I have just begun transcribing and am working on typed scans of 1932 births. On several pages I note there are handwritten additions where under the page number the note says "see Dec' 34" (or some other year.) WinBMD will not allow me to type the apostrophe after the D. How to handle this, please? Thanks for your help. Yvonne

Thanks, all, for the help on this point. I subscribe to the list in digest form and for some reason have not received Issue 22 which must include my original posting and Dave's reply - but I have the full story thanks to the copies in Sue's Email. Doubtless Issue 22 will turn up in its own good time. Cedric Hoptroff ________________________________________________________________________ AOL Email goes Mobile! You can now read your AOL Emails whilst on the move. Sign up for a free AOL Email account with unlimited storage today.

I would be interested to know OFF LIST if any transcriber/volunteer who receives the "Run time error 429 ActiveX component can not create object" error message and is STILL UNABLE to get WinBMD to work on Vista after following the advice given in http://www.freebmd.org.uk/vol_faq.html#3b ? Allan Raymond FreeBMD Co-ordinator of Syndicates

I came across this very same problem a few months ago. My co-ordinator suggested that I should include a #COMMENT "Entry shows age at death as lower case letter o". Hope this helps. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "david mayall" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 6:52 AM Subject: Re: Age at death is a letter 'o' > 2009/2/3 <[email protected]> > >> I am transcribing 1933D1-B0048, which was typed on a typewriter. In the >> entry for Barclay, Mavis the age at death is shown as a lower case >> letter 'o', presumably when numeral '0' was intended. FreeBMD will not >> accept a non-numerical value. >> >> The choice seems to be as follows: >> 1. Follow TKB 6(ac) and insert an asterisk and follow the entry with - >> #COMMENT Age shown as lower case letter 'o' >> 2. Depart from TWYS and use a zero. (Bear in mind that the original >> typist's mistake may be no more than failure to select the correct case >> as some typewriters did not have zero and one; you use capital letter >> 'O' and lower case letter 'l' instead.) > > > You are correct to assume that the most likely error here is that the > typist > failed to select upper case when typing on a machine that used upper case > O > as a zero. > > Given that TWYS places less emphasis on upper/lower case, it is > permissible > to depart from the exact case of the original, and read it as an upper > case > O, and transcribe it as 0 > > -- > Dave Mayall > 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

2009/2/3 <[email protected]> > I am transcribing 1933D1-B0048, which was typed on a typewriter. In the > entry for Barclay, Mavis the age at death is shown as a lower case > letter 'o', presumably when numeral '0' was intended. FreeBMD will not > accept a non-numerical value. > > The choice seems to be as follows: > 1. Follow TKB 6(ac) and insert an asterisk and follow the entry with - > #COMMENT Age shown as lower case letter 'o' > 2. Depart from TWYS and use a zero. (Bear in mind that the original > typist's mistake may be no more than failure to select the correct case > as some typewriters did not have zero and one; you use capital letter > 'O' and lower case letter 'l' instead.) You are correct to assume that the most likely error here is that the typist failed to select upper case when typing on a machine that used upper case O as a zero. Given that TWYS places less emphasis on upper/lower case, it is permissible to depart from the exact case of the original, and read it as an upper case O, and transcribe it as 0 -- Dave Mayall

I am transcribing 1933D1-B0048, which was typed on a typewriter. In the entry for Barclay, Mavis the age at death is shown as a lower case letter 'o', presumably when numeral '0' was intended. FreeBMD will not accept a non-numerical value. The choice seems to be as follows: 1. Follow TKB 6(ac) and insert an asterisk and follow the entry with - #COMMENT Age shown as lower case letter 'o' 2. Depart from TWYS and use a zero. (Bear in mind that the original typist's mistake may be no more than failure to select the correct case as some typewriters did not have zero and one; you use capital letter 'O' and lower case letter 'l' instead.) Which is correct? My inclination is towards 2 but if 1 is followed, can the search engine cope? Age at death is a searchable field. Cedric Hoptroff ________________________________________________________________________ AOL Email goes Mobile! You can now read your AOL Emails whilst on the move. Sign up for a free AOL Email account with unlimited storage today.

