I am still surprised when I see the occasional error in the original primary source, too. The scribes and recorders were also human. :) And yes, a big thank you to all the volunteers. At 10:38 AM 10/7/2013, you wrote: >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 > > > >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