On the scrounge and on the cheap!

[AlanBoyd]

AB - the vagaries of OCR.

The OCR misread is understandable given the state of the original.

Agreed: it is very smudged, for want of a better word. Too much ink. But it makes me wonder how many interesting articles are out there that may never be found by this route (speaking as a compulsive BNA user).

[hanes teulu]

The scale of OCR data capture is impossible to imagine - it has made so much available on line. The quality of what is being read is the bottom line but I still remain surprised on occasions how the machine managed to "read" an item
Agreed - so much out there may never be found

Fellow BNA user!

[MollyC]

The BNA gives a place to correct the OCR text but the layout is cramped so I have rarely used it, just occasionally entered a few key names.  Generally, I prefer FindMyPast for searching, but it does not seem to have an equivalent edit function, although they are using the same data.

[trish1120]

Davids 1st Marriage to Julie LENTON 11 Feb 1851 is on FreeREG
Fathers David a Butcher and John a Butcher
Note; Banns. David Culy late of Wisbech. John Lenton formerly of Bourn LIN.

I had to laugh at this private tree;
Name
David Culy Birth    Abt 1680
Death 4 Dec 1836

There is no age on 1836 burial so dont know how people had him born 1774 to Caleb/Elizabeth.

[Zaphod99]

I always think that people who sit gormlessly playing trite games on their daily commute would find it much more rewarding transcribing documents.  Such cloud-sourced wisdom would be better than OCR.

Zaph

[amondg]

The family were Baptist.

Mr. David Culy. Butcher in the Market Place Wisbech St Peter's in the Isle of Ely died December 4th 1836.

Ref: image on ancestry

[amondg]

Possible death for Julia Culy 1878 age 45 reg. Wisbech

[AlanBoyd]

FindMyPast English Marriages
1820, 1st August, Wisbeach [sic]
David Culy m Hannah Walkerley


FindMyPast from CAMBRIDGESHIRE: Wisbech, St Peters, Upper Hill Street, late Ship Lane (Baptist): Births, Deaths & Burials:

Juliana daughter of David and Hannah Culy
was born Sep. 22, 1825, in Wisbech St. Peters.
David Culy, son of the above David and
Hannah Culy was born May the 26th 1829
in Wisbech St Peter's.
This entry was made from a certificate de-
livered to me by the parents, Oct. 12th, 1830
By me Robt. Reynoldson.

William Culy, son of David and Han-
nah Culy, butcher Market Place Wisbech
St Peter's, was born Decr. 24th 1833
Matilda Culy daughter of the above
David and Hannah Culy was born
Augt. 1836 at Wisbech St Peter's —
Robt. Reynoldson, Pastor

1836 burial of David Culy as noted in reply #14

28 November 1840: Cambridge Chronicle and Journal

WISBECH
...
On the same day a little boy, son of Mrs. Culy butcher of the Market-hill, met with a serious accident. He was standing in a cart in the High-street, when a waggon came in contact with it, and the force of the concussion threw the boy out, and the wheel of the cart passed over his neck. We understand the boy was a good deal hurt.

1841 census
Wisbech St Peter
Market Place
Hannah Culy, 40, Butcher, Y
Eliza Do., 15, Y
Julia Do. 15, Y
David, Do., 12, Y
Matilda Do., 5, Y
William Do., 7, Y

26 July 1843: Cambridge General Advertiser

WISBECH
...
On Saturday last, about 1 o'clock in the afternoon, some expert rogue stole a leg of mutton from the shop of Mrs. Culy, butcher, which being in the middle of the street adjoining the Market-place, it is surprising how he succeeded in escaping detection, especially as the family were in a room adjoining, and it being market day, there were necessarily a great number of persons in the Market opposite the shop.

[amondg]

There is another daughter named Matilda who I haven't found a birth or baptism for who was

buried 16 June 1833.

The older daughters from 1841 census Julia and Eliza must be in C of E records see the following:-

Hannah Culy wife of David Culy received into fellowship June 3 1827. Ship Lane Baptist. Wisbech.