Whenever I find any errors, I transcribe exactly whate was written, the put [ ] around the correct (IMHO) information. That is the only thing I use them for, so whenever I see [ ] I know what they mean. Rich in LA CA
----- Original Message ---- From: Mary Horner <maryhor...@shaw.ca> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, October 3, 2009 12:34:46 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Transcribing census errors? When the enumerator has made errors, most commonly in spelling the surname, or when you are getting the info online where the transcriber has made errors in interpreting the handwriting, do you copy into Legacy what is actually there or what should have been there - the correct spelling? My family has a unique name wherein anyone in Canada with the same spelling is related and the spelling has always been consistent within the family going back over 200 years, but the errors in census are amazing. I would never have found the family had they not lived on the same homestead for 5 generations. When I finally found a census where the name was correct, the enumerator was my great-grandfather! Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
