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The Common Room / Re: 1921 census
« on: Tuesday 11 January 22 15:59 GMT (UK) »I don't have any complaints about the cost. I don't really need to see anything urgently at the moment, I can wait until the price comes down.
But it's disappointing to see this again:
"When transcription of the 1921 Census of England and Wales took place, each digital image had to be broken up into segments so that the person transcribing it could not see a whole record or household. This was to ensure we complied with security and data protection regulations but also why you might see various spellings of the same surname or street address on one record, because it has been transcribed by multiple people without the context of the whole record."
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/help/articles/4415870561041-how-was-the-1921-census-transcribed-
No wonder the transcriptions are full of errors! The more you can see of a person's handwriting, the better. Comparing the way they form their letters makes it much easier to interpret unclear words and produce a more accurate transcription. And if there is different handwriting on the same page, that can help too. Preventing the transcriber from seeing the whole page is putting serious obstacles in the way of accuracy.
Data protection!Does it really matter after all this time.
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.
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