It makes me feel ill to think of the transcription/indexing errors - I still
see the birthplace of Somerset listed as SOMALIA!! I wrote to Ancestry about
that one too. The 1891 England census has 10,091 people listed as being born
in such places as Wells, Bath and Glastonbury, Somalia. Wales has 1,402. It
makes me wonder about paying for such data (I have a full subscription); I
would expect moderately accurate data.
Shrewsbury for some reason is showing up as being in Middlesex County rather
than Shropshire in the 1901.
Kathy
Orlando, Florida
-----Original Message-----
From: Dick Jones [mailto:rcjones@rmplc.co.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 1:35 PM
To: MONMOUTHSHIRE-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [Mon] ancestry 1901
At 7:38 am +1200 27/03/05, Siebert Family wrote:
Morning All,
I see ancestry has finally got 1901 for Wales on site.
Yipee!!
Bernadette
In NZ
Beware!!
The following revealing information was posted on the CLWYD list by
Ian Edwards.
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91 people living in Wales are listed as being born on the island of
Montserrat in the West Indies. According to Ancestry they were born
in those well-known towns of Welshpool, Montserrat; Newtown,
Montserrat; Llanfyllin, Montserrat; Llanfair Caereinion, Montserrat;
...
143 are recorded as being born in the Balkan country of Montenegro.
Again, according to Ancestry they were born in those well-known towns
of Llangurig, Montenegro; Llandinam, Montenegro; Churchstoke,
Montenegro; Forden, Montenegro; ...
145 are recorded as being born in Finland. In Mold, Finland; Bagillt,
Finland; Holywell, Finland; ...
23 born in the West African country of Cameroon, yes, Llanrwst,
Cameroon; Dwygyfylechi, Cameroon; Dolwyddelan, Cameroon; ...
and lots of immigrants from Derbyshire. That is Llansantffraid,
Derbyshire, England; Llysfaen, Derbyshire, England; Cefn Mawr,
Derbyshire, England; Llangerniew, Derbyshire, England; ...
in fact many of the same errors which I reported when they released
the 1871 census >:o .
And it appears that in 1901 the entire population of Shropshire had
disappeared! Any searches for the county in the England 1901 census
produce no results :-( .
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Regards
Dick Jones Leigh-on-Sea Essex UK
rcjones(a)rmplc.co.uk
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