1841 census - It's arrived!!

[Simon G.]

Parish registers??!!  So much for my hopes of having a life ever again...
I'd never leave the net.

[MarieC]

sgolding

You are so right!  Although looking at the transcription mistakes in the censuses, we will have to leave our computers to check the original fiches to find out what the real names are!!!!   

MarieC

[Rebecca Steele]

Apparantly Parish Registers are next on their list, - although the indexing of the early registers should make for interesting reading, as the majority of their transcribers are Chinese:-)

I was wondering what they would do next!

Will probably have to wait ages for the ones I'm interested in to appear

Once they arrive, there'll be no getting me off my computer

Brilliant idea though!

[Paul E]

although the indexing of the early registers should make for interesting reading, as the majority of their transcribers are Chinese:-)

Romilly.

I'd stand a better chance of interpreting Chinese script than some of the handwriting I've seen in Parish Registers!

Paul

[kerryb]

I read some recently from the 1500s and the terms in brackets were priceless:

Burials:

Robert Pilbeame (Old Robert)

Thomas Pilbeam (a poor man)

I am sure they didn't really mean what I took them to mean!!!

Kerry 

[stonechat]

My Varnden family  in the 1841 Census were transcribed as Barricks !

[newbie]

Parish Register - If it's in Chinese I stand a better chance than Latin,
son did a year in China teaching and has a Chinese partner
who speaks 5 different dialects including Mandarin Cantonese and Taiwanese.
Newbie

[Romilly]

Parish Register - If it's in Chinese I stand a better chance than Latin,
son did a year in China teaching and has a Chinese partner
who speaks 5 different dialects including Mandarin Cantonese and Taiwanese.
Newbie

We'll all be seeking your assistance then Newbie!!

Romilly.

[Simon G.]

Although looking at the transcription mistakes in the censuses, we will have to leave our computers to check the original fiches to find out what the real names are!!!!   

With any luck though they'd have copies of the original pages scanned, like they have with the census.  That would be so wonderful.