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From: "Nicki Stevens" <>
Subject: [LEI] Fw: Family Search website
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 17:13:35 -0800


Considering that all the transcribing etc., done for New Family Search is
done by kind people DONATING their time free of charge, I think we should
all be grateful for what we DO have.

It is given to us free, unlike many other sites. I agree that improvement
is needed, and believe it will come with time. If any of us feel we can do
a better job, I believe the LDS Church would welcome our donated time and
effort. Just contact them! In the mean time, let us reap what we can from
the seeds sown by so many.


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ListMail" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 4:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [LEI] Family Search website
>
>
>> David wrote:
>>
>> "This shows the importance of having transcribers who have some affinity
>> with what they are doing."
>>
>> If they had such the majority could not afford the price subscriptions
>> would
>> have to be raised to to cover transcription work.
>>
>> 1881 transcribed in the UK is chock full of errors also. No reflection on
>> those who gave their time freely to create a powerful tool.
>>
>> At best any transcription with an accuracy of 90% is considered to be
>> acceptable.
>>
>> Ancestry know that they are never going to achieve 100%, and do allow
>> alternatives to be suggested by users of their indexes. This gives a
>> better
>> chance of finding entries than otherwise may be the case.
>>
>> FMP transcriptions are not perfect either.
>>
>> If one wants a perfect job one has to do it themselves.
>>
>> Keith Wellington, NZ
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Armstrong" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 12:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: [LEI] Family Search website
>>
>>
>>> G'day Nivard
>>>
>>> I've had a subscription to Find My Past for a couple of years now so
>>> haven't had to use Ancestry recently for census searches. I worked out
>>> the Parish/County priority at my local FHS library while using their
>>> (world / de luxe) subscription to Ancestry.
>>>
>>> If you completed both the Parish and County boxes for place of birth ,
>>> it
>>> definitely gave results for the County first regardless of the Parish.
>>> As it's been a couple of years since I've had to use ancestry, they may
>>> have eliminated this quirk.
>>>
>>> Regarding your comment in your other email, I came across quite a few
>>> instances where the county, Somerset had been transcribed as Somalia!
>>> This shows the importance of having transcribers who have some affinity
>>> with what they are doing.
>>>
>>> David Armstrong
>>> Maylands,
>>> Western Australia
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Nivard Ovington
>>> To:
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 2:24 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [LEI] Family Search website
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi David
>>>
>>> I would completely agree with you that any user needs to learn how the
>>> various databases function
>>>
>>> I am a little confused by your last statement though
>>>
>>> Under what circumstances are you describing where a search gives
>>> priority
>>> to the County ?
>>>
>>> Are you saying from the advanced search page (old search of course) or
>>> in
>>> each census year ?
>>>
>>> I ask as I can't replicate your assertion but perhaps I am searching in
>>> a
>>> different way or from a
>>> different page?
>>>
>>> Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > On Ancestry, if you specify a parish AND a county when searching the
>>> English census records, it
>>> > will give priority to the county and ignore the parish. So in this
>>> example, you need to only
>>> > complete the parish box and leave the county blank to get the results
>>> you want.
>>> >
>>> > David Armstrong
>>> > Maylands,
>>> > Western Australia
>>>
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