There are 9936 records in the database with commas in the given name field. No doubt a check could be added to WinBMD and from an ergonomic point of view this is the best place to do it. However, not all users use WinBMD and many use an old version so if this warning was going to be raised it should also be raised by the upload. Our approach to retrospective checks is to flag such problems in http://www.freebmd.org.uk/SuspectFiles.html not to make automated changes to user files. Barrie > -----Original Message----- > From: Susan & Martin Hawkins [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 02 February 2009 01:48 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Commas in Forename field > > Hello > I have the following from one of my transcribers. Could this > be added to > the Wish list for the next version? > Thanks > Sue > > "I've just reviewed all my input to date in order to find and correct > instances where two initials were separated by a space (recent > correspondence having alerted me to the issue). > > In the course of doing that, I found a number of cases where > I'd typed a > comma instead of a full stop after an initial - they stood out in the > uploaded files I was editing because the complete first name > field was > enclosed in quotes, that being the standard for fields > containing a comma in > text files written by EXCEL. Naturally, I fixed both the > uploaded files and > my own copies. > > It left me wondering whether WinBMD might be made to check > for and raise a > warning about any comma it finds in a name field. If this is > practical, it > might save countless minor errors (I assume they don't have any wider > implications?) being propagated in future. If there is an > issue for the > integrity or accessibility of the data, I'm sure it would be > possible to > sweep the existing data files and edit them to replace commas > with full > stops in that field (which, in any case, should bring us back to TWYS > standards, because I suspect there'd be very few instances > where the scans > contained a comma in the name field).." > > Thanks > > > > Coordinator of The Recordsmiths Syndicate of volunteer > transcribers working > for FreeBMD. See http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ for details of > the project. > > >

Hello I have the following from one of my transcribers. Could this be added to the Wish list for the next version? Thanks Sue "I've just reviewed all my input to date in order to find and correct instances where two initials were separated by a space (recent correspondence having alerted me to the issue). In the course of doing that, I found a number of cases where I'd typed a comma instead of a full stop after an initial - they stood out in the uploaded files I was editing because the complete first name field was enclosed in quotes, that being the standard for fields containing a comma in text files written by EXCEL. Naturally, I fixed both the uploaded files and my own copies. It left me wondering whether WinBMD might be made to check for and raise a warning about any comma it finds in a name field. If this is practical, it might save countless minor errors (I assume they don't have any wider implications?) being propagated in future. If there is an issue for the integrity or accessibility of the data, I'm sure it would be possible to sweep the existing data files and edit them to replace commas with full stops in that field (which, in any case, should bring us back to TWYS standards, because I suspect there'd be very few instances where the scans contained a comma in the name field).." Thanks Coordinator of The Recordsmiths Syndicate of volunteer transcribers working for FreeBMD. See http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ for details of the project.

Whilst the definition (in http://www.freebmd.org.uk/Format.shtml) specifies no space between COMMENT or THEORY and the open bracket, it is allowed. It is not just that the entry is not marked as having a comment, there is no comment associated with the entry! This will be corrected at the next update. Barrie > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Coleman [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 01 February 2009 20:58 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: #COMMENT > > There should be no space after # or after COMMENT and before (2). > > #COMMENT(2) > > Could it be that the system will not currently show both the > red + for new > entry and the red ? for #COMMENT ? > > Jeff > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat Eales" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 7:48 PM > Subject: #COMMENT > > > > I'm puzzled about why the flag (the questionmark) for > #COMMENT no longer > > seems to show against my entries in FreeBMD searches. > > > > I have been entering it as #COMMENT(2) Spouse name is given > as...., but > > when I search on the entries I have done for 2Q 1933 marriages, > > particularly Dakin, Thomas E. to Davies, Richard J, and > Jones, Frances > > I.E. to Jones, William, there is no comment flag, and there > should be > > many. > > > > Assuming that I had entered it wrongly, I have been through > all my 2Q 1933 > > marriage files and changed it to #COMMENT (2) Spouse name > etc, (ie I put > > in a space) > > > > However, when I checked my 4Q 1924 marriage file > 1924MN40140.BMD, I find > > that #Comment(2) was entered, and the flag appears in the > search for > > Nason, Irene J. > > > > Ducky > > 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 Sarah I seem to recollect something like this run by Sussex Family History Society - when I was a member several years ago. Of course this was only for Sussex families and members only. I would guess that other FHS would do a similar thing. I haven't seen a generic site for collecting this type of information. Cheers, David -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Geoff Carvosso Sent: Sunday, 1 February 2009 5:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Repository for Scanned Certificates? I have traced Birth, Marriage and Death certificates for a number of my ancestors, and I'm very grateful to FreeBMD and it's volunteers for the huge amount of help this database has been to me. I have a number of certificates for ancestors and for "false leads" which I would be happy to scan and upload to the internet (if the person is deceased and the event is before, say 1909) for the use of other descendents or researchers. Is there a project or repository in existence to accommodate this? Thanks & Regards, Sarah Smith. 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

