Thanks for the reply Nivard. I am well aware of the "do it yourself" items provided by Ancestry for the names etc and have used that facility numerous times but its all the other types of errors not covered by DIY. Such as: The page with the image is for a parish in Sussex and not Suffolk The location of birth is incorrect The Census location is incorrect The Parish name on the image differs from that on the associated data page The image shows a couple with 3 children, but the associated data page shows only the couple The image shows a couple with 4 children, but the associated data page shows only the husband. The problem is when one is going through a tedious search and notes the errors of this type, it is not easy to break away to email and inform Ancestry that they should look at Image #xyz because there are *obvious errors. *To inform them of errors in *their *data, it usually means a loss of 10-15 mins minimum each occurence and for no personal advantage in that the specific data involved may not be part of one's tree. I just wondered if others felt as frustrated as I. Phil White

Do you have some examples of these errors ? If the location of birth is incorrect, do you mean to what you know it to be or to what is on the enumerators page? It is not clear if the errors you suggest are actually errors or what you believe to be true? Obviously the census reflects what the householder put on his/her schedule and the enumerators interpretation of that as he transcribed the schedules , then the persons interpretation of whoever transcribed it for Ancestry As far as emailing Ancestry is concerned its much easier to open a spare Ancestry window and use that so you can swap between the two Perhaps if we see some of the obvious errors you suggest we might get a better feel for what you are complaining about I have yet to find any transcription of anything at any time that was perfect If you want some comical transcription errors take a look at the 1911, that is assuming you can actually find who you are looking for Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Thanks for the reply Nivard. I am well aware of the "do it yourself" > items provided by Ancestry for the names etc and have used that facility > numerous times but its all the other types of errors not covered by DIY. > Such as: The page with the image is for a parish in Sussex and not > Suffolk > The location of birth is incorrect > The Census location is incorrect > The Parish name on the image differs from that on the > associated data page > The image shows a couple with 3 children, but the > associated data page shows only the couple > The image shows a couple with 4 children, but the > associated data page shows only the husband. > The problem is when one is going through a tedious search and notes the > errors of this type, it is not easy to break away to email and inform > Ancestry that they should look at Image #xyz because there are *obvious > errors. *To inform them of errors in *their *data, it usually means a > loss of 10-15 mins minimum each occurence and for no personal advantage > in that the specific data involved may not be part of one's tree. I > just wondered if others felt as frustrated as I. > > Phil White