Not directed at you in particular but I always find it helps if details of the original posting however small are included in any response to know what is being replied to. I receive many emails every day and to have to go back to find the initial email query is a bit of bind. Thanks for everyones understanding Allan Raymond P D Hill <pdhill@onetel.com> wrote: Like the shouts at a pantomime - 'oh yes you can!' After getting the results of a search there are links at the bottom of the page saying 'what next?' that take you to the GRO website. I'm sure this is what Wendy means. Pat

Like the shouts at a pantomime - 'oh yes you can!' After getting the results of a search there are links at the bottom of the page saying 'what next?' that take you to the GRO website. I'm sure this is what Wendy means. Pat

Quoting Wendy Lawson <wlawson12@cogeco.ca>: > Hi Free BMD volunteers, > Thanks to everyone who makes this site such an excellent resource. I've been > using it for about a year and of course, over that time the records have > increased significantly. I only recently learned that certificates could be > ordered through your site, whether the purpose is to offer a service or > generate income, well done! Well, thanks, but you must be thinking of another site. Certificates can't be ordered from the FreeBMD site. -- Dave Mayall ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net

Many thanks to Sue and Steve. Enlarging the font is the answer!! Chris " The details of the transcribed record in the orange box are too far over to the left. There is a huge gap between the District name and the District number. Consequently, if I have the transcribed forename below its original it is impossible to have the transcribed District anyhere near its original."

Hi Carol I had this same problem on my last assignment . I eventually sent it off and then was contacted and told it was actually 2 pages not 2 columns that I was transcribing - so each column is one page. You need to add +page then I think it should be ok. HTH Pamela -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.23/243 - Release Date: 27/01/2006

Thanks for the offer, David. I have worked around the problem and am wondering if you still want the transcription copy. If so, can you receive .bmd files or should I save the file in some other format before sending? Carol > [Original Message] > From: David Lang <david.lang@bmdverify.itendia.co.uk> > To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 1/29/2006 4:19:14 AM > Subject: RE: BMD Verify > > If someone who is having this problem will send me a copy of their > transcription, I'll try it on the PC I use for developing BMDVerify. > > Regards > David Lang > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: L&CE Mackrill [mailto:fishes2@bigpond.net.au] > > Sent: 28 January 2006 11:56 > > To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: BMD Verify > > > > > > I'm not sure if this applies to Carol & Karan, but after I > > replied to Carol, > > I loaded an 1858 handwritten file to verify and had something > > similar happen > > to me. I checked the file and found for some reason I had only > > transcribed > > the first page and put the file into the "to be verified folder" I have. > > This was giving me a "reached end of records" message when trying > > to set up > > BMD Verify because there WAS no more records. BMD Verify - 1, > > Leonard - 0. > > :-) > > > > Leonard > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Karan Antonio" <karan32@tiscali.co.uk> > > To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 6:23 PM > > Subject: BMD Verify > > > > > > : Hi all! > > : > > : I am also getting a problem with BMD Verify, it is doing > > exactly the same > > as Carol described earlier. > > : > > : Could anyone tell us what is wrong? > > : > > : Thanks > > : Karan Antonio > > : > > : > > : > > : ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > > : FreeBMD Transcribers homepage > > : http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vindex.shtml > > : > > : ============================== > > : Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > : last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > : > > : > > > > ______________________________ > > > > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > Want to help FreeBMD? > Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >

Hi Chris, You can adjust the font size, by using F to increase the size and Shift-F to decrease the size, You can also adjust the width of the orange box by dragging it in or out - hover the mouse pointer over the right hand edge and when it changes to a double headed arrow, you can drag the box to make it wider or narrower. You can also adjust the magnification of the scan itself, by using the In or Out buttons at the bottom of the scanned page. Using a combination of these, you can usually get a reasonable line up, but some years are better than others - it depends on the layout of the original index. If you go to the overhead menu at the top of the scan image, there is Help>Commands help... This tells you all the different things you can do with the different buttons. By trying these out, you can find what suits you best. Personally, I don't like the box to be orange - mine is grey which is easier on the eyes. Regards Sue Smith Family Web Site http://www.harriesfamily.net/ -----Original Message----- From: Chris Hughes [mailto:hughes.11@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: 29 January 2006 11:50 To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Subject: BMD Verify: Another Problem The details of the transcribed record in the orange box are too far over to the left. There is a huge gap between the District name and the District number. Consequently, if I have the transcribed forename below its original it is impossible to have the transcribed District anyhere near its original. Anyone know what I am doing wrong, please? Chris Hughes ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== Subscribe/Unsubscribe instructions and Archives http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/FreeUK/FreeBMD-Admins.html ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.23/243 - Release Date: 27/01/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.23/243 - Release Date: 27/01/2006

Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you who responded to my plea. By hitting the minus key when the orange box tells me I'm at the end of the records, I get to the top of the second page. So, I am now in the business of transcribing handwritten scans. I do appreciate all the help. What a wonderful group you transcribers are. Carol

Chris, I change the font (press F for bigger, <shift>F for smaller) when I am checking. This can bring the columns to the right place but sometimes then long District names get curtailed. I have been doing Deaths and I check by columns: I line up names, changing font maybe and go through all. Then I line up Age at Death and check all Then District Etc. Hope this helps. Steve Holloway ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hughes" <hughes.11@tiscali.co.uk> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 11:50 AM Subject: BMD Verify: Another Problem > > The details of the transcribed record in the orange box are too far over > to > the left. There is a huge gap between the District name and the District > number. Consequently, if I have the transcribed forename below its > original > it is impossible to have the transcribed District anyhere near its > original. > > Anyone know what I am doing wrong, please? > > Chris Hughes > > > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > Subscribe/Unsubscribe instructions and Archives > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/FreeUK/FreeBMD-Admins.html > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.23/243 - Release Date: > 27/01/2006 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.23/243 - Release Date: 27/01/2006

nothing, that's just the way it is. I sometimes resize the box so that it starts under the forename - this is particularly good when you are doing a whole page of the same surname, then the other fields are adjusted better - but there is still a misalignment Bronny ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Hughes To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 11:50 AM Subject: BMD Verify: Another Problem The details of the transcribed record in the orange box are too far over to the left. There is a huge gap between the District name and the District number. Consequently, if I have the transcribed forename below its original it is impossible to have the transcribed District anyhere near its original. Anyone know what I am doing wrong, please? Chris Hughes ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== Subscribe/Unsubscribe instructions and Archives http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/FreeUK/FreeBMD-Admins.html ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

The details of the transcribed record in the orange box are too far over to the left. There is a huge gap between the District name and the District number. Consequently, if I have the transcribed forename below its original it is impossible to have the transcribed District anyhere near its original. Anyone know what I am doing wrong, please? Chris Hughes

If someone who is having this problem will send me a copy of their transcription, I'll try it on the PC I use for developing BMDVerify. Regards David Lang > -----Original Message----- > From: L&CE Mackrill [mailto:fishes2@bigpond.net.au] > Sent: 28 January 2006 11:56 > To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: BMD Verify > > > I'm not sure if this applies to Carol & Karan, but after I > replied to Carol, > I loaded an 1858 handwritten file to verify and had something > similar happen > to me. I checked the file and found for some reason I had only > transcribed > the first page and put the file into the "to be verified folder" I have. > This was giving me a "reached end of records" message when trying > to set up > BMD Verify because there WAS no more records. BMD Verify - 1, > Leonard - 0. > :-) > > Leonard > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karan Antonio" <karan32@tiscali.co.uk> > To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 6:23 PM > Subject: BMD Verify > > > : Hi all! > : > : I am also getting a problem with BMD Verify, it is doing > exactly the same > as Carol described earlier. > : > : Could anyone tell us what is wrong? > : > : Thanks > : Karan Antonio > : > : > : > : ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > : FreeBMD Transcribers homepage > : http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vindex.shtml > : > : ============================== > : Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > : last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > : > : > > ______________________________

Hi, I use enter and backspace instead of + or - and have never had this problem. Just press 2 at the foot, the backspace or forward space to the next name after column 1. I go one more than the last entry in column 1 so I know which is the first entry in column 2. Hope this helps. D. Jenkins ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheila Woods" <smwoods@mts.net> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 4:18 AM Subject: Re: Problem with BMD Verify (End of records) > Sorry if this is a duplicate. I subscribe to the list in digest form. > > That happens with the 2-page handwritten scans. When you hit the minus > key you see the last entry in your transcription. Keep hitting the > minus key until you see the name at the top of the second page (about 40 > times!). > > HTH > > Sheila > > Original message > > Subject: > Problem with BMD Verify > Date: > Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:27:57 -0700 > From: > "Carol Haycock" <ghaycock@rmi.net> > To: > FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com > > > > I am transcribing a beautifully handwritten scan with two columns. I > use BMD Verify for checking and when I get to the end > of the first column and go to the second, I get the message that I've > reached the end of the records. > > On the second screen when loading my scan, I indicate that it is 2 > columns and a whole page scan. I've never had a problem > with Verify before and hope someone can tell me how to correct this. > > Carol Haycock > Scan 2 (609) > > > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > Want to help FreeBMD? > Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