I'm puzzled about why the flag (the questionmark) for #COMMENT no longer seems to show against my entries in FreeBMD searches. I have been entering it as #COMMENT(2) Spouse name is given as...., but when I search on the entries I have done for 2Q 1933 marriages, particularly Dakin, Thomas E. to Davies, Richard J, and Jones, Frances I.E. to Jones, William, there is no comment flag, and there should be many. Assuming that I had entered it wrongly, I have been through all my 2Q 1933 marriage files and changed it to #COMMENT (2) Spouse name etc, (ie I put in a space) However, when I checked my 4Q 1924 marriage file 1924MN40140.BMD, I find that #Comment(2) was entered, and the flag appears in the search for Nason, Irene J. Ducky

This error will be corrected at the next update. Barrie > -----Original Message----- > From: Pat Eales [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 01 February 2009 19:48 > To: [email protected] > Subject: #COMMENT > > I'm puzzled about why the flag (the questionmark) for > #COMMENT no longer seems to show against my entries in > FreeBMD searches. > > I have been entering it as #COMMENT(2) Spouse name is given > as...., but when I search on the entries I have done for 2Q > 1933 marriages, particularly Dakin, Thomas E. to Davies, > Richard J, and Jones, Frances I.E. to Jones, William, there > is no comment flag, and there should be many. > > Assuming that I had entered it wrongly, I have been through > all my 2Q 1933 marriage files and changed it to #COMMENT (2) > Spouse name etc, (ie I put in a space) > > However, when I checked my 4Q 1924 marriage file > 1924MN40140.BMD, I find that #Comment(2) was entered, and the > flag appears in the search for Nason, Irene J. > > Ducky >

This looks like a system error - I have found a missing #COMMENT in one of my files from the last upload batch. This was a simple comment with no repeater field. The entry was in 1927 September Deaths, page M-0068: Mitchell,Hannah,64,Stafford,6b,55 #COMMENT Page number is outside expected range for Stafford Phil Pat Eales wrote: I'm puzzled about why the flag (the questionmark) for #COMMENT no longer seems to show against my entries in FreeBMD searches. I have been entering it as #COMMENT(2) Spouse name is given as...., but when I search on the entries I have done for 2Q 1933 marriages, particularly Dakin, Th omas E. to Davies, Richard J, and Jones, Frances I.E. to Jones, William, there is no comment flag, and there should be many. Assuming that I had entered it wrongly, I have been through all my 2Q 1933 marr iage files and changed it to #COMMENT (2) Spouse name etc, (ie I put in a space ) However, when I checked my 4Q 1924 marriage file 1924MN40140.BMD, I find that # Comment(2) was entered, and the flag appears in the search for Nason, Irene J. Ducky FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive [1]http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ freebmd-admins FreeBMD [2]http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [3]FREEBMD-ADMINS-request @rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _______________________________________________________________________ References 1. http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins 2. http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ 3. mailto:[email protected]

