I share your frustration, Paul, as my own great grandparents are missing on all the 1881 censuses you mention, which are indeed all based on the original Familysearch transcription. As far as I am aware there is just one company who is / has been re-transcribing the 1881 census and I think it is The Genealogist but I can't find any reference on their website so I can't be certain. Rosemary On 30/08/2011 21:29, "Paul Smallcombe" <[email protected]> wrote: > >Have any of Ancestry, FMP et al. actually done their own transcriptions >of the 1881 census or is everyone using the original Familysearch/Mormon >effort and offering it for free? > >It's just that, if I've had difficulty tracing someone on one site I can >often find them on another and find the entry has been mis-read or >mis-transcribed, but if there's only one version of 1881 (and always will >be) what chance...? > >Paul > >

Has anybody tried FreeCEN (http://www.freecen.org.uk/cgi/search.pl). These transcriptions were done independently by volunteers who were all genealogists. Probably a better transcription that anything anybody else did. Regards, Nancy Frey Newcastle, Ontario, CANADA OPC for Ansford & Castle Cary, Somerset Owner/Moderator of Yahoo! FULFORD_North Devon Group Owner/Moderator of Yahoo! DAVIDGE Connections Group ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosemary Morgan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 5:23 PM Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] 1881 census >I share your frustration, Paul, as my own great grandparents are missing > on all the 1881 censuses you mention, which are indeed all based on the > original Familysearch transcription. > > As far as I am aware there is just one company who is / has been > re-transcribing the 1881 census and I think it is The Genealogist but I > can't find any reference on their website so I can't be certain. > > Rosemary