Hi Brian, If it will help until the new WinBMD is up and running, I have found the easiest way to deal with the problem is to type First instead of the 1st and then when the file is uploaded to FreeBMD amend the First to 1st. on the File Management system. Doesn't take too long. Roy

Dave. Search for all births 4th Qtr 1862, Bolton - Joseph Coppoce Search for all births 4th Qtr 1862, Blackburn - William Coppoce It's not a very clear scan - could be a K or an E. HTH - Dave. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Coppock" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 9:46 PM Subject: Missing Coppock BIRTH Entries 1862 > Free BMD > > Thanks for prompt reply to previous query - have corrected entries. > > Below Tried wildcards. > > BIRTH 4th Qtr 1862 FRC Book > COPPOCK JOSEPH Bolton 8c 327 > COPPOCK WILLIAM Blackburn 8e 265 > > Best Wishes Dave > > David F. Coppock > Blaby Leicestershire > England > GOON 2750 > OFHS 922 > L&RFHS C240 > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Free BMD Thanks for prompt reply to previous query - have corrected entries. Below Tried wildcards. BIRTH 4th Qtr 1862 FRC Book COPPOCK JOSEPH Bolton 8c 327 COPPOCK WILLIAM Blackburn 8e 265 Best Wishes Dave David F. Coppock Blaby Leicestershire England GOON 2750 OFHS 922 L&RFHS C240

Answered off-list as this is primarily for syndicate co-ordinators.The data is there but you need to sort the file in date order to see it in the usual format. Jeff assistant list admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher M Richards" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 8:12 AM Subject: Upload Report > Is the database update in progress? > > Upload report seems to have stopped including files uploaded since early > on 22 April 2009. > > Christopher Richards > > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Is the database update in progress? Upload report seems to have stopped including files uploaded since early on 22 April 2009. Christopher Richards

I don't know if the problem is with my email or the list but I have received two of each email from this list today. Bill Hounslow http://www.boincsynergy.com/images/stats/comb-2147.jpg >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [email protected] [mailto:freebmd-admins- >>[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Waite >>Sent: 22 April 2009 17:35 >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: RE: Re: FREEBMD-ADMINS Digest, Vol 4, Issue 55 >> >>I hope Peter gets this, if he has cancelled the old one!!!, >>perhaps you should have sent it direct to his new e-mail >>address. >> >>Bob >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [email protected] >>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>Barrie >>Sent: 22 April 2009 09:20 >>To: [email protected]; [email protected] >>Subject: Re: Re: FREEBMD-ADMINS Digest, Vol 4, Issue 55 >> >>To change your address for mailing lists please unsubscribe >>and subscribe as described in >>http://www.freebmd.org.uk/lists.html >> >>To change your email details on FreeBMD please go to >>http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/bmd-files.pl and then "Modify >>your submitter details" at the bottom of the first page. >> >>Barrie >> >>Peter Fowler wrote: >>> My new email is [email protected]; my old >>email address >>> was [email protected] >>> >>> Please amnd the records. >>> thanks >>> Peter Fowler >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue 21/04/09 9:01 AM , >>[email protected] wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Mail for the mailing list should be send to The website >>for the >>>> mailing list is http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com/ It contains >>all the >>>> information about the project and is current status. >>>> Archives >>http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins >>>> Today's Topics: >>>> 1. Re: Error Number 10013 (Barrie) >>>> To contact the FREEBMD-ADMINS list administrator, send an >>email to . >>>> To post a message to the FREEBMD-ADMINS mailing list, >>send an email >>>> to . >>>> >>__________________________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>with the word >>>> "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the >>body of the >>>> email with no additional text. >>>> Subject: Re: Error Number 10013 >>>> From: Barrie >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Date: Mon 20/04/09 9:55 AM >>>> Googling 'winsock error 10013' gives a number of >>suggestions. The >>>> consensus seems to be that it is a PC corruption problem. >>However, >>>> before following any of those suggestions I would suggest >> >>>> re-installing WinBMD. >>>> Barrie >>>> Lisa Dominey wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear All, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I have a new transcriber who cannot upload her file to >>FreeBMD. >>>>> >>>> The >>>> >>>>> following message appears: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "Error number 10013-the requested address is a broadcast >>address, >>>>> >>>> but flag >>>> >>>>> is not set." >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I can find nothing in the Archives to help. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone know what the problem is, and how this can >>be >>>>> >>>> rectified? >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Lisa Siddall >>>>> >>>>> ID4 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> --Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified >>Scanner-- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> ---- Message sent via TelecomPlusMail - >>http://webmail.go-plus.net/ >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >>--Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified >>Scanner-- FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive >>http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins >>FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected] with the word >>'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body >>of the message >> >>FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive >>http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins >>FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEBMD-ADMINS- >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the >>subject and the body of the message >> >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>Version: 8.5.287 / Virus Database: 270.12.3/2076 - Release Date: 04/23/09 >>06:30:00 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.287 / Virus Database: 270.12.3/2076 - Release Date: 04/23/09 06:30:00