There should be no space after # or after COMMENT and before (2). #COMMENT(2) Could it be that the system will not currently show both the red + for new entry and the red ? for #COMMENT ? Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Eales" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 7:48 PM Subject: #COMMENT > I'm puzzled about why the flag (the questionmark) for #COMMENT no longer > seems to show against my entries in FreeBMD searches. > > I have been entering it as #COMMENT(2) Spouse name is given as...., but > when I search on the entries I have done for 2Q 1933 marriages, > particularly Dakin, Thomas E. to Davies, Richard J, and Jones, Frances > I.E. to Jones, William, there is no comment flag, and there should be > many. > > Assuming that I had entered it wrongly, I have been through all my 2Q 1933 > marriage files and changed it to #COMMENT (2) Spouse name etc, (ie I put > in a space) > > However, when I checked my 4Q 1924 marriage file 1924MN40140.BMD, I find > that #Comment(2) was entered, and the flag appears in the search for > Nason, Irene J. > > Ducky > 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 >

You can also add the details from each certificate to the FreeBMD database by adding a postem to the appropriate database entry. Michael -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Geoff Carvosso Sent: 31 January 2009 18:28 To: [email protected] Subject: Repository for Scanned Certificates? I have traced Birth, Marriage and Death certificates for a number of my ancestors, and I'm very grateful to FreeBMD and it's volunteers for the huge amount of help this database has been to me. I have a number of certificates for ancestors and for "false leads" which I would be happy to scan and upload to the internet (if the person is deceased and the event is before, say 1909) for the use of other descendents or researchers. Is there a project or repository in existence to accommodate this? Thanks & Regards, Sarah Smith.

The WinBMD program doesn't want me to enter the "a" after the page number. I have been allocated 1919M3S0191a. I've tried just entering 191a without the 0 but that doesn't work either. I've tried to find an answer in the TNB with no results but maybe I'm having another senior moment. Help please. Carol Haycock #609

Yes, there is such a place. Mark Charman has a site www.certificatesharing.com where I have sent my scanned certificates in hopes others may make use of them. Carol Haycock ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Carvosso" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 11:28 AM Subject: Repository for Scanned Certificates? >I have traced Birth, Marriage and Death certificates for a number of my > ancestors, and I'm very grateful to FreeBMD and it's volunteers for the > huge > amount of help this database has been to me. > > > > I have a number of certificates for ancestors and for "false leads" which > I > would be happy to scan and upload to the internet (if the person is > deceased > and the event is before, say 1909) for the use of other descendents or > researchers. > > > > Is there a project or repository in existence to accommodate this? > > > > Thanks & Regards, > > > > Sarah Smith. > > > > 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 >

Or you can advertise them on the Unwanted Certificate forum here http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/ if you are signed up to them ( it's free if not...) Keith > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Repository for Scanned Certificates? > Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:28:23 +0000 > > I have traced Birth, Marriage and Death certificates for a number of my > ancestors, and I'm very grateful to FreeBMD and it's volunteers for the huge > amount of help this database has been to me. > > > > I have a number of certificates for ancestors and for "false leads" which I > would be happy to scan and upload to the internet (if the person is deceased > and the event is before, say 1909) for the use of other descendents or > researchers. > > > > Is there a project or repository in existence to accommodate this? > > > > Thanks & Regards, > > > > Sarah Smith. > > > > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail, Messenger, Photos and more - all with the new Windows Live. Get started! http://www.download.live.com/

Hi there There is also BMDshare.com which is a similar site. Liz --- On Sun, 1/2/09, Henry Griffiths <[email protected]> wrote: From: Henry Griffiths <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Repository for Scanned Certificates? To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, 1 February, 2009, 8:34 AM Hi Geoff You could try the following link www.ukbdm.corpex.com This is an BMD certificate exchange site. There is a small fee to pay I believe. Henry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Carvosso" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 6:28 PM Subject: Repository for Scanned Certificates? >I have traced Birth, Marriage and Death certificates for a number of my > ancestors, and I'm very grateful to FreeBMD and it's volunteers for the > huge > amount of help this database has been to me. > > > > I have a number of certificates for ancestors and for "false leads" which > I > would be happy to scan and upload to the internet (if the person is > deceased > and the event is before, say 1909) for the use of other descendents or > researchers. > > > > Is there a project or repository in existence to accommodate this? > > > > Thanks & Regards, > > > > Sarah Smith. > > > > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.16/1926 - Release Date: 01/30/09 17:31:00 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 again this is another exchange site http://bmd-cert-exch-site.ourwardfamily.com/ Henry