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1. Re: [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] transcribers plea [1]
In a message dated 26/01/2009 00:47:55 GMT Standard Time, threekats@tiscali.co.uk writes: > As a transcriber it is very disheartening to do a piece and then have years > and years go by without that piece showing up in FreeCen. Aimed at transcribers in general not at the above in particular:- It would also help if some of the transcribers who walked off with the microfiche/CDs that they were provided with to transcribe from would return them to the Coordinator. Having to find people wit
2. Re: [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] Checkers' Pleas [1]
Hi Judith: I'm not exactly sure about the search algorithm on FreeCEN but I work with databases for a living so I do have some expertise. If a researcher wants to find all those born in Lanarkshire then the search would be on the Chapman code field and not on the place field. If it says Lanarkshire in the place field then a county search will not find them. That's why. Best wishes, Irene
3. Re: [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] Dealing with illegible entries [1]
No current transcriber :-) JudithUpton@aol.com wrote: > Is it safe to come out now? > > Any one know who rattled the Validator's cages? > > Judith > > > Online Parish Clerk for Englishcombe in Somerset, and Bridgerule, Poughill > and Poundstock in Cornwall. Find information free of charge for all of > Cornwall at www.cornwall-opc.org and for Somerset at www.wsom-opc.org.uk > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to UK-CENSUS-HELPERS-r
4. Re: [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] Checkers' Pleas [1]
Barb, I wasn't posting to you. Just in general to our Scotland volunteers. Sometimes the instructions get confusing if it's not specified. I'm sure you are well advised by your coordinator. :-) Michelle FreeCEN Scotland Coordinator http://www.freewebs.com/mmjeffery/index.htm Aberdeenshire, Nairnshire, Merchant & Royal Navy Coordinator http://www.freewebs.com/abdfreecen/ Barbara wrote: > Michelle, > I'm not doing Scotland, I'm doing Berkshire. I sent the image to my co > ordinator and he has told me
5. Re: [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] Checkers' Pleas [1]
Hi Irene, It sounds as if you have not checked any of the pieces I transcribed as I always write my name and email at the beginning of the Mynotes file (or you don't look at the Mynotes files!). Regarding St. Mary Carlisle, it's called exactly that, some enumerators abbreviate it to St. Mary's. A local would know what he is talking about, but a researcher not that familiar with Cumberland may not. Or someone may search by birth place Carlisle, and would not find this entry. So I think St Mary Carlisle sho
6. [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] Dealing with illegible entries [1]
Dear All, A desperate plea on behalf of all checkers and validators - PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE do NOT use XXX, question marks, brackets, parentheses or . when you encounter illegible entries. Set the appropriate query flag in the correct column (or in the case of required fields, enter the default hyphen for names, relationships, 999 for age or UNK for the Chapman Code). Use of blanks, x's, full stops, brackets, parentheses or question marks is NOT an acceptable alternative and is NOT used in the Free
7. Re: [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] Curious [1]
Thanks Brenda, I have taken in recent years to double-checking the National Archives' spellings with The Phillimore Atlas & Index of Parish Registers when doing a PARMS file - saves a lot of bother down the track. Had I done so before doing the '91 SOM PARMS file, I would have picked up the NA errors of Combhay instead of Combe Hay and Charterhouse Hinton instead of Hinton Charterhouse. However, I do note Englishcombe is a single word, not English Combe. Hindsight is, as always, 20/20...... If you can se
8. Re: [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] LOOK UP PLEASE [1]
And I've just found on genuki's list of old occupations: Holder up 1) Rivetter's Mate - whilst the red hot rivet head was formed by the rivetter, he would hold a heavy hammer or dolly against the other end of the rivet. 2) Assistant to a forger of chains or shackles by holding up the work. 3) Machinist's assistant, holding up work to the various machines. Janice
9. [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] Dear UK, [1]
I use a good spam filter, and you probably do the same. I have whitelisted you and that means that I will receive all the emails you send to me. I would appreciate it if you would whitelist my email address: janet@janetsfamilies.f2s.com in your spam filter. If you don't have a spam filter, I can recommend SPAMfighter. It is a highly effective free spam filter for Outlook and Outlook Express. You can get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/Pro I hope that you will whitelist me, so we ca
10. Re: [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] data entries [1]
At the risk of causing further confusion, while seeking clarification, I would like to be Devil's Advocate. Terry's response (29.01.09) implies that checkers/validators/co-ordinators have expertise that will resolve the doubts raised by various transcribers just by flagging it and not spending time to provide a better answer. What is wrong with transcribers helping them out by putting their thoughts in column Y, if they have the time? The problem I see, about this expertise, is that I have checked one piec
11. [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] Household Headless or 2 Headed [1]
I have a few cases where the Relationship to Head Household is listed as 'Husband' & 'Wife' for 2 HH members. Taking the husband's entry, this implies the wife is 'Head' but taking the wife's entry would imply the husband is 'Head' (unless they are not monogamous). How do we deal with the ambiguity or does it matter ('as is' applies) ?
