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From: "John Gough" <>
Subject: Re: [CI] Ancestry Census Trial
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:56:51 +0100
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Hello Lloyd,

Thanks for the clarification re Gillaume.
The transcription errors I was thinking of were between the Ancestry text
and the images, but I'm sure that the English Enumerators did their bit too!

Cheers,

John Gough, Cornwall, UK.
Researching : GOUGH; BROADBENT; FLYNN; JENKINS; HAYES; HALL; TARDIF;
CARNELLY.
Really Useful Sources List at http://www.mts.net/~bydesign/RUS/Guide.htm

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lloyd Brehaut" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: [CI] Ancestry Census Trial


> Hi John,
>
> Yes, Guillaume is an old version of William.
>
> I'm not sure it's entirely fair to blame Ancestry for the transcriptions
> however, as many of the Census Enumerators in the early days were English
> and the error took place at source, as I have found in our own research.
>
> Regards,
>
> Lloyd.
>
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