No Janet I am not confirming what you said, so please don't mistake me. There are many more mistakes on Ancestry.com. It has nothing to do with expectations because we pay for it, or talking about it more, or being supportive to volunteers. There are simply many more mistakes. FreeCEN does NOT HAVE mistakes like that because the work is done paistakingly and every trascription is checked by two or more people. Val ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet" <wightway@tiscali.co.uk> To: "Val Burge" <valburge@iinet.net.au>; <sct-argyll@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 11:48 PM Subject: Re: [ARGYLL] Transcription errors. Re: SCT-ARGYLL Digest, Vol 4,Issue 70 Glensealth This is what I mean; you have confirmed it in what you say. We hear more about the errors in Ancestry than any elsewhere. I think it has to be because people pay for it and expect more as well as being more supportive of volunteers. For the sake of clarification, I was excluding Scotland's People from my comparison. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Val Burge" <valburge@iinet.net.au> To: "Janet" <wightway@tiscali.co.uk>; <sct-argyll@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [ARGYLL] Transcription errors. Re: SCT-ARGYLL Digest, Vol 4,Issue 70 Glensealth : The system of checks by a number of people on projects such as FreeCEN means : that transcription errors are minimal and the quality is consistently high. : From what I understand there are no such systems on pay per view sites. : : I have seen absolutely outrageous mistakes on Ancestry.com that could only : have been due to hurried reading and lack of thought. I'm sure that not : everybody that works for them is guilty of such sloppiness, but it is : certainly there. The volunteer sites also happily ask the public to report : errors, and correct them as soon as they are advised of them, unlike ppv : sites. : : You only need to be a member of a few mailing lists to hear a lot about : errors on Ancestry.com. If there are few complaints about volunteer sites I : would say it is because there are far less reasons for complaint. : : Val : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Janet" <wightway@tiscali.co.uk> : To: <sct-argyll@rootsweb.com> : Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 9:09 PM : Subject: [ARGYLL] Transcription errors. Re: SCT-ARGYLL Digest, Vol 4,Issue : 70 Glensealth : : : > Merely as an observation here, is it possible that those who use : > Ancestry.com are more in touch with each other for the purposes of sharing : > errors, than those who find errors in volunteer projects, FreeCEN, : > FreeBMD and all the other local Family History societies who have : > recruited volunteers. Perhaps its because they pay to use it. : > : > Janet : > : > : > ------------------------------- : > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to : > SCT-ARGYLL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the : > quotes in the subject and the body of the message : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : No virus found in this incoming message. : Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com : Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.12.13/2091 - Release Date: 1/05/2009 : 5:52 PM : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.12.15/2093 - Release Date: 2/05/2009 2:23 PM