12. Re: [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] Census page art [1]
I would love a copy of the image. Michelle FreeCEN Scotland Coordinator http://www.freewebs.com/mmjeffery/index.htm Aberdeenshire, Nairnshire, Merchant & Royal Navy Coordinator http://www.freewebs.com/abdfreecen/ John Seakins wrote: > My wife is a checker for Scotland and has found a census > page which contains a drawing of a man in a top hat on the > right hand margin: > > 1851 Scotland Canongate HS567685, Vol 742, ED 9, page 2 > alongside Sched 5 > > It illustrates that clerks of that period used to
13. Re: [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] Look-up please [1]
Dear Tony, I would include 'St Catharines Estate' with the address of schedule 1 only. There is no 'evidence' or ditto marks to support including it with subsequent households, even though it is likely some of the following households are part of St Catharines Estate. There is no note or comment later on saying the end of St Catharines Estate has been reached. (The note written under the address of schedule 1 regarding schedules 1-56 suggests the note was added after 1894 when the Estate was added to the H
14. Re: [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] WINCC - Floppy drive substitute [1]
Hi Judith I have had another look through the Tutorial and on-screen instructions, but can only find the one about changing ID and Name. No mention of how to change Drive letter. I'm using the WINCC2.31 installer version downloaded from the FreeCEN project page, which unzips to give WINCC.exe (version date 2004), but it seems the new version may add the drive letter change facility. I'll contact Brenda off-list. Regards......Frank W -- http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/cendexes
15. [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] Look Up please [1]
RG093067 en13 f31 p9 sch37 Occupation for George Smirthwaite I think he's a general practitioner but the letters in front of that I can't make out exactly. Next query is for his 7 year old daughter Anne - her middle name please Next one is his apprentice John Edward Kingworth pob Monmouthshire town of birth please Next one hisB domestic cook Sarah MacanultyB her place of birth ?WestportB Last one his housemaid Alice looks like her surname is Querk but I'm not sure. Any help gratefully accepted. Thanks Adri
16. Re: [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] Dealing with illegible entries [1]
Dear Marie, It does apply to all of the spreadsheet except for question marks in Column Y (Notes). The checker and the validator will BOTH view the queried item so setting the query flag is really all that is needed. Warmest regards, Terry Waters-Marsh FreeCEN Country Coordinator for ENGLAND FreeCEN County Coordinator for SOMERSET (1891), WILTSHIRE, BEDFORDSHIRE, BERKSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, CHESHIRE, DORSET, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, HUNTINGDONSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE, WARWICKSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE. Vis
17. Re: [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] Dealing with illegible entries [1]
Judith As the person who validates your work I have no problems with it. However some others would not receive the same compliment! So, there w as no need for you to hide. Geoff Jarvis FreeCEN Coordinator Somerset (1841 - 1871) -----Original Message----- From: uk-census-helpers-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:uk-census-helpers-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of JudithUpton@aol.com Sent: Saturday, 24 January 2009 7:46 PM To: uk-census-helpers@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] Dealing with illegi
18. Re: [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] LOOK-UP PLEASE [1]
Looking at the 1851, John B Fell, Marianne Fell, Emily J, George N, Frederick ? ... right ages, same occup, same place. And there's a "Suitable" marriage in 1844 in FreeBMD. However, that doesn't get around the 1861 which looks like Hancuss, Hanaiss ... very similar to the Han of Hannah a few lines above, and the H like the H in Head, and not like the M in Mar, Mary or Michael etc. Good luck Mark -- On 17 Jan 2009, at 01:37, Terry Waters-Marsh wrote: > Dear Stan, > > That's a shocker. My gue
19. Re: [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] Checkers' Pleas [1]
Hi Petra: I may not have checked any of your pieces. At the moment, I'm validating a piece that you say you've transcribed. The validator removes almost all of the transcriber comments since most issues are resolved by a combination of the checker and validator. The checker is unable to remove the transcriber's notes so the validator does see every last one of them. In this piece there were many transcriber comments regarding places or parishes in Carlisle where the enumerator did NOT specify Carlisl
20. [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] Help with Latin [1]
Can anyone please help with Latin Words in Parish Register. I do have to leave them as they are, but need to put them in correct column t'm Johana Wryghte filia ei' was beryd 26 Sep 1542 It'm Ric' Seill was beryd 25 Dec 1542 mese & anno p'dict' It'm Elzabett Rodlay and Alic' Huscroft were beryd 28 Dec 1542 It'm George Willson was beryd 31 Dec 1542 mese & ano p'dict' Imp'me Elezabett Beiston 27 Jan 1542 was berid mese & ano p'dict' Imp'me Robt Lynlay 22 Feb 1542 eod' mese It'm Carole
21. Re: [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] More on RG091755 [1]
======================================================================== It looks like the perpical curate ...? ...? Saint Johns. I think that I would put Curate of Saint Johns and let a researcher work out the rest! ========================================================================= Maybe he was a "Perpetual" Curate? There are dictionary definitions on the Web but they are somewhat complicated, so probably best avoided. Regards..........Frank W -- http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/cendexes
22. [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] LOOK-UP PLEASE [1]
RG 09 3166 File 01359 ED 6a Fol 58 Pg 5 Sch 21 Can someone please decipher the wife's name? Stan NZ
23. Re: [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] More on RG091755 [1]
Ancestry have him as SIMHUR ... in full "Ricd T G Simhur" ... though I think we all agree he's a "Rev T G ......" Smithers ? Snu.... Smi.... Mark -- On 6 Jan 2009, at 15:58, JudithUpton@aol.com wrote: > Hi Derek > > I can't get that one I'm sorry. Ancestry have it as SIMBER but I > can't see > that myself and it draws blanks on FreeBMD. I think that it > begins with Sm > and it looks more like an h than a b. It's difficult to look him > up in > other Census because I don't know his fore
24. [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] Look Up please [1]
Hello everyone Happy New Year RG093067 en 13 f27 p1 sch 2 The address of this property please, it looks to me something like Harp Inn/Starr Inn - lovely handwriting butB maybe aB little too much water in the ink Thanks Adrienne
25. Re: [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] Birmingham [1]
Pat That will be because it is. Judith Online Parish Clerk for Englishcombe in Somerset, and Poughill and Poundstock in Cornwall. Find information free of charge for all of Cornwall at www.cornwall-opc.org and for Somerset at www.wsom-opc.org.uk
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