The worst Ancestry transcription ever?

[Andrew Tarr]

I had the surname West thranscribed as Resh, took ages to find that one. ...

That's a wonderful serendipitous word which somehow fits a clumsy effort at transcription.  Just noticed it after several months ... 

[Kellee58]

My great grandmother's surname was transcribed as "Kilondaway".  I had to go through the baptisms records page by page to finally find her. The last name was very clearly written "Broadaway"

Some of these have given me a good chuckle today.

[imchad]

I noticed one man who was a DAIRYMAN in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Only his occupation was given as FAIRYMAN.

[SteveKNS]

A 1901 census record eluded me until I found that Walter King had been mistranscribed as Walter Fanny! See attached screenshot.

The handwriting isn't that clear but how they managed to make "Fanny" out of it is hard to imagine, unless they were getting very bored; possibly a case of not knowing their fanny from their elbow ;-)

[Seaton Smithy]

Not Ancestry, and possibly not the worst ....

On Familysearch, father of the bride (for her second wedding) James Quinn transcribed as James Ruinor.

If he wasn't deceased, you might think he had tried to stop the marriage.

(Finding this wasn't helped by the bride's first married name Killeen being transcribed as Killisn.)

[andrewalston]

Just come across one on FindMyPast. I was following one of their "success story" blog entries and looked for the 1861 entry mentioned.

I failed miserably until I omitted the given name from the search.

There was George Dealey, with his first name transcribed as "Buster". Only one letter right!

[JenB]

I failed miserably until I omitted the given name from the search.

There was George Dealey, with his first name transcribed as "Buster". Only one letter right!

I just took a look at that entry. How on earth anyone could see Buster there is beyond me 

[stonechat]

Found one the other day
Father was transcribed as Casler

In fact this was an illegitimate birth and that was mother's name and it was really Easter.
Father's name was given at the end of the record

[JenB]

While looking for something else completely I found this little gem on Ancestry:

Boseobel Rilst Leonards Alxxle - Fairfield

which appears to be an address wrongly transcribed as a name