Comments on: Projects Update http://blogs.ancestry.com/worldarchivesproject/?p=1821 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 07:42:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: Jack Pettyhttp://blogs.ancestry.com/worldarchivesproject/?p=1821&cpage=1#comment-12447 Jack Petty Sun, 30 Jun 2013 23:28:48 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/worldarchivesproject/?p=1821#comment-12447 Anyone tell me how to handle the Ga Felony Convicts image. T first image had a guy with and alias. I keyed in as it showed. The second image was an extension of data columns for the same
people. It requires the names to be keyed in again. But the second image
has this guy with his alias reversed so I really don’t know which one is correct. So I have keyed it in as it shows. Not sure of any other way to do it. The second person also had an alias but it was the same on both images.

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By: Lauriehttp://blogs.ancestry.com/worldarchivesproject/?p=1821&cpage=1#comment-12339 Laurie Sat, 29 Jun 2013 00:17:50 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/worldarchivesproject/?p=1821#comment-12339 Thank you for providing these periodic updates. It is motivating to see progress on high priority projects and those that have lagged.

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By: Kate Rimmerhttp://blogs.ancestry.com/worldarchivesproject/?p=1821&cpage=1#comment-12312 Kate Rimmer Fri, 28 Jun 2013 18:44:38 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/worldarchivesproject/?p=1821#comment-12312 Anna, if the errors that Janet has been finding on the Ottawa Journal project are the same ones that I have seen, they mostly appear to be caused by keyers not reading the instructions at all rather than the instructions being confusing. For instance, not keying prefixes, inferring locations which are not stated on the image, or not keying the location as seen, and not following the instructions about how to key parents’ names along the lines of Mr and Mrs John Knightly.

Charlie, I agree that some of the Kansas Census image sets take a long time to work through, but many of them have mostly “cover pages” and only one or two pages of names which is why they have done them as sets of 10 images. If we only had 1 image per set it would be pretty annoying having to keep opening a set, choosing “cover page” and sending it straight off.

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By: Stachia Chadwickhttp://blogs.ancestry.com/worldarchivesproject/?p=1821&cpage=1#comment-12311 Stachia Chadwick Fri, 28 Jun 2013 17:57:54 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/worldarchivesproject/?p=1821#comment-12311 I’ve been working on the Kansas records, but allowed myself to get distracted by the Pennsylvania genealogical society as a much needed break. I promise I’ll be back on Kansas soon! (^.^)

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By: Charliehttp://blogs.ancestry.com/worldarchivesproject/?p=1821&cpage=1#comment-12275 Charlie Fri, 28 Jun 2013 03:20:09 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/worldarchivesproject/?p=1821#comment-12275 When indexing the Federal Census on familysearch.org, we were given one whole image and about 40 names to index and we were done.

The Kansas Census is a hassle! You give us about 10 images to index at a time and over 100 names, that really needs to be cut down. That is why I stopped doing this, it takes up too much time.

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By: afechterhttp://blogs.ancestry.com/worldarchivesproject/?p=1821&cpage=1#comment-12212 afechter Wed, 26 Jun 2013 19:02:14 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/worldarchivesproject/?p=1821#comment-12212 Lynette,
I believe the Canadian project you are referring to is the Canada, Nominal Rolls and Paylists for the Volunteer Militia, 1857-1922, it is live on Ancestry! You can search it here, http://search.ancestry.ca/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1935.

Janet,
I am curious what errors you are encountering with the project. Have you posted them on the Discussion page? http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:World_Archives_Project:_Ottawa,_Ontario,_Canada,_The_Ottawa_Journal,_1885-1980
We are able to adjust instructions if need be.
Our intent is to draw your attention to some of the projects that are not getting as much attention.

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By: Janethttp://blogs.ancestry.com/worldarchivesproject/?p=1821&cpage=1#comment-12209 Janet Wed, 26 Jun 2013 18:39:02 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/worldarchivesproject/?p=1821#comment-12209 I am now slogging thru the Ottawa papers, which usually has 50-60 entries per page. I find that I make at least one correction per line, sometimes more. It’s hard to ask to review more, review quicker, when you basically have to rekey every page. I think there is too much emphasis on keying more and keying faster, and sacrificing quality.

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By: Lynette Esteshttp://blogs.ancestry.com/worldarchivesproject/?p=1821&cpage=1#comment-12208 Lynette Estes Wed, 26 Jun 2013 18:13:59 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/worldarchivesproject/?p=1821#comment-12208 When I first started keying for WAP, I chose “Pick a Project for Me” and got the Canadian Volunteer Army pay records, which was later (apparently for lack of interest) scrapped. One thing I have noticed. The projects give an incredibly varied record count. For instance, the New Zealand city directories can produce upwards of 4 to 500 records in one image, while the French election registration cards are 1 record per image (5 or 10 images per set). For those who are after a high records-keyed count, it is obvious the choice would be the New Zealand City Directories. After having keyed and arbitrated the 1940 Census for Family Search, I have seen many apparent motives for keying certain projects. Personally, I am trying to keep my record count above the 900 required to be a “Participating Member”. However, since I work full time and have additional familial responsibilities, I sometimes find it hard to maintain that level of participation.
Also, responding to Tom, post #4… Yest, the Kansas project is a bit difficult to read, as the images are not the best quality. However, adjusting the image view controls can help a lot. (increase the contrast, sometimes even inverting the image to white on black.) As to the Paris election cards, I key that quite a bit. it goes fast. You don’t have to read/speak french to key it. There is an option on the instruction page for English instructions.

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By: Helene Scharffhttp://blogs.ancestry.com/worldarchivesproject/?p=1821&cpage=1#comment-12186 Helene Scharff Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:17:19 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/worldarchivesproject/?p=1821#comment-12186 Was the Krakau project completed? I thought there were quite a few more to enter and I see that it has disappeared from the project list.

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By: afechterhttp://blogs.ancestry.com/worldarchivesproject/?p=1821&cpage=1#comment-12157 afechter Wed, 26 Jun 2013 04:33:13 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/worldarchivesproject/?p=1821#comment-12157 Terry,
Thank you for the suggestion. We are working on a new Challenge that will start in July.

Tom,
If you are also seeing the Field Helps in French you will need to adjust your settings. File>Options>Field Name/helps language. You want to make sure this is set for English.

And yes, you are right, some of the difficulty levels need to be adjusted. We have changed a few just today and there will be a few other changes coming.

Rebecca,
I am right with you. There are a few projects that I get distracted on – that is part of the fun. :)

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