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Re: The worst Ancestry transcription ever?
« Reply #54 on: Tuesday 13 September 16 05:13 BST (UK) »
Humbly, Andrew, I have to give all the credit to the transcriber.

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Re: The worst Ancestry transcription ever?
« Reply #55 on: Sunday 18 September 16 15:00 BST (UK) »
My ancestors came from Huntingdonshire, Hunts for short, however more than once I have come across the transcript giving "Hants".  Only one letter, but it makes a lot of difference when you are searching records.
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FAIREY/FAIRY/FAREY/FEARY, LAWSON, CHURCH, BENSON, HALSTEAD from Easton, Ellington, Eynesbury, Gt Catworth, Huntingdon, Spaldwick, Hunts;  Burnley, Lancs;  New Zealand, Australia & US.

HURST, BOLTON,  BUTTERWORTH, ADAMSON, WILD, MCIVOR from Milnrow, Newhey, Oldham & Rochdale, Lancs., Scotland.

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Re: The worst Ancestry transcription ever?
« Reply #56 on: Sunday 18 September 16 16:06 BST (UK) »
I have been given the runaround with a mistake like that...My Great Grandmother was born Salford, Lancs...transcribed in 1901 as born in Alford, Lincs. Just two letters out but caused me years of searching in the wrong place  ::)
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Re: The worst Ancestry transcription ever?
« Reply #57 on: Sunday 18 September 16 16:16 BST (UK) »
My favourite is the 1911 for my Richard William Baxter Gardner, he is transcribed as Reta Haidee Bailee Gadwa.

That is quite spectacular!

I'm glad that my ancestors generally lived in small towns because on occasions I've been reduced to looking through pages and pages of original images of census records in order to find them. My Thomas Milburn was found as Thomase Millison living with his father John Milliron (sigh) and the absence of my Joseph Carter and family was eventually explained by virtue of their surname being mistranscribed as Liota...


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« Reply #58 on: Sunday 18 September 16 16:22 BST (UK) »
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D...That's a shocker  :o
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Re: The worst Ancestry transcription ever?
« Reply #59 on: Sunday 18 September 16 16:48 BST (UK) »
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But after some considerations over several days of leaving the print of the image on my desk, I have come to the conclusion that the surname "Singleton" is a better transcription than Laylutore.
I read that one as Singleton straight away but an hour previously I had been looking at my gg aunt's details and her married name was Singleton. I am not sure if I would have read it that promptly if I had come to it cold.

The only glaring transcription error that has given me problems was my own reading of an 1841 census on microfiche in pre internet days. Again I was expecting to see the name and the person was of the right occupation and right age. It was only when I realised that Ancestry had read the name differently that I rechecked and found my error. Luckily it only moved the brick wall forward by one generation.
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Re: The worst Ancestry transcription ever?
« Reply #60 on: Sunday 18 September 16 19:54 BST (UK) »
My favourite is the 1911 for my Richard William Baxter Gardner, he is transcribed as Reta Haidee Bailee Gadwa.

That is quite spectacular!

I'm glad that my ancestors generally lived in small towns because on occasions I've been reduced to looking through pages and pages of original images of census records in order to find them. My Thomas Milburn was found as Thomase Millison living with his father John Milliron (sigh) and the absence of my Joseph Carter and family was eventually explained by virtue of their surname being mistranscribed as Liota...
Ayashi, that is exactly the reason I eventually found him, he lived at Sunderland Point which thankfully only contains a handful of houses so I trawled through each page!
Newson, Steavenson, Walker, Taylor, Dobson, Gardner, Clark, Wilson, Smith, Crossland, Goldfinch, Burnett, Hebdon, Peers, Strother, Askew, Bower, Beckwith, Patton, White, Turner, Nelson, Gilpin, Tomlinson, Thompson, Spedding, Wilkes, Carr, Butterfield, Ormandy, Wilkinson, Cocking, Glover, Pennington, Bowker, Kitching, Langhorn, Haworth, Kirkham.

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Re: The worst Ancestry transcription ever?
« Reply #61 on: Sunday 18 September 16 20:20 BST (UK) »
Jemima Crumpler transcribed as Fanina Oompler.
This has to be my favourite. :)
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Re: The worst Ancestry transcription ever?
« Reply #62 on: Tuesday 20 September 16 09:24 BST (UK) »
Some beauties here - Wales 1851 at Aberystruth, Monmouthshire.

W S Bullard, born Corenhouse - actually William Ballard b Crickhowell
Iza Bullard, actually John Ballard
Mary Anna J Smert, born Frooper, Somerset - actually Mary Ann Sweet b Frome

Took me a while to find them!

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