Hi again everyone, I said I would let you know what happened about my re submission to correct a wrong transcription. Well -Success. They have conceded that there was an error-this time!! in the transcription and have agreed to amend it within the next 20 days. Hurrah. My Gran's reputation is intact!! Thanks to everyone who replied. Eileen (Nee Northeast) ----- Original Message ----- > Thanks Nivard, I think I will take up your suggestion and use Ancestry > when my credits have runout. Yes I have re submitted with more evidence. > and yes you are right they need their eyesight tested. I am not a > youngster by any means at 78 and even I can see that they are wrong and > are also taking a marriage at 13 as normal!!. If it was pre Victorian > times I could understand perhaps. I am probably extra miffed because its > my Grandparents but the response I take very personally as that is > questioning my competence and up for that I will not stand LOL. Eileen. > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > Hi Eileen > > It is a very common experience I find > > I have reported many mistakes in their transcriptions, some are corrected > some are rejected for no obvious reason, I have suggested they try > specsavers <g> > > If I did not know the transcript was wrong I would not report it > > I would suggest resubmitting the correction if they reject it, they often > accept it a second or more time > > I was also under the impression you could revisit the same image or > transcript as often as you liked within a certain time period (six months > springs to mind but that may be incorrect) > > I much prefer Ancestrys system where the user enters a correction and it > is *added* to the searchable index > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:28 AM, eileen/pat <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Does anyone find that FMP has mistranscriptions which they refuse to > put right when you ask them too. I found my Grandparents on the 1911 and > they had mistranscribed her age as 21 instead of 31. It was quite clear > on the original that the 3 in 31 is nothing like the 2 used for my Uncle > Jacks age of 2 and under magnification it is clearly a 3 and like the one > used in my GrandDads age of 34 if a little less bold. The reply they sent > was implying that I was misinformed > > ------------------------------- > 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

The following family notices have appeared in Australian newspapers - posting to the List in hopes they belong to someone here. More to come. Cheers Trish Nowra NSW SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, SATURDAY 21 MARCH 1843 - By special license, on Saturday, the 18th instant, at St James's Church, by the Rev. Robert Allwood, B.A., Mr William Townley PINHEY, son of Lieutenant Pinhey, Royal Marines, New Shoreham, Sussex, England, to Mary BELL, eldest daughter of Mr John THOMAS, of the Colonial Architect's Department, Sydney. * No record of this marriage found in the NSW BMD indexes SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, SATURDAY 16 JULY 1853 - DIED - On the 10th March last, at New Shoreham, Sussex, England, Mary Anne PINHEY, aged 30, only sister of William Townley Pinhey, of Parramatta Street, Sydney. SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, SATURDAY 17 JUNE 1843 - DEATH - At Morpeth, Hunter's River, on the 10th ult., in the 28th year of his age, Mr George GORRINGE, late of Eastbourne, Sussex, England. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN REGISTER, WEDNESDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 1847 - DIED - At his residence on the Torrens, about ten o'clock on Saturday night last, MR JOHN EMERY, an old and must esteemed colonist, who arrived here from Sussex in 1838. Mr Emery was seized by influenza, and, not having had recourse to prompt medical advice, became the victim of a severe inflammatory attack. SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, FRIDAY 2 JULY 1852 - DIED - At Richmond-terrace, Domain, Sydney, on Thursday, July 1, 1852, David B. BARTTELOT, Esq, son of George Barttelot, Esq, of Stopham House, Sussex, England, aged 30 years. SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, WEDNESDAY 27 OCTOBER 1852 - MARRIED - On Thursday, October 21st, at St James' Church, by the Rev. C.F.D. Priddle, Mr Henry CHATFIELD, to Miss Ann POCOCK, fourth daughter of Henry Pocock, of Brighton, Sussex, England SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, FRIDAY 3 JUNE 1853 - DIED - At Morpeth, on the 28th of May, Mr Frederick Stileman MAYS, aged 38 years, formerly of East Bourne, Sussex, England. THE ARGUS (Melbourne), TUESDAY 21 JUNE 1853 - DIED - May 28th, at 57 Little Bourke-street, west, Mr James Miles LAMPORT, son of Mr ___ Lamport, Terminus Road, Brighton, Sussex, England. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN REGISTER, WEDNESDAY 5 OCTOBER 1853 - DIED - 1st October, at Angaston, of lingering consumption, Mr William TRIBE, aged 38, second son of Mr John Tribe, of Douglas Lake, near Petworth, Sussex, England. He was much regretted and respected by all who knew him. THE ARGUS (Melbourne), TUESDAY 1 NOVEMBER 1853 - DIED - On the 30th ult, at her residence, Great Collins Street, Hester, the beloved wife of Mr Charles BRAID, of Brighton, Sussex, England, in the 33rd year of her age. THE MAITLAND MERCURY (NSW), WEDNESDAY, 8 FEBRUARY 1854 - MARRIED - By special license, on the 8th February, at the Congregational Church, West Maitland, by the Rev. J.T. Waraker, Mr Joseph SMITH, youngest son of Mr George Smith, Registrar of Births and Deaths, Brighton, Sussex, England, to Breadalbine McLEAN, third daughter of Mr John PENDER, builder, West Maitland. LAUNCESTON EXAMINER (Tasmania), TUESDAY 31 JANUARY 1882 - MARRIAGES - BIRKETT-BARTLETT - On 17th January, at Sunny Bank Farm, Back Creek, the residence of the bridegroom's parents, W. BIRKETT, late of Lancashire-England, to Harriett, second daughter of the late Mr S. BARTLETT, farmer, Piper's Brook, late from Sussex-England. BARTETT-BIRKETT - On 17th January, at Sunny Bank Farm, Back Creek, the residence of the bride's parents, S.G. STEPHEN, farmer, Piper's Brook, son of the late Mr S. Bartlett, of Sussex-England, to Agnes BIRKETT, youngest daughter of Mr J. Birkett, late of Lancashire-England. * First marriage was between William Birkett (b.1861) and Harriett Bartlett; they had 10 children ** Second marriage was between Stephen George Bartlett (appeared at S.G. Stephen in the notice) and Agnes Birkett (b.1865); they had 6 children *** Harriett Bartlett was born 1865 at George Town-Tas; Stephen George Bartlett was born 1859; parents Stephen Bartlett and Leah Bennett **** Stephen (aged 27), Leah (aged 30), and Sarah (aged 2) Barlett, arrived in Tasmania aboard "Raleigh" from Southampton 27 March 1855