1911 CENSUS (Transcribing and accuracy) (General)

by m p griffiths , Sunday, May 13, 2012, 09:01 (4580 days ago) @ Jefff

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Global Gazette 2007 which quotes the information on the 1911 census returns from the National Archives...

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Why will the Infirmity column be redacted for everyone?

. The information on the face of the document that is personally sensitive

. Most of this information could be found in the Infirmity column (this will be redacted - blocked out)

. Personally sensitive information in any other areas will be redacted on a case-by-case basis

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(The Infirmity Column Reveal - Jan 2012 - i.e. 100 year rule).

On 1911 Census.co.uk - this is what they say

'Transcription and Accuracy

Transcribing the census is a massive exercise. Every single digitised document has to be read and transcribed by hand, a process that results in over seven billion keystrokes over the course of the project.

With this volume of keystrokes, errors are inevitable etc. etc.

The Challenges of the 1911 census

The 1911 census poses particular problems. The core documents from which they transcribers work are the original household pages rather than the enumerators' summary books, as in previous censuses. This means they have to decipher the handwriting of eight million different people - a challenging task.

Accuracy levels

The National Archives set an accuracy threshold of 98.5 per cent, and at launch etc. etc.'