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Ancestry Transcriptions
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 5:59 pm
by Antie Em
Not one of their most sensible transcriptions
1841
John Lowe, 40, Solicitor's Clerk
Mary Ditto, 40
Mary Ditto, 20
William Ditto, 20
Clarissa Ditto, 16
Edward Ditto, 13
Thomas Ditto, 11
Re: Ancestry Transcriptions
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 6:24 pm
by Northern Lass
Ditto that!
Re: Ancestry Transcriptions
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 11:52 am
by AndrewA
This supports the theory that the transcription work for the census was outsourced to India with non-english speaking transcribers. Either that or its someone who is the product of the great British eduction system and has no idea what Ditto means.
Re: Ancestry Transcriptions
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 3:46 pm
by gardener
It reminds me of a memorable achievement when I scored -21/20 (minus 21 out of 20) in French dictée because I tried to spell-out all the punctuation marks