Dear Kevin I sent in 2 correction requests today for the same person/event. That was for the death of Alice STRAKER registered Mar Q 1853 at Patrington. The correction that I am requesting is for a page # change to 135. The three staker deaths were in that quater ere all siblings the eldest being John Straker aged five. Sorry for the mistake. Kind regards Bill Norton _________________________________________________________________ Beyond Hotmail — see what else you can do with Windows Live. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665375/direct/01/

Hi It isn't happening to me but I have had it happen before & it was some message on my ISP's server that was causing a bit of a blockage. I had to log on to my mail on the internet (the ISP server) and determine the bad guy and delete it at the source so to speak. That has cleared it up everytime. Occasionally, it has cleared on it's own and I only end up with two or three duplicates. Good luck! Joan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Hounslow Sent: April 23, 2009 3:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Am I Seeing Double? I don't know if the problem is with my email or the list but I have received two of each email from this list today. Bill Hounslow http://www.boincsynergy.com/images/stats/comb-2147.jpg >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [email protected] [mailto:freebmd-admins- >>[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Waite >>Sent: 22 April 2009 17:35 >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: RE: Re: FREEBMD-ADMINS Digest, Vol 4, Issue 55 >> >>I hope Peter gets this, if he has cancelled the old one!!!, >>perhaps you should have sent it direct to his new e-mail >>address. >> >>Bob >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [email protected] >>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>Barrie >>Sent: 22 April 2009 09:20 >>To: [email protected]; [email protected] >>Subject: Re: Re: FREEBMD-ADMINS Digest, Vol 4, Issue 55 >> >>To change your address for mailing lists please unsubscribe >>and subscribe as described in >>http://www.freebmd.org.uk/lists.html >> >>To change your email details on FreeBMD please go to >>http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/bmd-files.pl and then "Modify >>your submitter details" at the bottom of the first page. >> >>Barrie >> >>Peter Fowler wrote: >>> My new email is [email protected]; my old >>email address >>> was [email protected] >>> >>> Please amnd the records. >>> thanks >>> Peter Fowler >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue 21/04/09 9:01 AM , >>[email protected] wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Mail for the mailing list should be send to The website >>for the >>>> mailing list is http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com/ It contains >>all the >>>> information about the project and is current status. >>>> Archives >>http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins >>>> Today's Topics: >>>> 1. Re: Error Number 10013 (Barrie) >>>> To contact the FREEBMD-ADMINS list administrator, send an >>email to . >>>> To post a message to the FREEBMD-ADMINS mailing list, >>send an email >>>> to . >>>> >>__________________________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>with the word >>>> "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the >>body of the >>>> email with no additional text. >>>> Subject: Re: Error Number 10013 >>>> From: Barrie >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Date: Mon 20/04/09 9:55 AM >>>> Googling 'winsock error 10013' gives a number of >>suggestions. The >>>> consensus seems to be that it is a PC corruption problem. >>However, >>>> before following any of those suggestions I would suggest >> >>>> re-installing WinBMD. >>>> Barrie >>>> Lisa Dominey wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear All, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I have a new transcriber who cannot upload her file to >>FreeBMD. >>>>> >>>> The >>>> >>>>> following message appears: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "Error number 10013-the requested address is a broadcast >>address, >>>>> >>>> but flag >>>> >>>>> is not set." >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I can find nothing in the Archives to help. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone know what the problem is, and how this can >>be >>>>> >>>> rectified? >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Lisa Siddall >>>>> >>>>> ID4 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> --Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified >>Scanner-- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> ---- Message sent via TelecomPlusMail - >>http://webmail.go-plus.net/ >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >>--Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified >>Scanner-- FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive >>http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins >>FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected] with the word >>'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body >>of the message >> >>FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive >>http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins >>FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEBMD-ADMINS- >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the >>subject and the body of the message >> >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>Version: 8.5.287 / Virus Database: 270.12.3/2076 - Release Date: 04/23/09 >>06:30:00 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.287 / Virus Database: 270.12.3/2076 - Release Date: 04/23/09 06:30:00 FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Having spent months and a lot of money searching with no luck for my great grandmother's birth record, I came across your website.  I decided to search on first names only, just in case her name was different, something which the other websites would not allow.  I am pleased to say I found details of her birth within seconds! It appears that the records are under Birge rather that Burge.  Without your website I would probably have never found out.  Thank you for this free facility.   I am interested in becoming a transcriber, though I do work full time so could only do a small amount. I live in Cardiff, Wales, UK.  I would like to help other people similar to myself to find their records too.   Thank you Tracey  

