tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post5848397600662028955..comments2023-04-20T12:46:11.858-06:00Comments on The Ancestry Insider: Darned Non-English IndexersThe Ancestry Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490682912125335188noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-8869025934214246042011-08-28T13:41:06.807-06:002011-08-28T13:41:06.807-06:00So that's why my great-grandfather George Plea...So that's why my great-grandfather George Pleau is indexed as George Chan!Christine M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01625485691037280392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-5797642013421683102011-08-27T11:49:05.068-06:002011-08-27T11:49:05.068-06:00There is never a time when I inspect a census imag...There is never a time when I inspect a census image in Ancestry that I don't correct at least one entry on the accompanying transcription. This is why I never bother with the index-only transcriptions on FamilySearch.<br />Descendants of the person whose entry I have corrected get in touch and ask if I am related. LOL.Old Census Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292318972627916311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-18966602440161999362011-08-26T21:23:07.130-06:002011-08-26T21:23:07.130-06:00Probably the most ridiculous error I found was in ...Probably the most ridiculous error I found was in a Canadian census. The religion, C of E, was indexed as "Colf"!Truehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13552729587225185089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-42015670688285965262011-08-26T18:55:54.868-06:002011-08-26T18:55:54.868-06:00:-)
I stand corrected!
Thanks, Kaisa.
-- The In...:-)<br /><br />I stand corrected!<br /><br />Thanks, Kaisa.<br /><br />-- The InsiderThe Ancestry Insiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02490682912125335188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-20708474026824876692011-08-26T01:32:48.494-06:002011-08-26T01:32:48.494-06:00"English speakers do a better job indexing un..."English speakers do a better job indexing unstructured text." I'm sure you meant "English speakers do a better job indexing unstructured text in English." English speakers do manage to produce totally wrong versions of Finnish names that have been totally correctly spelled. Or should I perhaps blame the Chinese?Kaisa Kyläkoskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06600668662158114014noreply@blogger.com