The indexing is just to search and find. What I'm wrestling with is the citing once found. ;) But as an indexer, I am trying very hard to enter what would be most likely to be found... what would be most likely to be entered as alternate spellings. And they have two indexers look at every batch, with someone to arbitrate or decide when the answers don't match. --Paula
________________________________ From:mbstx <msz...@mindspring.com> To:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Mon, April 30, 2012 5:47:40 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] 1940 census template questions To me, it's not so much the quality of the image as the quality of the indexing. There are a multitude of errors in the previous census databases on Ancestry.com (and some in FamilySearch as well, but not as many I believe). FamilySearch is trying to use indexers who understand the batches they're working one, particularly re surnames, and other things that might be misinterpreted. Marianne Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