I hope Peter gets this, if he has cancelled the old one!!!, perhaps you should have sent it direct to his new e-mail address. Bob -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Barrie Sent: 22 April 2009 09:20 To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: Re: FREEBMD-ADMINS Digest, Vol 4, Issue 55 To change your address for mailing lists please unsubscribe and subscribe as described in http://www.freebmd.org.uk/lists.html To change your email details on FreeBMD please go to http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/bmd-files.pl and then "Modify your submitter details" at the bottom of the first page. Barrie Peter Fowler wrote: > My new email is [email protected]; my old email address > was [email protected] > > Please amnd the records. > thanks > Peter Fowler > > > > > On Tue 21/04/09 9:01 AM , [email protected] wrote: > > >> Mail for the mailing list should be send to The website for the >> mailing list is http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com/ It contains all the >> information about the project and is current status. >> Archives http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins >> Today's Topics: >> 1. Re: Error Number 10013 (Barrie) >> To contact the FREEBMD-ADMINS list administrator, send an email to . >> To post a message to the FREEBMD-ADMINS mailing list, send an email >> to . >> __________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to with the word >> "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >> email with no additional text. >> Subject: Re: Error Number 10013 >> From: Barrie >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Mon 20/04/09 9:55 AM >> Googling 'winsock error 10013' gives a number of suggestions. The >> consensus seems to be that it is a PC corruption problem. However, >> before following any of those suggestions I would suggest >> re-installing WinBMD. >> Barrie >> Lisa Dominey wrote: >> >>> Dear All, >>> >>> >>> >>> I have a new transcriber who cannot upload her file to FreeBMD. >>> >> The >> >>> following message appears: >>> >>> >>> >>> "Error number 10013-the requested address is a broadcast address, >>> >> but flag >> >>> is not set." >>> >>> >>> >>> I can find nothing in the Archives to help. >>> >>> >>> >>> Does anyone know what the problem is, and how this can be >>> >> rectified? >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Lisa Siddall >>> >>> ID4 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> --Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified Scanner-- >> >> >> > ---- Message sent via TelecomPlusMail - http://webmail.go-plus.net/ > > > --Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified Scanner-- FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

To change your address for mailing lists please unsubscribe and subscribe as described in http://www.freebmd.org.uk/lists.html To change your email details on FreeBMD please go to http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/bmd-files.pl and then "Modify your submitter details" at the bottom of the first page. Barrie Peter Fowler wrote: > My new email is [email protected]; my old email address was [email protected] > > Please amnd the records. > thanks > Peter Fowler > > > > > On Tue 21/04/09 9:01 AM , [email protected] wrote: > > >> Mail for the mailing list should be send to >> The website for the mailing list is >> http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com/ >> It contains all the information about the project and is current >> status. >> Archives http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins >> Today's Topics: >> 1. Re: Error Number 10013 (Barrie) >> To contact the FREEBMD-ADMINS list administrator, send an email to >> . >> To post a message to the FREEBMD-ADMINS mailing list, send an email >> to . >> __________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the >> email with no additional text. >> Subject: Re: Error Number 10013 >> From: Barrie >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Mon 20/04/09 9:55 AM >> Googling 'winsock error 10013' gives a number of suggestions. The >> consensus seems to be that it is a PC corruption problem. However, >> before following any of those suggestions I would suggest >> re-installing >> WinBMD. >> Barrie >> Lisa Dominey wrote: >> >>> Dear All, >>> >>> >>> >>> I have a new transcriber who cannot upload her file to FreeBMD. >>> >> The >> >>> following message appears: >>> >>> >>> >>> "Error number 10013-the requested address is a broadcast address, >>> >> but flag >> >>> is not set." >>> >>> >>> >>> I can find nothing in the Archives to help. >>> >>> >>> >>> Does anyone know what the problem is, and how this can be >>> >> rectified? >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Lisa Siddall >>> >>> ID4 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> --Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified Scanner-- >> >> >> > ---- Message sent via TelecomPlusMail - http://webmail.go-plus.net/ > > > --Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified Scanner--

My new email is [email protected]; my old email address was [email protected] Please amnd the records. thanks Peter Fowler On Tue 21/04/09 9:01 AM , [email protected] wrote: > Mail for the mailing list should be send to > The website for the mailing list is > http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com/ > It contains all the information about the project and is current > status. > Archives http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > Today's Topics: > 1. Re: Error Number 10013 (Barrie) > To contact the FREEBMD-ADMINS list administrator, send an email to > . > To post a message to the FREEBMD-ADMINS mailing list, send an email > to . > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the > email with no additional text. > Subject: Re: Error Number 10013 > From: Barrie > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon 20/04/09 9:55 AM > Googling 'winsock error 10013' gives a number of suggestions. The > consensus seems to be that it is a PC corruption problem. However, > before following any of those suggestions I would suggest > re-installing > WinBMD. > Barrie > Lisa Dominey wrote: > > Dear All, > > > > > > > > I have a new transcriber who cannot upload her file to FreeBMD. > The > > following message appears: > > > > > > > > "Error number 10013-the requested address is a broadcast address, > but flag > > is not set." > > > > > > > > I can find nothing in the Archives to help. > > > > > > > > Does anyone know what the problem is, and how this can be > rectified? > > > > > > > > > > > > Lisa Siddall > > > > ID4 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified Scanner-- > > ---- Message sent via TelecomPlusMail - http://webmail.go-plus.net/

Googling 'winsock error 10013' gives a number of suggestions. The consensus seems to be that it is a PC corruption problem. However, before following any of those suggestions I would suggest re-installing WinBMD. Barrie Lisa Dominey wrote: > Dear All, > > > > I have a new transcriber who cannot upload her file to FreeBMD. The > following message appears: > > > > "Error number 10013-the requested address is a broadcast address, but flag > is not set." > > > > I can find nothing in the Archives to help. > > > > Does anyone know what the problem is, and how this can be rectified? > > > > > > Lisa Siddall > > ID4 > > > > > > > --Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified Scanner--

The simple answer is to send the file manually via File Management on the transcribers' page. If the problem recurs the cause may merit investigation. You can find advice in rather technical language by pasting the error message into a search engine. Don't assume all such advice is wonderfully helpful. I suspect that this error might perhaps occur if she has File Management open in her web browser and then tries to send the file using WinBMD, though I might be completely wrong. It may depend on what operating system she has and what other things her computer is doing or trying to do at the same time. This is the way I advise my transcribers to upload manually, if for any reason WinBMD automated upload fails: You get access from http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/bmd-files.pl using your submitter id and password (both case sensitive). Select 'Upload New File. You will see two boxes labelled 'File Name' and 'Upload' Use the 'Browse' button next to 'Upload' to navigate to the file you want to upload, in the file system on your computer, in C:/Program Files/WinBMD/Output, or wherever you have saved it to. Your file will look something like C:\Program Files\WinBMD\Output\1854B1\1854B1Y0930.BMD in that box. Copy the part of the filename in front of .BMD by selecting(highlighting) it and then CTRL-C (holding down CTRL key and pressing C at the same time) - or by right-clicking and 'copy' In the case of my file this is 1854B1Y0930. Paste this into the box labelled 'File Name' ( CTRL-V or right-mouse-click and 'paste') and Click on 'Send'. You get a nice big green tick and a message confirming the file has been uploaded. This method can be used whenever WinBMD uploads are not working well, or if your own computer settings prevent automatic upload from WinBMD. Hope this helps Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Dominey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 9:47 AM Subject: Error Number 10013 > Dear All, > > > > I have a new transcriber who cannot upload her file to FreeBMD. The > following message appears: > > > > "Error number 10013-the requested address is a broadcast address, but flag > is not set." > > > > I can find nothing in the Archives to help. > > > > Does anyone know what the problem is, and how this can be rectified? > > > > > > Lisa Siddall > > ID4 > > > > > > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Dear All, I have a new transcriber who cannot upload her file to FreeBMD. The following message appears: "Error number 10013-the requested address is a broadcast address, but flag is not set." I can find nothing in the Archives to help. Does anyone know what the problem is, and how this can be rectified? Lisa Siddall ID4

