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I can't find any evidence that a facility exists to report transcription errors from handwritten records. Such a facility would be useful.
For example in the 1861 census, I had great difficulty in locating an ancestor whose surname had been transcribed as Kutty, when it was in fact Kirtley.

The facility is available on both Findmypast and Ancestry., but no such facility on Genes as the records held are not theirs, for amendments to Genes records you would have to do it via Findmypast (both owned by Brightsolid).

Both have totally different systems.

Ancestry will leave the original but there will be an indicator to show amendments are attached.

Findmypast will review any submitted amendments and if they agree they will alter the entry,however, if it shows that the original is exactly how is was transcribed they will not amend it.

However, most transcribers do not actaully make errors they merely type what is written. So if on the original it looks more like Kutty than Kirtley it will not be changed. My grandad on the 1911 is transcribed as Regniald, when you look at the orignal this is how his father wrote his name, so although he was Reginald I cannot have this amended as it is not how his name is written.

Thanks. I noticed on Ancestry that people had already suggested Kirtley. I wasn't aware that the data used by Genes was from another source.

Interestingly, a member of genes reunited staff posted

"Also, there is some reference to the idea that Genes Reunited don't hold our own records. I can assure you that all records you find on Genes Reunited are hosted by Genes Reunited. We pay commission to record providers in order to supply these records to our members, and at no time do we divert you to other sites to gain access to the records."

here:
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/suggestions/thread/1277211?d=desc

So, report the problem to

[email protected]

and provide full details

Surely "We pay commission to record providers in order to supply these records to our members" means (well to me anyway) that they are paying the holder of those records for access to them, which means they are not their own records but someone elses that they have access to?

Or am I reading this incorrectly!

If Genes transcribe there own records...why is my ex's grandmother on the image but not transcribed on both FMP and Genes 1911 census

Surely they both did'nt miss her?


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