.com, > I am left with little faith in their work. Living in Australia means that we > do have to use whatever facilities we have access to or some extra filtering > of our information resources. This places more on importance of the kind > people on NOTTSGEN and its kind to whom I am most thankfull and respectful > of their work and willingness to share and assist > > > > Ted STEVENSON in Perth, Western Australia also nee of Nottingham > > > > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ted, As a subscriber to Ancestry I see both the transcription and the actual entry so I am unaware that you can see just the incorrect transcription but not the census sheet itself. I accept that finances don't always permit, but I would suggest that anyone who is serious about researching their family History should subscribe either to Ancestry or Find my Past. Personally I subscribe to both but would like to drop one to save money. The problem is that one site has information that the other doesn't. But as you also say Ted, there are people willing to assist our overseas friends, so continue to ask away, and I'm sure there are many on here who will help if they can. Brian Binns -----Original Message----- From: nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ted Stevenson Sent: 07 October 2013 13:08 To: NOTTSGEN@rootsweb.com Subject: [NTT] (no subject) Although Robert HAWKSLEY was a cordwainer the children of my concern weren't his and in fact it was an error by the transcriber from ANCESTORY .COM,as pointed out by Brian binns, as this was my very first use of Ancestory.com, I am left with little faith in their work. Living in Australia means that we do have to use whatever facilities we have access to or some extra filtering of our information resources. This places more on importance of the kind people on NOTTSGEN and its kind to whom I am most thankfull and respectful of their work and willingness to share and assist Ted STEVENSON in Perth, Western Australia also nee of Nottingham Notts Surname List http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Ted With great respect, if you can show me any web site or publication transcribed from other sources that has no errors I will eat my proverbial hat It behoves researchers to *check* the original source themselves Relying on *any* transcript is a recipe for disaster Apart from that, where do you think the majority of "the kind people" find the information - Ancestry in the main Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 07/10/2013 13:07, Ted Stevenson wrote: > Although Robert HAWKSLEY was a cordwainer the children of my concern weren't > his and in fact it was an error by the transcriber from ANCESTORY .COM,as > pointed out by Brian binns, as this was my very first use of Ancestory.com, > I am left with little faith in their work. Living in Australia means that we > do have to use whatever facilities we have access to or some extra filtering > of our information resources. This places more on importance of the kind > people on NOTTSGEN and its kind to whom I am most thankfull and respectful > of their work and willingness to share and assist > > > > Ted STEVENSON in Perth, Western Australia also nee of Nottingham

On 2013/10/07 14:07, Ted Stevenson wrote: > Although Robert HAWKSLEY was a cordwainer the children of my concern weren't > his and in fact it was an error by the transcriber from ANCESTORY .COM,as > pointed out by Brian binns, as this was my very first use of Ancestory.com, > I am left with little faith in their work. Living in Australia means that we > do have to use whatever facilities we have access to or some extra filtering > of our information resources. This places more on importance of the kind > people on NOTTSGEN and its kind to whom I am most thankfull and respectful > of their work and willingness to share and assist In fact, you should never accept any transcription without having verified it against the original - even my transcriptions for FreeREG :-) This is the way Ancestry makes money. The transcriptions are basically free, but you have to pay to see an image of the original document, and not all originals are available on-line. To give Ancestry a little pat on the back, the 1911 Census images are currently free to view and save to your own PC. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg