I am new to transcribing and have a problem with verifying.   When I opened the verify box and I got the message.... Suspect file C:\users\bob\desktop\1928D4-A-0002.jpg Could not find any +info\s\f\m\b\u page header lines in the file   All I got on the orange line when the verifyer was opened was a lot of meaningless symbols, I am using vista. Can anyone tell me what I have done wrong?   Replies in plain english please and you will have to hold my hand to make any adjustments to my files, I'm not exactly computer literate being an oldie.   With thanks, Bob

Thanks Allan, that did it! Graham Allan Raymond wrote: > This problem would possibly suggest you aligned/calibrated the ruler and > then zoomed into the scan. > > To overcome the difficulty zoom into the scan and then align/calibrate the > ruler. > > Allan Raymond > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Graham Chamberlain" <[email protected]> > To: "FreeBMD Feedback" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 4:05 PM > Subject: Scan View Ruler > > > I have just restarted transcribing after a break of 12 months. I am > using WinBMD on Vista. My first scans are 1934 Marriages which have two > columns of 80 lines. However, the Scan Viewer ruler stops after only 75 > lines. Have I done something wrong in setting up? > > Graham > 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

This problem would possibly suggest you aligned/calibrated the ruler and then zoomed into the scan. To overcome the difficulty zoom into the scan and then align/calibrate the ruler. Allan Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Chamberlain" <[email protected]> To: "FreeBMD Feedback" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 4:05 PM Subject: Scan View Ruler I have just restarted transcribing after a break of 12 months. I am using WinBMD on Vista. My first scans are 1934 Marriages which have two columns of 80 lines. However, the Scan Viewer ruler stops after only 75 lines. Have I done something wrong in setting up? Graham 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

If you are using the ruler, at the top of the scan view window there appears a message 'Move Ruler to Top of Column'. Click on this when you get to the end of the first column and it will jump back to the top. Scroll the window to the right to the top of the second column and adjust if need be to get it under the first entry. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Chamberlain" <[email protected]> To: "FreeBMD Feedback" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 4:05 PM Subject: Scan View Ruler >I have just restarted transcribing after a break of 12 months. I am > using WinBMD on Vista. My first scans are 1934 Marriages which have two > columns of 80 lines. However, the Scan Viewer ruler stops after only 75 > lines. Have I done something wrong in setting up? > > Graham

I have just restarted transcribing after a break of 12 months. I am using WinBMD on Vista. My first scans are 1934 Marriages which have two columns of 80 lines. However, the Scan Viewer ruler stops after only 75 lines. Have I done something wrong in setting up? Graham

Hi Barbara I am by no means an expert. However, I have the latest version which is 1.9.1 - I assume your 9.1.1 was a typo. Have you perhaps moved the MacBMD files out of the Applications folder, or amended your pick list in something other than a text editor? or renamed it by mistake? Then the auto-finish would not find the entries. Otherwise, the only thing I can suggest is that you move your existing version to the trash and re-download it. I downloaded mine from the FreeBMD site, nowhere else special. Hope you get it sorted! Sally On 26 Mar 2009, at 12:41, Barbara Addie wrote: > Hello > I am using the MacBDM program and have a problem that has just > occurred. The Auto-finish is not working at all. I have to type all > the entries in completely. The capital letter at the beginning does > not appear. Can someone using this program please advise me how to > overcome this problem. What is the latest version of this program, I > am using 9.1.1 and do not have the website for downloading any newer > versions. Any advice/help would be appreciated. > Thank you > Barbara > > 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- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I believe that it is there deliberately. Dudley is a problem district, because it changed volumes, so it shouldn't work from the picklist easily. 2009/3/27 Sue Barnard <[email protected]> > Another point about Dudley - in my version of WinBMD, the default volume > reference for Dudley appears in the picklist as 6b/6c. I have never yet > come across this on a scan - and in any case it is automatically rejected > by > WinBMD because of the non-alphanumeric character. > > I have added 6b and 6c manually to my picklist, but am unable to delete the > superfluous 6b/6c (for some reason, delete is not an option for this > particular entry). > > Not exactly life-threatening, I know - but still slightly annoying. Can > anything be done about it? > > Sue > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Hounslow" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 11:03 PM > Subject: 1936 and 1937 Marriages > > > Hi, > > I've just transcribed some 1936 Marriage scans and am now doing some 1937 > Marriages. There are a couple of points worth bringing to everyone's > attention: > > 1. Dudley appears to have changed its volume reference to 6c in 1936 and > continued with it 1937. It's easy to overlook this if you are used to > selecting Dudley,6b from the pick-list. > > 2. A new district was introduced in 1937 named "Northumberland North > First". > This has been abbreviated to Nthmbld.N.1st. but the numeric character in > the > name causes WinBMD to reject it. > > The file can be edited in Notepad and will upload okay if you use the > FreeBMD file management page, rather than WinBMD's upload function, but it > would make life simpler if WinBMD could accommodate this on a future > upgrade. > > Bill Hounslow > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.284 / Virus Database: 270.11.29/2024 - Release Date: 03/26/09 > 07:12:00 > > > 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 > > 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 > -- Dave Mayall

Another point about Dudley - in my version of WinBMD, the default volume reference for Dudley appears in the picklist as 6b/6c. I have never yet come across this on a scan - and in any case it is automatically rejected by WinBMD because of the non-alphanumeric character. I have added 6b and 6c manually to my picklist, but am unable to delete the superfluous 6b/6c (for some reason, delete is not an option for this particular entry). Not exactly life-threatening, I know - but still slightly annoying. Can anything be done about it? Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Hounslow" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 11:03 PM Subject: 1936 and 1937 Marriages Hi, I've just transcribed some 1936 Marriage scans and am now doing some 1937 Marriages. There are a couple of points worth bringing to everyone's attention: 1. Dudley appears to have changed its volume reference to 6c in 1936 and continued with it 1937. It's easy to overlook this if you are used to selecting Dudley,6b from the pick-list. 2. A new district was introduced in 1937 named "Northumberland North First". This has been abbreviated to Nthmbld.N.1st. but the numeric character in the name causes WinBMD to reject it. The file can be edited in Notepad and will upload okay if you use the FreeBMD file management page, rather than WinBMD's upload function, but it would make life simpler if WinBMD could accommodate this on a future upgrade. Bill Hounslow No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.284 / Virus Database: 270.11.29/2024 - Release Date: 03/26/09 07:12:00 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

Hi Bill You are correct re Dudley. It does seem to have moved from 6b back to 6c. I reported this to the Syndicates list to ask Cordinators to remind transcribers to be vigilent on 13th March. Before making changes to the database however we need to be absolutely sure of when the change happened. Early indications suggest that this happened from 1st April 1935 (June Quarter) but there are only a few results so far to verify. So, provisionally, we have 1 Sep 1837 to 31 Dec 1951 - Volume 18 1 Jan 1852 to 31 Dec 1912 - Volume 6c 1 Jan 1913 to 31 Mar 1935 - Volume 6b 1 Apr 1935 to 31 Jun 1946 - Volume 6c 1 Jul 1946 to 31 Mar 1965 - Volume 9d 1 Apr 1965 to 31 Mar 1974 - Volume 9b 1 Apr 1974 onwards - Volume 33 In 1937 there were several new Districts introduced. Two of those were Northumberland North First and Northumberland North Second. These are typically abreviated to Nthmbland N.1st. And Nthmbland N.2nd I am trialling a new version of WinBMD for Ian within my Syndicate (All Scan) that will deal with these numbers as we have started transcribing 1937 Births. Jeremy Hakes Deputy Coordinator for District Aliasing Team -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Hounslow Sent: 26 March 2009 23:03 To: [email protected] Subject: 1936 and 1937 Marriages Hi, I’ve just transcribed some 1936 Marriage scans and am now doing some 1937 Marriages. There are a couple of points worth bringing to everyone’s attention: 1. Dudley appears to have changed its volume reference to 6c in 1936 and continued with it 1937. It's easy to overlook this if you are used to selecting Dudley,6b from the pick-list. 2. A new district was introduced in 1937 named "Northumberland North First". This has been abbreviated to Nthmbld.N.1st. but the numeric character in the name causes WinBMD to reject it. The file can be edited in Notepad and will upload okay if you use the FreeBMD file management page, rather than WinBMD's upload function, but it would make life simpler if WinBMD could accommodate this on a future upgrade. Bill Hounslow    No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.284 / Virus Database: 270.11.29/2024 - Release Date: 03/26/09 07:12:00 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 Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.30/2025 - Release Date: 03/26/09 20:05:00

Hello I am using the MacBDM program and have a problem that has just occurred. The Auto-finish is not working at all. I have to type all the entries in completely. The capital letter at the beginning does not appear. Can someone using this program please advise me how to overcome this problem. What is the latest version of this program, I am using 9.1.1 and do not have the website for downloading any newer versions. Any advice/help would be appreciated. Thank you Barbara

Hi, I’ve just transcribed some 1936 Marriage scans and am now doing some 1937 Marriages. There are a couple of points worth bringing to everyone’s attention: 1. Dudley appears to have changed its volume reference to 6c in 1936 and continued with it 1937. It's easy to overlook this if you are used to selecting Dudley,6b from the pick-list. 2. A new district was introduced in 1937 named "Northumberland North First". This has been abbreviated to Nthmbld.N.1st. but the numeric character in the name causes WinBMD to reject it. The file can be edited in Notepad and will upload okay if you use the FreeBMD file management page, rather than WinBMD's upload function, but it would make life simpler if WinBMD could accommodate this on a future upgrade. Bill Hounslow    No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.284 / Virus Database: 270.11.29/2024 - Release Date: 03/26/09 07:12:00

Hi Richard I suspect that either the local registrar was rather slaphappy about when he sent in his returns, or the indexers simply forgot that the district existed. In 1840B1 the page numbers range from 186 to 186A up to 186H In 1840B2 they range from 182 to 182E They seem to have sorted out the problem by 1840B3. We were a bit mystified when we first came across it. Regards Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Oliver" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 7:07 PM Subject: Oddity with District Stockbridge,VII > Two of my transcribers have reported and queried an anomaly they found on > 1839 December Births. In both cases the District was Stockbridge,VII. > > On page-scan 1839B4-W-0072.jpg, at the second line, the Page No. for > Stockbridge,VII is correctly shown as 172, but a small mark added above it > looks like a figure '9'. Five pages later, on page-scan > 1839B4-W-0077.jpg at about the 30th line of records, Stockbridge,VII again > appears with Page No. 172, but here is topped with a different mark, > resembling a capital 'F'. Has anyone come across this before, and is > there an explanation we haven't thought of? > > Richard Oliver > Madrid, Spain > [email protected] > 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 >

Two of my transcribers have reported and queried an anomaly they found on 1839 December Births. In both cases the District was Stockbridge,VII. On page-scan 1839B4-W-0072.jpg, at the second line, the Page No. for Stockbridge,VII is correctly shown as 172, but a small mark added above it looks like a figure '9'. Five pages later, on page-scan 1839B4-W-0077.jpg at about the 30th line of records, Stockbridge,VII again appears with Page No. 172, but here is topped with a different mark, resembling a capital 'F'. Has anyone come across this before, and is there an explanation we haven't thought of? Richard Oliver Madrid, Spain [email protected]

Too late, I acted as soon as I saw David's response! Cheers Derek L 2009/3/26 Allan Raymond <[email protected]> > Derek > > Submitting a correction request against the first invalid entry, > > Armstrong Emmie Brighton 2b 245 (i.e. surname should be > ARMSTRONG-DASH) and then ticking "Multiple entries" box will signal to the > Corrections Coordinator the need to look at the remaining error entries. > > On this occasion there is no need for you to submit a multiple entry > correction since it has been done on your behalf. > > Allan Raymond > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Derek Littlewood" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 12:20 PM > Subject: Births 1877 Q2, ARMSTRONG to ARNOLD displaced entries > > > Normally, when I find transcription errors during a search, I use the > online > reporting system to advise corrections. > > I am not sure how to advise the following errors without a lot of > unnecessary confusion. > > The image at LDS-211-000-0951658/1877b2-012.tif appears to have had the > left-hand page transcribed in columns, but with 3 extra ARMSTRONG surnames > added, effectively displacing the subsequent surnames into the ARNOLD > sequence. The result is that 27 surnames have been matched to the wrong > forenames, districts and vol/page values. > > As none of the entries on this page have been automatically linked to the > scan image, correcting them one at a time could take more time than I have > available. > > Would your corrections coordinator be able to work from this description? > > Regards > Derek L > 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Derek Submitting a correction request against the first invalid entry, Armstrong Emmie Brighton 2b 245 (i.e. surname should be ARMSTRONG-DASH) and then ticking "Multiple entries" box will signal to the Corrections Coordinator the need to look at the remaining error entries. On this occasion there is no need for you to submit a multiple entry correction since it has been done on your behalf. Allan Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Littlewood" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 12:20 PM Subject: Births 1877 Q2, ARMSTRONG to ARNOLD displaced entries Normally, when I find transcription errors during a search, I use the online reporting system to advise corrections. I am not sure how to advise the following errors without a lot of unnecessary confusion. The image at LDS-211-000-0951658/1877b2-012.tif appears to have had the left-hand page transcribed in columns, but with 3 extra ARMSTRONG surnames added, effectively displacing the subsequent surnames into the ARNOLD sequence. The result is that 27 surnames have been matched to the wrong forenames, districts and vol/page values. As none of the entries on this page have been automatically linked to the scan image, correcting them one at a time could take more time than I have available. Would your corrections coordinator be able to work from this description? Regards Derek L 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

Normally, when I find transcription errors during a search, I use the online reporting system to advise corrections. I am not sure how to advise the following errors without a lot of unnecessary confusion. The image at LDS-211-000-0951658/1877b2-012.tif appears to have had the left-hand page transcribed in columns, but with 3 extra ARMSTRONG surnames added, effectively displacing the subsequent surnames into the ARNOLD sequence. The result is that 27 surnames have been matched to the wrong forenames, districts and vol/page values. As none of the entries on this page have been automatically linked to the scan image, correcting them one at a time could take more time than I have available. Would your corrections coordinator be able to work from this description? Regards Derek L

Hi there Having used Winbmd of a while and finding it an excellent application, I have a couple of suggestions for enhancement to the program. 1) Issue a sound when an entry becomes unique. Would be very useful for users who need to look at the keyboard when typing, such as me. 2) If the name in the next record is the same as the previous, and it contains an abbreviation, ignore the check on the abbreviation. Russ _______________________________________ No viruses found in this outgoing message Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.6.4 http://www.iolo.com

Stuart, My emails don't seem to be getting through to you so sending to the list too Linda _____ From: Mick and Linda [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 22 March 2009 10:28 To: 'Stuart Swinsco' Subject: FW: More scans please Hello Stuart, I am trying to fill in some gaps in previous years, so here is a couple of odd pages 1884 Q1 Marriages Page 56-60 and Pages 104-105 Ref DB-06 Regards Linda _____ From: Stuart Swinsco [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 22 March 2009 06:24 To: Linda & Mick Subject: More scans please 1925 Q4 Births Pages 161-170 Ref ANC-04 A-F completed. More scans please. Stuart

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Liz I'm intrigued by the comment about advising notification of updates. What version of WinBMD were you running previously and what version are you running following your computer crash. The accepted practice is that any updates to WinBMD are publicised on the FreeBMD Admin mailing list (this list). Allan Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana E A Stewart" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 1:52 PM Subject: Re: District Numbers Hi there. There is a newer edition of win BMD which has most of them, there are some new districts A lot of the old districts are now abreviated on the pages , so we have to do that ourselves. It would be better if they notified us of updates.I only found out because my computer crashed, and I had to redownload.!! Liz --- On Sun, 22/3/09, Barbara Addie <[email protected]> wrote: From: Barbara Addie <[email protected]> Subject: District Numbers To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, 22 March, 2009, 1:53 AM Hello, Is there is up-to-date list of Registration District Numbers? I have noticed that there what appears to be new numbers on the lists. Recently I had a "5H" and I see from a recent mail that "5G" was used. I have a book with the old Roman numerals and Arabic showing all districts and sub-districts but wondered if there were more added in the 1930s. Any input welcome. Many thanks Barbara 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message