1911 census

[Sloe Gin]

They have said in a reply to comments on the blog that they have deliberately transcribed all the spelling mistakes in the originals.  So if great- grandad wrote Herny and Frolence instead of Henry and Florence, Herny and Frolence is what's been transcribed and indexed.

How helpful.  Not. 

[Necromancer]

WALOB 

[plimmerian]

is it not possible for them to do what ancestry has done ie:

Herny / Henry / Hry / H etc

and give all possible options listed alphabetically or on a star rating??  

am I making sense??

 

[kerryb]

back to the debate about FindMyPast charging full-whack for images et al during the Beta-Test period - some were saying that it was still a 'priviledge' to be able to see their ancestors, despite being expected to 'test' and comment on mis-trans etc .....

Now we have 'quality issues' in the almost-final product, tis interesting to note how the views are skewing round to FindMyPast being the villain   

They may have become a villian, but I still prefer them to the other villain 

Kerry

[plimmerian]

They may have become a villian, but I still prefer them to the other villain 

Kerry

You mean there is more than one!?!?!?!?


 

[davidft]

They have said in a reply to comments on the blog that they have deliberately transcribed all the spelling mistakes in the originals.  So if great- grandad wrote Herny and Frolence instead of Henry and Florence, Herny and Frolence is what's been transcribed and indexed.

How helpful.  Not. 

Whether it is helpful or not it is the right way to do it.

First rule of transcribing is write what you see not what you think it should be.

[louisa maud]

newf
naughty naughty

LM

[Necromancer]

say it like it is .... in my book.

Yes, there will be instances where the Householder mis-spelled, but the number of other examples are already legion. My Father's middle name was very clear (and not because it was what I expected to see), and they managed to change it to David - which has just 3 letters in common, so guesswork at something they didnt recognise rather than write what was there ? !

[Sloe Gin]

Whether it is helpful or not it is the right way to do it.

First rule of transcribing is write what you see not what you think it should be.

I can see that, but why not double-index the entries that appear to be misspellings.  Index Herny as both Herny AND Henry.