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Offline chris_49

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Re: 1939 register, changes, transcribers & FindMyPast
« Reply #18 on: Thursday 22 December 22 08:16 GMT (UK) »
Example of a transcriber not transcribing what they see: in 1921 a relative of mine has shortened his birth county from Warwick to W'ck - this has been given as Wick, Caithness!

Nowhere on the entry is their anything that can be construed to read Caithness - and anyway there are several places in England called Wick.

Skelcey (Skelsey Skelcy Skeley Shelsey Kelcy Skelcher) - Warks, Yorks, Lancs <br />Hancox - Warks<br />Green - Warks<br />Draper - Warks<br />Lynes - Warks<br />Hudson - Warks<br />Morris - Denbs Mont Salop <br />Davies - Cheshire, North Wales<br />Fellowes - Cheshire, Denbighshire<br />Owens - Cheshire/North Wales<br />Hicks - Cornwall<br />Lloyd and Jones (Mont)<br />Rhys/Rees (Mont)

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Re: 1939 register, changes, transcribers & FindMyPast
« Reply #19 on: Thursday 22 December 22 13:25 GMT (UK) »
Transcribing isn't easy.  I've been looking at old docs for years and I struggle a lot.  Sometimes I've put stuff on the "deciphering page" and it gets solved pretty quickly.  Then of course, I find it easy to read what has been written!
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