1921 census

[louisa maud]

I  feel this census  must  have  been really badly  written in the first place,  people transcribing there documents  do  the  best they can.

I remember  years ago I was an admin clerking in  a travel agents, had  no training  and hardly travelled,  I  had to enter every detail about our clients  onto card, when I asked the temporary manager where a  certain  place was the   reply almost  was ,  I  didn't  know  much, I  did the right think and asked otherwise  I  could  have made it up

LM

[PaulineJ]

I quite agree !!
I have only searched two of my ancestors and both are wrongly transcribed - Daniel is transcribed as David, and Selwyn as Evelyn, despite having the second Christian name Harold, which makes Evelyn an unlikely first name. Also his brother Randall Drury {surname} is transcribed as Randall Daisy.
P

Apart from say the author Evelyn Waugh?
Evelyn is a unisex name

[Marmalady]

I quite agree !!
I have only searched two of my ancestors and both are wrongly transcribed - Daniel is transcribed as David, and Selwyn as Evelyn, despite having the second Christian name Harold, which makes Evelyn an unlikely first name. Also his brother Randall Drury {surname} is transcribed as Randall Daisy.
P

Evelyn can also be a male name -- think of Evelyn Waugh

My Grandmother had a brother Evelyn

[BumbleB]

My great grandfather was called Alison (Appleyard).  And his cousin was Allison (Appleyard).  Both named, I suspect, for their grandmother's maiden surname of Allenson.

[Jebber]

Unisex names must be a nightmare for foreign transcribers, or those unaccustomed to them.

Just a few old names, Marion, Vivian, Shirley and Florence, then there are spelling variations to contend with.

[Familysearch]

Decided to take a bit of a leap of faith - and ordered an entry for a person that I know was born in Lichfield, Staffordshire. (The only record I could find was stating birthplace of Sheffield, Yorkshire!)

Couldn't believe my eyes when I entered the name and date of birth - up it came with the correct place of birth!

Does that mean that someone has corrected the wrong transcription - and more importantly, it has been acted on so quickly?  I am 99.999% sure that my searches were consistent!

That, incidentally, was to be my last record for a while.  I set a limit financially and only looking for the closest relatives - and those whom I had met.

That is so satisfying.

Happy hunting to you all!

FS

[louisa maud]

Good result then
Happy hunting

LM

[Sloe Gin]

I  feel this census  must  have  been really badly  written in the first place,  people transcribing there documents  do  the  best they can.

I'm not blaming the transcribers.  I'm saying they have been seriously handicapped from doing a good job.
I also think think that ideally transcribers should be recruited from the same country that the documents originate from, as they will be more familiar with names, places etc.

Apart from say the author Evelyn Waugh?
Evelyn is a unisex name

Yes - his wife's name was also Evelyn!

[linnet27]

Good result FS!  I am searching for my Dad aged 9 months and his Mum and absolutely no sign of either of them 

I will keep trying!