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Huia
Just checked Ancestry for you.
Transcribed there as Ballamy !!

There is a note by a member:-
Bettany rather than Bellamy
Bettany not Bellamy
Submitted by gillbasnett on 04/07/2008

This is the entry:-

Herbert Bellamy
[Herbert Bettany]
Age: 68
Estimated birth year: abt 1833
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Dilhorne, Staffordshire, England

Civil Parish: South Manchester
Ecclesiastical parish: St Thomas
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Chorlton
Sub-registration district: Ardwick
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 23
Household Members: Name Age
Herbert Bellamy 68
Albert Bellamy 24
Alfred Butler 30
Alcie C Butler 27

So nobody transcribes very well

Linda :o) XxX

Sorry Joy got there while I was copy & pasting !!!

Ancestry:
Name: Herbert Bellamy
[Herbert Bettany]
Age: 68
Estimated birth year: abt 1833
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Dilhorne, Staffordshire, England

Civil Parish: South Manchester
Ecclesiastical parish: St Thomas
County/Island: Lancashire
Registration district: Chorlton
Sub-registration district: Ardwick
Household Members: Name Age
Herbert Bellamy 68
Albert Bellamy 24
Alfred Butler 30
Alcie C Butler 27



Back later.

I can look for you :-)

I cant find any members of the family on GRs 1901 census. Has anybody got a sub to Ancestry, and would like to look for me?

Huia.

It is on the 1901 census, RG13, piece 3674, folio 7, page 5, if anybody is interested.

Huia.

Can somebody please tell me what the purpose is of the transcriptions? Is it merely to put into print what the transcriber thinks the enumerator wrote or is it to make it easier for genealogists to find their ancestors?

I was looking for Herbert Bettany. I couldnt find him until I looked for his married daughter. His name was transcribed as Bellany. Looking at the image of the census, I noticed that the enumerator rarely crossed the letter t, so was obviously writing in a hurry. I sent a correction to FMP but they dont want to know as they insist on putting what the enumerator had written. Even when I pointed out that the enumerator had written Herberl and Alberl and Gerlrude and Ernesl (a cabinel maker) but these had all been transcribed as Herbert, Albert, Gertrude and Ernest a cabinet maker, they still dont want to know.

If you cant find your ancestors on FMP, be sure to try some different spelling, and dont expect the 'variations' box to pick it up.

Huia feeling quite cross.