tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post7435825398758241400..comments2010-06-18T14:24:18.385-06:00Comments on The Ancestry Insider: NARA Responds to Ancestry.com IssuesThe Ancestry Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490682912125335188noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-20207766042904960212010-06-18T10:39:33.152-06:002010-06-18T10:39:33.152-06:00Insider, NARA&#39;s position that digitizing reco...Insider,<br /><br />NARA&#39;s position that digitizing records on that level is &quot;worth&quot; a small amount of error seems reasonable on the surface. But the question is whether that is an industry wide error rate, or higher. <br /><br />Several other questions also come to mind:<br /><br />1) What is Family Search&#39;s error rate in digitization?<br /><br />2) Does NARA make Ancestry commit to fixing an error when it is found *after* the main digitization has taken place?<br /><br />3) Does NARA recognize the difference between intentional errors and unintentional? Ancestry is intentionally not following best practices in digitizing blank and spoiled pages, so is NARA even counting that in the error rate?<br /><br />Ancestry has shown a high tolerance for error, a refusal to come back and fix such errors within a reasonable timeframe, and a refusal to adopt best practices. So NARA should be looking at them with a more critical eye than others.<br /><br />MikeFMikeFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16587230319820652536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-30539324982221458982010-06-18T10:11:40.069-06:002010-06-18T10:11:40.069-06:00Reader Paul Brown alerted me that Silver Spring is...Reader Paul Brown alerted me that Silver Spring is singular. I have corrected the article online. Thanks, Paul!<br /><br />-- The InsiderThe Ancestry Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490682912125335188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-44945174641811315172010-06-18T00:14:59.677-06:002010-06-18T00:14:59.677-06:00Good to see NARA stepping up, because Ancestry sel...Good to see NARA stepping up, because Ancestry seldom does!<br /><br />Thanks for letting us know...can&#39;t wait to see what the public can do and if it will really make a difference! Their indexing is poor due to several reasons, I&#39;m sure...and the volunteers (or whomever transcribes)lack the ability to read old script. Missing census pages are frustrating!Genealemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08862053925857198520noreply@blogger.com
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