ancestry 1911 update

[Ray T]

Speed in transcribing is obviously required by Ancestry, but surely not at the expense of accuracy.

Looks more like an illiterate transcriber to me. For 3 of the 4 I have a "Farmor" a "Farmor Wife" and a "Form Labourer".

[karen8]

I thought they might have sorted one of the transcribers out - I've still come across a couple of windowers (widowers) in the 1911 census.   How can anyone make that mistake! 

Luckily my great grandfather whose first name is Dennis has been transcribed correctly this time - on a previous census he was Pennis - luckily he has two 'n's in his name!

[Nick29]

I've made a complaint to Ancestry because every single incidence of a birthplace name with HAM in it has been shortened to HAM.  So Beckenham, Chatham, Eltham, Lewisham, Peckham all are transcribed as HAM.

Whilst searching I also came across 'Dova' in Kent 

[panda40]

Well you learn something new each day all these years I thought I was born in Dover now I now it should have been "dova"
Thanks Nick made my day

[rosie99]

Well you learn something new each day all these years I thought I was born in Dover now I now it should have been "dova"

I have just seen it as Over even though it is clearly Dover.  I like Nicks spelling of it better though   

On the same page they have transcribed two of the places of birth as London United Kingdom when they are Islington, London and Holborn, London.

[Nick29]

Well, apparently ILKESTON is transcribed as KESTON

ELTHAM is transcribed as HAM

DOVER is transcribed as OVER

Are we beginning to see a pattern here ? 

[locksmith]

Hoxton is transcribed as Oxton.

Not very impressed with the transcriptions, I spend more time correcting than searching.

Simon

[Ray T]

I spend more time correcting than searching.

Perhaps that's what they're hoping people will do.

[Alexander.]

I was actually pleasantly surprised by Ancestry's transcription of this census. They actually bothered to transcribe the occupations and complete address for everyone, which Ancestry has not done on any of the other censuses. So it is possible to search this one by address, which is a bonus. Though there are a lot of simple errors, I don't think on the whole it is any worse than FindMyPast's. At least with two transcriptions we now have twice the chance of finding someone.