I have city directories done by Emerson and the spellings are generally good. I have
found that
scanning these directories presents serious problems. The OCR programs don't always
see the
characters as they actually are due mostly in part to the old style print used in these
books. If
you dont go through what you've scanned, letter by letter, you'll have errors that
were actually
created by the scanner program. This is time consuming but necessary and that's why I
often just
sit and transcribe. That's slow and painstaking work. I usually scan to see how well
it will read
the text before I decide how to handle it...scan or type? Either way it has to be edited
carefully.
It doesn't look to me like the 1893 directory was edited very well, if at all. Just
my opinion.
Just be wary.
Shirl
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christine M. Smith" <cmsmith(a)iserve.net>
To: <INDELAWA-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: [INDELAWA-L] 1893 Muncie City Directory
Yes, I found spelling errors too. They may have been in the original,
however. These directory listings are like the census...the spelling and
other information was at the mercy of who ever was doing the
recording and their ability to spell, and perhaps hear too.
Christine
----- Original Message -----
From: "unicorn" <unicorn(a)ezworks.net>
To: <INDELAWA-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: [INDELAWA-L] 1893 Muncie City Directory
Just a word of caution on this data base. I'm seeing gobs of
errors in
the listings there. It was
either done in a hurry or scanned and not edited. It has given me
some
information I wanted but be
cautious on spellings. If you don't see what you're looking
for, don't
give up with that one data
base.
Those of you who are paying for a membership might take a minute to email
them and
'complain' about
inaccuracies.
Shirl
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christine M. Smith" <cmsmith(a)iserve.net>
To: <INDELAWA-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 12:34 PM
Subject: [INDELAWA-L] 1893 Muncie City Directory
The 1893 Muncie City directory is free for 10 days, starting today at
www.ancestry.com.
A word of caution...I performed several searches, and often got several
hits, but when I went to look at them I got no information. I had to
click
on the NEXT at the bottom of the page, sometimes several times,
before I
got
the hits it said I had. ENJOY!!!
Christine
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