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Ancestry/Genealogy

Viva_La_Revolution

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1. I've had lots of trouble finding people, and when I do the misspellings are atrocious

Reply to polly7 (Original post)

Fri Aug 3, 2012, 11:23 AM

Aug 2012

I think they outsourced a bunch of records to non-english speakers. At least you have an option to correct the transcription mistakes, so others will be able to find them.
On the other hand Familysearch is almost done (all by volunteers) and the quality seems to be better (for the ones released so far)
First one to the finish line is not always the winner.

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1940 U.S. Census index [View all] polly7 Aug 2012 OP

I've had lots of trouble finding people, and when I do the misspellings are atrocious Viva_La_Revolution Aug 2012 #1

PS - just searched for my GGrandfather in NJ, found 6 mistakes on half a page Viva_La_Revolution Aug 2012 #2

I can see there will be a LOT of corrections submitted. polly7 Aug 2012 #4

I've had the same problem polly7 Aug 2012 #3

Subscription is expensive HeiressofBickworth Aug 2012 #5

I let my subscription run out. I didn't have it for long polly7 Aug 2012 #6

Family Search is the Mormon Church HeiressofBickworth Aug 2012 #7