The worst Ancestry transcription ever?

[phenolphthalein]

As both head of household and this person are listed as shoeing smiths
then this person is indeed a journeyman (day labourer or short term labourer)
staying overnight with his employer.

Congratulations on reading this at all.
phenolphthalein

[BettyofKent]

I made good use of the recent free weekend on Ancestry, & as well as the usual nonsense (Kent Lunalie Asqlum for Kent Lunatic Asylum) I found the surname TOOKIE transcribed as FOOKIE.

[Duodecem]

This is too easy and we could go on for ever!
I found one just now:- 1871 census- place of birth Thishine Cornwall- which is of course Flushing Cornwall. 
While I can sort of see it, assuming you expect to find a loop on the final e, and you haven't noticed the consistent handwriting style throughout the whole page,surely you'd refer to a map if the place name seemed odd?
Free Reg and FreeBMD are transcribed by volunteers- have far fewer errors and put a query mark if they are unsure their transcription is correct.

[phenolphthalein]

NOT an Ancestry transcription error BUT two of their time

Port Macquarie recorded as Port Mercury on an 1880-1890's death certificate.
Also Lylie's enrolment for 1903 NSW electoral roll misprinted as Sybil.
Did she get to vote? Hopefully booth had handwritten version.
Try it in copperplate.

phenolphthalein

[Kavill]

I don't know if it was intended as a joke, but I once read in one of the genealogy magazines that many of the transcriptions on Ancestry have been carried out by Chinese transcribers. They are supposedly much better at character recognition than western people are!

[..claire..]

Not really wrongly transcribed but made me laugh. I was looking for a burial of a Mr Head and found on Anc* NC registers for Bristol.

Mrs Parsley Head

It was as it said, although it was Mrs Parsley, 'to head & foot stones emitted in due time'

 

[RJ_Paton]

Transcription of the 1901 census -

Charles Hendrie 16 - "Apprentice Moron"

I just had to look at the original which very clearly shows Apprentice Mason

[majm]

The unchallenged champion Worst Ancestry Transcription Ever can be found in the collection All London, England, Freedom of the City Admission Papers, 1681-1925.

Search for Rock Doffethor.

You win the whole internet with that one! 

That's a clanger and a half !     how embarrassing - I assume there was no team effort checking that transcription.   

JM

[ecksdochter]

     Shocked to find this error while searching all male births, early 1800s in Leslie, Fife. Try searching 1871 Scotland Census for Andrew C*nt. Age 67. Born about 1804 at Leslie, (transcribed as Lestin) Fife, Scotland & living in Glasgow Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
     Made me use John McEnroe's well known phrase!
     (Obviously transcribed, not just by an Apprentice Moron, but a fully fledged MASTER MORON!)
     
     Regards,     Dod.
     
P.S. Surname is Cant on 1851, 1861 & 1881 Census.