Resources for Transcribers and Checkers

The primary source of help is the FreeCEN Manual.  Please use the following web pages and files as a supplement to this manual.

All new volunteers should read the Copyrights & Ownership section of the FreeCEN Manual.

Other FreeCEN UK resources

• Volunteer Mailing List Subscription and Archives
• FreeCEN Software
  1. Transcription — SSCENS
  2. Checking — WINCC
  3. Validating — VALDREV
• JPEG Viewer — Free

FreeCEN Scotland downloads

• Transcriber User Guide V7 (Zip — 178 Kb)
• Transcriber User Guide V7 (self extracting Zip — 248 Kb)
• 1841 Occupational Abbreviations (Zip — 4.5Kb) — These are a guideline ONLY, with occupations pulled from the 1841 census. There is no guarantee the abbreviation means what is in this file, only that it was found in the context. 

Other resources

• Old occupations (Scot Roots)
• Old Occupations (Hall Genealogy)
• Victorian Servants
• GenUKI — UK and Ireland Genealogy
• GenUKI Gazetteer
• OVB or OVF? See The British Empire in the 19^th century — a list of British territories grouped by region, with qualifying dates.
• British Colonies Links:
  • britishempire.co.uk maproom
  • britishlibrary.net history
  • anglik.net empire
• TalkingScot
• Scottish Forenames
• Dictionary of Scots Language