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Mis-transcriptions - Shall we Start a List?
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Rebecca | Report | 11 Jun 2004 08:23 |
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Hi All, On the 1901 I have Tolfree transcribed as Tolpee, luckily the person I was looking for had the christian name Tobias, and there weren`t too many of those around! The one that made me chuckle though was from the civil registration index. Great uncle Albert became great uncle Ubert!! Rebecca |
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Penny | Report | 11 Jun 2004 08:21 |
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Mistransciption on the 1901 Shrubb is Shruff. Image says Shrubb but curly old handwriting! Took me about a year to find but eventually discovered the 'wildcard' through a tip on this board. Penny |
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June | Report | 11 Jun 2004 08:14 |
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It isn't always the transcribers that make the mistake, sometimes it is the registrar, the person doing the census or even the person registering the birth/ death etc. |
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Smiley | Report | 11 Jun 2004 07:59 |
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RUELOCK instead of KERSLAKE MARY instead of MERRY No major problems for me |
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Helen | Report | 11 Jun 2004 07:27 |
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I have a Francis transcribed as Mancie, and a family called Haney as Penny. The transcribers do a good job most of the time and let's be honest some of that handwriting is appalling! Helen |
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Selena in South East London | Report | 11 Jun 2004 07:00 |
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Sharon, I laughed about the family called Piggie. At least they corrected the mistake, a good result. Selena |
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Lisa J in California | Report | 11 Jun 2004 06:45 |
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Not a transcription error, I have spelling errors from the 1901 census (census taker spelling first/correct spelling second): Charllotte/Charlotte, Gracei/Gracie, Hariett/Harriette, Lousie/Louise, Maud/Maude, Sofia/Sophia, Fanney/Fanny -- these were all in one family. He/she did spell John and Alfred correctly. |
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Anna | Report | 10 Jun 2004 23:21 |
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ive got Jennion instead of Tinnion,thats the only one ive come across on 1901 census Anna :-) |
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Maz (the Royal One) in the East End 9256 | Report | 10 Jun 2004 23:16 |
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Sear was transcribed as Lear - took me a year to find - especially as the most unusual christian name in the family was not actually shown! Maz. XX |
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George | Report | 10 Jun 2004 22:59 |
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Sunley mistranscibed as Finlay, Simley, Sonley, Sunlay, (~: George |
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Sharon | Report | 10 Jun 2004 22:51 |
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Hi Selena I have found some really bad transcriptions with some of my ancestors. I have some with the surname Pizzie who i have found listed as Lizzie, Pirrie, Piggie to name a few. Also have Ringrow ancestors that have been transcribed as Ringrove, Rengrow, Renfrew. Quite amazingly i did tell the people on the 1901 census that they had my Pizzie family incorrectly listed as Lizzie and after about 6 months actually got round to putting it right! Sharon |
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MaggyfromWestYorkshire | Report | 10 Jun 2004 22:35 |
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I had my Morgan family transcribed as Mugan on the 1891 census. Still have the father of the family missing, tried all combinations, but can't find him! Maggy |
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Selena in South East London | Report | 10 Jun 2004 22:29 |
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I had my family RODEN mistranscribed as Kaden. No wonder I couldn't find them phonetically. Any transcriptions wide of the mark? Selena |
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