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The Lighter Side / Re: The worst Ancestry transcription ever?
« on: Saturday 12 August 17 05:01 BST (UK) »
If you use the back button it might take you back to the the right entry
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The Lighter Side / Re: The worst Ancestry transcription ever?
« on: Wednesday 09 August 17 23:29 BST (UK) »
And actually now I've transcribed it wrong; it was George Bzrdggs 😀
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The Lighter Side / Re: The worst Ancestry transcription ever?
« on: Wednesday 09 August 17 23:26 BST (UK) »
My son-in-law's distant ancestor George Bdrzggs was born in Robingwoods Bay, according to the 1901 index. Not one of the 8 hints from Ancestry was an accurate transciption, though to be fair his father being recorded as Jothan Knaggs in 1851 was enumerator error.
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The Lighter Side / Re: The worst Ancestry transcription ever?
« on: Tuesday 08 August 17 21:51 BST (UK) »
The 1841 Census has Jufant Norwamed aged 2 mo (plainly written "Infant Not Named") there are masses of Jufants, including Jufant Female Child and several records for Jufant schools. I presume they may have been the precursor of Montessori Schools. You can see how these mistakes arise though. I have had to spend ages typing this as every time I write Jufant the predictive text autocorrects to Mutant,lol.
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The Common Room / Re: Entertaining census entry
« on: Tuesday 08 August 17 20:24 BST (UK) »
Cheers everyone 😀
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The Common Room / Re: Entertaining census entry
« on: Sunday 06 August 17 21:02 BST (UK) »
It was somewhat similar to a USA entry in the 1880 Census where one Catharine Cudney, aged 15, under "occupation" was described as "does as she pleases". 😀
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The Common Room / Entertaining census entry
« on: Sunday 06 August 17 20:58 BST (UK) »
Hi
I'm trying to find a census entry that I read on one of the threads here, where the head of household entertained himself by writing funny descriptions of his family's occupations and his necessity for glasses when it was gloomy. Can anyone remember this and give me a link, please?
I'm trying to find a census entry that I read on one of the threads here, where the head of household entertained himself by writing funny descriptions of his family's occupations and his necessity for glasses when it was gloomy. Can anyone remember this and give me a link, please?
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Census Lookup and Resource Requests / Re: Missing from 1861 Census
« on: Tuesday 25 July 17 12:48 BST (UK) »
Perhaps they were staying with relatives? I have often found missing children with grandparents.
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The Common Room / Re: Does anyone recognise the people in this photograph?
« on: Friday 21 July 17 03:15 BST (UK) »
Edit- I'd have put them both at mid-twenties/early thirties. Part of my assumption of an older age might be the bloke's weight, which is heavy for a young man.
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