I'm not sure if this applies to Carol & Karan, but after I replied to Carol, I loaded an 1858 handwritten file to verify and had something similar happen to me. I checked the file and found for some reason I had only transcribed the first page and put the file into the "to be verified folder" I have. This was giving me a "reached end of records" message when trying to set up BMD Verify because there WAS no more records. BMD Verify - 1, Leonard - 0. :-) Leonard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karan Antonio" <karan32@tiscali.co.uk> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 6:23 PM Subject: BMD Verify : Hi all! : : I am also getting a problem with BMD Verify, it is doing exactly the same as Carol described earlier. : : Could anyone tell us what is wrong? : : Thanks : Karan Antonio : : : : ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== : FreeBMD Transcribers homepage : http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vindex.shtml : : ============================== : Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the : last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx : :

Carol The problem may be that the scan is two pages woth a +PAGE in between. The older version of BMD Verify does not cope. My work around is to call it a one column scan and reposition the text box to the top of the second column when required. Alternatively go for a newer version of BMD Verify (But this may also cause problems on some systems) Hope this helps Dominic -------------- I am transcribing a beautifully handwritten scan with two columns. I use BMD Verify for checking and when I get to the end of the first column and go to the second, I get the message that I've reached the end of the records. On the second screen when loading my scan, I indicate that it is 2 columns and a whole page scan. I've never had a problem with Verify before and hope someone can tell me how to correct this. Carol Haycock Scan 2 (609)

Hello Carol, When the orange box is at the top of the second page, read the instructions in the box and use the + or - keys to scroll, usually backwards, through the names till you get to the name at the top of the page, line it up, press enter and you are away. Leonard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Haycock" <ghaycock@rmi.net> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 2:27 PM Subject: Problem with BMD Verify :I am transcribing a beautifully handwritten scan with two columns. I use BMD Verify for checking and when I get to the end of the first column and go to the second, I get the message that I've reached the end of the records. : : On the second screen when loading my scan, I indicate that it is 2 columns and a whole page scan. I've never had a problem with Verify before and hope someone can tell me how to correct this. : : Carol Haycock : Scan 2 (609) : : : ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== : Want to help FreeBMD? : Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. : : ============================== : Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. : New content added every business day. Learn more: : http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx : :

Sorry if this is a duplicate. I subscribe to the list in digest form. That happens with the 2-page handwritten scans. When you hit the minus key you see the last entry in your transcription. Keep hitting the minus key until you see the name at the top of the second page (about 40 times!). HTH Sheila Original message Subject: Problem with BMD Verify Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:27:57 -0700 From: "Carol Haycock" <ghaycock@rmi.net> To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com I am transcribing a beautifully handwritten scan with two columns. I use BMD Verify for checking and when I get to the end of the first column and go to the second, I get the message that I've reached the end of the records. On the second screen when loading my scan, I indicate that it is 2 columns and a whole page scan. I've never had a problem with Verify before and hope someone can tell me how to correct this. Carol Haycock Scan 2 (609)

Hi all! I am also getting a problem with BMD Verify, it is doing exactly the same as Carol described earlier. Could anyone tell us what is wrong? Thanks Karan Antonio

I am transcribing a beautifully handwritten scan with two columns. I use BMD Verify for checking and when I get to the end of the first column and go to the second, I get the message that I've reached the end of the records. On the second screen when loading my scan, I indicate that it is 2 columns and a whole page scan. I've never had a problem with Verify before and hope someone can tell me how to correct this. Carol Haycock Scan 2 (609)

If you have both a district and volume missing, then use ?,? in the 'district' box in WinBMD. You will get lots of warnings in WinBMD when you use ? but should persevere and keep on clicking 'OK' and the file should then save properly, and should upload to FreeBMD, though you may again get warnings. Hope this solves it. If not, let the list know what scan you are working on and someone will advise after looking at it. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Haycock" <ghaycock@rmi.net> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 10:19 PM Subject: Missing District Name and Number > I have just completed a transcription which has an entry from a > hand-written record at the bottom of the page that did not contain a > District although it did have a page number. I am using Win BMD. > > I interpreted the instructions in the Beginner's page to say that a "?" is > used when a column is completely missing. However, Free BMD will not > accept the "defective" file. In my few years of transcribing I have > usually found ways to get around such problems; however, this one has been > baffled. I have also tried using the comma after "?" as well as > underscores and the asterisk with and without commas. > > Help please > > Carol Haycock (609)