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By: FREE* today – American Obituaries

FREE* today – American Obituaries — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:02:12 +0000

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By: FREE* today – 1901 England Census

FREE* today – 1901 England Census — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:02:59 +0000

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By: FREE* today – 1930 USA Census

FREE* today – 1930 USA Census — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:37:59 +0000

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By: Francis Payne

Francis Payne — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:19:38 +0000

Josh – where on the birth indexes does it give a specific month ? You will find Oct-Nov-Dec, Jan-Feb-Mar, etc but not “October”. I’m sure if you click on the image it will be the dates as transcribed. Don’t blame Ancestry for what’s on the original index !

If we’re going to criticise Ancestry, let’s criticise them for something they can fix !

By: Angela Bolton

Angela Bolton — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:59:50 +0000

Yes, I agree with everything being said. As for Josh saying his birth wasn’t Oct, is that because he was registered in a later quarter, or maybe it was just a mistake ? I was born Dec 1950 but wasn’t registered until Jan Qtr 1951.
I pay into findmypast too so now retired, was wondering if I could get rid of ancestry. Just decided to renew another year on both sites. Having said that, if I do, will my tree be deleted? Anyone know?

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:32:20 +0000

And apparently I was born in October, when I definitely wasn’t. For what some people are paying, its ridiculous they can’t sort the basics out.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:29:02 +0000

I was looking forward to searching for newspaper articles on my relatives, but I found its only American newspapers. What good is that to me, ancestry?

By: FREE* today – Quebec church records

FREE* today – Quebec church records — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:03:04 +0000

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By: Francis Payne

Francis Payne — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:36:47 +0000

My birth has Southampton being in Oxfordshire. Just that one page is full of other geographical errors. The whole index is so bad that when searching for a birth NEVER enter a county name – otherwise you probably won’t find what you are after. Really needs sorting out.

By: Database accuracy

Database accuracy — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:53:08 +0000

ND O’Brien makes the point that the database is inaccurate. This arises as the transcription has been handled and cross-checked but the people so doing may not be familiar with the geography. The issue of Dover, London, Middlesex is the result of a ‘best guess’ of inferred county which is wrong.

The solution is for the user to post a correction.

In one instance I corrected two complete pages of census where SAUGHALL and been published as SANDHALL. As Saughall is an odd name I only recognised the error from local knowledge.

In another ‘error’ place of birth was given as MAKER, Devon. No such place exists on maps however Maker was the parish and not the place.