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Tag Archives: transcription
Transcripts and indexes
The release of the 1921 census returns for England and Wales earlier this year led to some (fairly heated) discussion on social media regarding the quality of the transcription provided by Findmypast, the National Archives’ commercial partners in the online … Continue reading
Posted in digitisation, Document Sources, research, Soapbox
Tagged antiquarians, census, digitisation, documents, family history, genealogy, indexing, research, the national archives, tna, transcription
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Where have all the registers gone?
Let’s make something clear right from the start. I am a huge fan of digitisation and online access in genealogy. Both as an enthusiastic hobbyist and as a professional genealogist with 37 years’ experience, I have reason, on a daily … Continue reading
Posted in Document Sources, research
Tagged digitisation, documents, genealogy, online access, research, transcription
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The Joy of Signatures
As family historians, we should never rely on transcripts. Access to original documents, or at least, to digital images of original documents is an essential part of the process of genealogical research. Even the most thorough and comprehensive transcripts are … Continue reading
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Tagged documents, family history, genealogy, research, signatures, tna, transcription
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The Joy of Chancery
This is the Court of Chancery … there is not an honourable man among its practitioners who would not give—who does not often give—the warning, “Suffer any wrong that can be done you rather than come here!” Bleak House, Chapter … Continue reading
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Tagged chancery, Charles Dickens, documents, family history, research, tna, transcription
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