I feel it appropriate to report that 'Run-time Error 429' (to do with Active-X routines) has reared its ugly head again. However, due to various backups I keep (including the whole system), I was able to recover all my data, except the most recent half page or so of BMD transcriptions. This time though, I am fairly certain what caused it. My PC runs under VISTA, and I wanted to look at the 'Help' facility. However, although '.hlp' files are not supported under the VISTA OS, Microsoft provide a routine to enable the 'Help' facility to be used. In the process of down-loading this routine, it was indicated that an Active-X routine needed to be down-loaded as well. Bearing in mind the previous troubles I had experienced, I was reluctant to allow this, but decided to go ahead. It was after this that WinBMD showed the familiar message about 'Error 429'. It is quite possible that it was this that caused my original problems, but I don't remember the effect being so immediate - perhaps I didn't invoke WinBMD immediately afterwards. If this possibility has already been aired, I apologise, but I felt it might be of help to others. I should point out that, before this recent episode, I was able to restart transcribing after the first instance of 'Error 429' only when I re-installed VISTA and all my applications. Many thanks, Laurence Clark

Do you remember asking a similar question in February 2008? It is in then list archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/freebmd-admins/2008-02/1202479085 together with the replies then received, which seemed to solve the problem for you at the time. The simple answer is that after pressing f4 key you should NOT click on the 'hollow-square' 'maximise icon, but change the shape and size of the window showing special characters by dragging the corners of the window. If you do get a giant window of special characters that you can't cope with, save your WinBMD file if you can, close WinBMD and then start it again, being more careful in future. If you can get at the WinBMD File menu, do this by 'Save Batch and Exit' from the File menu. For those more technically minded, Ian Brooke posted a 'fix' for this at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/freebmd-admins/2008-02/1202570723 Note that editing WinBMD.ini should only be done while WinBMD is closed. [If you can't find WinBMD.ini in the WinBMD folder it may simply be called WinBMD and have an icon with a cog-wheel over it and 'Configuration Settings'. You can confirm it is the right file by right-clicking and choosing 'Properties' or, in some versions of Windows, by changing the View of the folder contents.] This is advice I have given to my syndicate in the past, which may be appropriate for the general WinBMD user: =Special Characters= Many of you will have come across the use of f4 key to open a table of special characters, letters with various sorts of accents, after locating the cursor where you want the special letter. To see the whole range of such characters, 'drag down' the bottom right corner until what you want is present, select the one you want, and double-click. Occasionally, for example if you try to minimise the table of special characters and re-open it, the table grows enormous and takes up much of the screen. To solve this problem use 'Save batch and exit' in the WinBMD 'File' menu. When you re-start WinBMD the character table will have gone, and you can try again. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Jones" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 6:53 AM Subject: special characters > If I access the special character table part of it is out of sight below > the screen and there does not seem to be any way of moving it, also if I > put it down on the task bar and then bring it back up it gets very large > and its only possible to see part of one letter, if this is repeated it > gets even larger. The only way out seems to be to restart the program. Can > someone tell me how to rectify this please. > Juda 3431 >>From David and June in Gosport > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/

2009/4/15 COLIN ADOLPH <[email protected]> > Hi. Got the same problem with special characters as already reported. > Used to be OK, so something must have gone adrift. Also it doesn't seem to > contain o-e diphthong as is reqired for true transcription of Phoebe in a > lot of cases. > As detailed at http://www.freebmd.org.uk/beginhelp.shtml Dipthongs (the most common being the oe of Phoebe) are typographical conventions, and should be expanded in full. Whilst we can work around most dipthongs that people might enter, the oe dipthong is a particularly problematic case, as it is impossible to correctly map it from the various character sets. Where transcribers go to huge lengths to get the oe dipthong into a file, it is a certainty that it will be mangled during upload, and will not achieve what was desired. -- Dave Mayall