The transcriptions of the "LDS" 1881 census were actually done by volunteers (all genealogists) mostly from theFamily History Societies local to the area being transcribed (and so familiar with locale family and place names) - and a second checking copy was also done by different persons. The LDS's contibution (which was very large and greatly appreciated) was primarily in the data entry and IT areas. So I think, Nancy, your presumption about quality is far off mark. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Frey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 5:52 AM Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] 1881 census > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Chris: I agree. I think quite a few people have found or heard about errors in the IGI - in fact in the patron submissions section of the IGI - and have wrongly assumed that the LDS's transcription efforts, whether of the 1881 or a couple of counties the 1851, or of the main part of the IGI, were of low quality, when the opposite is the case. Cheers Brian On 31 Aug 2011, at 10:12, Chris Watts wrote: > The transcriptions of the "LDS" 1881 census were actually done by volunteers > (all genealogists) mostly from theFamily History Societies local to the area > being transcribed (and so familiar with locale family and place names) - and > a second checking copy was also done by different persons. The LDS's > contibution (which was very large and greatly appreciated) was primarily in > the data entry and IT areas. > > So I think, Nancy, your presumption about quality is far off mark. > > Chris > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nancy Frey" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 5:52 AM > Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] 1881 census > > >> 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 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK EMAIL = [email protected] PHONE = +44 191 222 7923 FAX = +44 191 222 8232 URL = http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/brian.randell