1841 census errors Ancestry .....

[pinkshoes]

Hope this doesn't look like I'm knocking Ancestry - my intention is to show folks the kind of errors we're looking at in the hope it'll help someone. Some of the mistakes are truly bizarre and take a bit of hunting for, especially if both names are "altered".

I was baffled not to find Primrose Bell in Falkirk in the 1841 - she's there right enough, but goes by the pseudonym of Premeye - sounds like something you'd get from the freezer cabinet, or perhaps the pet food aisle.

Happy Hunting!
Pinkshoes

PS I started a new thread so the other one doesn't get led astray. Hope that's OK.

[JimM]

Hi Pinkshoes
After a lot of searching I found my Forbes were transcribed as.... "Forks"

Jim

[JayPee]

I had a Forbes, mis-interpreted and mis-indexed (on Ancestry.com) in the Canadian 1911 census ... they were listed as "Forles". (It helps when you can search on a unique first name, especially when *that* isn't mis-interpreted and mis-indexed, too but at least it was a recognizable mis-interpretation and mis-indexing ...)
- JayPee

p.s. did that make any sense at all?

[DavidWW]

I had a Forbes, mis-interpreted and mis-indexed (on Ancestry.com) in the Canadian 1911 census ... they were listed as "Forles". (It helps when you can search on a unique first name, especially when *that* isn't mis-interpreted and mis-indexed, too but at least it was a recognizable mis-interpretation and mis-indexing ...)
- JayPee

p.s. did that make any sense at all?

Yes =D>

David
in Melbourne (not incidentally pronounced as spelt !)