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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Who transcribed the 1911 Census?
« on: Tuesday 10 January 17 23:52 GMT (UK)  »
Got to love the wayback machine! Thank you, all. Not convict labour in this case then.
 

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Who transcribed the 1911 Census?
« on: Tuesday 10 January 17 17:41 GMT (UK)  »
It appears from other threads that 1911 was transcribed in the Philippines - and was subject to a FoI request about the status of transcribers, but the page has been removed from the NA website  http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/foi/1911-census-transcription.htm

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Lincolnshire / Re: Help !
« on: Tuesday 10 January 17 14:33 GMT (UK)  »
Grimsby library have a database of parish records - and microfilm of the record books, you could ring them and see if there's a christening record, and get a copy of that - might throw more light on things.  The spelling / name on the christening might give a clue to that on the birth registration.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Who transcribed the 1911 Census?
« on: Tuesday 10 January 17 13:43 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for that Redrodger - do you know of a book or link which supports this? There should surely be something on theNational Archives or Findmypast's web sites?

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Family History Beginners Board / Who transcribed the 1911 Census?
« on: Tuesday 10 January 17 11:36 GMT (UK)  »
I'm sure i read somewhere that when the UK 1911 census was digitised in the mid 2000s it was transcribed by prisoners in some far east country where they didn't know the language / names - hence many of the transcription errors.  I'm not sure if this 'ignorance' would make you more or less objective in your work myself.

Anyway, my question is - where did i read this? Is it true? I can find any methodology for how the holograph transcription was achieved now i'm looking for it - does anyone else know where i might find out?

Thanks...

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Writing crossed out on reverse of photo sent after WWII
« on: Tuesday 10 January 17 11:29 GMT (UK)  »
"mans dearest possesion is his life and since he lives it but once let him die knowing that he dedicated it to the greatest cause of all the liberation of mankind - lenin comrade young/jenning"

The quote is easy as its a translation of a well known one, but the name is difficult. Who was your dad? What unit, theatre did he serve in? What's on the front of the picture?

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