A challenge for 2017 - become a transcriber for FreeREG

[coombs]

If I feel a surname should be Johnson but is spelt as Johhnson then I will have to type it as Johhnson even if I know it should be Johnson. Dont worry I wont bend the rules and put what I think it should say.

[lanercost]

I emailed them to ask if I could transcribe Cumberland parishes but they kindly replied that Cumberland wasn't accepting any transcribers. Does Cumberland even have any currently active transcribers?

[clairec666]

It would be good if FreeREG had post-ems like on FreeBMD. Or maybe something like Ancestry has, where you can submit an alternative name and it shows up in the search results.

I emailed them to ask if I could transcribe Cumberland parishes but they kindly replied that Cumberland wasn't accepting any transcribers. Does Cumberland even have any currently active transcribers?

That's strange, maybe there isn't a county coordinator for Cumberland. Despite having records online from most if not all counties, they aren't all in the drop-down box when you apply.

[Jomot]

I asked for Durham, North Yorkshire, East Yorkshire or Leicestershire.... not accepting for them either.  The reason I was given is that it's to do with copyright. 

[coombs]

I am just awaiting to be sent the sample transcriptions as part of my training now.

[BumbleB]

Please don't shout at me when my current FreeBMD transcriptions are uploaded - there's a new Registration District in September quarter 1969 - Ettmng, 4a

Any guesses    And should I have corrected it?

[Deirdre784]

Could it be Epping? Essex...

[clairec666]

Definitely says Ettmng, doesn't it... "type what you see", definitely don't correct it

[Andrew Tarr]

Please don't shout at me when my current FreeBMD transcriptions are uploaded - there's a new Registration District in September quarter 1969 - Ettmng, 4a

Any guesses    And should I have corrected it?

I think it's a cackhanded attempt at Epping, which belonged in district 4a, at least some of the time - you can find your way to a complete list of districts on FreeBMD if you poke around a bit.

Personally, if you find that Epping would be in 4a at the date of that record, I would correct it, as no real purpose is served by perpetuating the error, other than to show that someone made it    and that you can read typescript ....