I don't quite see any problem with what you describe. The image of the page you transcribed has to be there as that is what you are verifying your transcription against. The orange box is a copy of your transcription - once you have lined it up, by going on to Steps 3 and 4 you will be able to search for any errors in your transcription. The image of the page will scroll as you progress through your check. Then you will you need to go back to Winbmd to make and save corrections. ----- Original Message ----- From: "selwyn auty" <sabw1@tiscali.co.uk> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 8:15 PM Subject: BMDVerify > Hi there folks > > > > Can someone out there please help me get to grips with this confounded > programme It's driving me around the bend > > > > After I have input steps 1 and 2 of the set up I get a full screen image of > the page (.jpg) that I have been transcribing from > > laying on top of it is the little orange box with the first item I have to > check on my transcription > > > > no matter what I have tried, I cannot reduce the size of this jpg image > > if I try to move it over the .BMD page which is what it ought to be checking > it pushes the .BMD page behind > > if I try to get rid of the .jpg image (which I don't see any reason for its > being there) the little check box goes with it > > > > can someone please give me a step by step idiots guide on how to run the > check prog properly > > > > desperately > > > > Selwyn > > > > Apologies folks if this message is duplicated but I don't think it went out > first time at 2315 > > > > ==== 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 > >

After you have completed transcribing the whole page using WinBMD you can use BMDVerify to check you have not made any mistakes. After you have followed the lining up instructions, you can move down each entry using the Return key, checking you have put in the right data. If you run WinBMD as well you can correct any mistakes there and go back to BMD Verify. It will ask you to press R to reload the file. Then you carry on checking. I find it a very useful program. Does this help? Regards, Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "selwyn auty" <sabw1@tiscali.co.uk> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 8:15 PM Subject: BMDVerify > Hi there folks > > > > Can someone out there please help me get to grips with this confounded > programme It's driving me around the bend > > > > After I have input steps 1 and 2 of the set up I get a full screen image > of > the page (.jpg) that I have been transcribing from > > laying on top of it is the little orange box with the first item I have to > check on my transcription > > > > no matter what I have tried, I cannot reduce the size of this jpg image > > if I try to move it over the .BMD page which is what it ought to be > checking > it pushes the .BMD page behind > > if I try to get rid of the .jpg image (which I don't see any reason for > its > being there) the little check box goes with it > > > > can someone please give me a step by step idiots guide on how to run the > check prog properly > > > > desperately > > > > Selwyn > > > > Apologies folks if this message is duplicated but I don't think it went > out > first time at 2315 > > > > ==== 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 > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.21/236 - Release Date: > 20/01/2006 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.21/236 - Release Date: 20/01/2006

----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Archer" <e_r_archer@hotmail.com> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 8:43 PM Subject: RE: BMDVerify > BMDVerify is imo an excellent tool. I have used it for nearly two years > withjout the problems you describe. > > I venture to suggest that you may have a flawed installation and I suggest > that you uninstall and reinstall > > Good luck > > Rick > > > > > From: "selwyn auty" <sabw1@tiscali.co.uk> > Reply-To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com > To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: BMDVerify > Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 20:15:34 -0000 > >Hi there folks > > > > > > > >Can someone out there please help me get to grips with this confounded > >programme It's driving me around the bend > > > > > > > >After I have input steps 1 and 2 of the set up I get a full screen image > >of > >the page (.jpg) that I have been transcribing from > > > >laying on top of it is the little orange box with the first item I have to > >check on my transcription > > > > > > > >no matter what I have tried, I cannot reduce the size of this jpg image > > > >if I try to move it over the .BMD page which is what it ought to be > >checking > >it pushes the .BMD page behind > > > >if I try to get rid of the .jpg image (which I don't see any reason for its > >being there) the little check box goes with it > > > > > > > >can someone please give me a step by step idiots guide on how to run the > >check prog properly > > > > > > > >desperately > > > > > > > >Selwyn > > > > > > > >Apologies folks if this message is duplicated but I don't think it went out > >first time at 2315 > > > > > > > >==== 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 > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN Search Toolbar now includes Desktop search! > http://toolbar.msn.co.uk/ > > > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > Need to get a fast answer to your transcribing problems? Go to the > Transcribers Knowledge Base at http://FreeBMD.RootsWeb.com/vol_faq.html > > ============================== > 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 > >

BMDVerify is imo an excellent tool. I have used it for nearly two years withjout the problems you describe. I venture to suggest that you may have a flawed installation and I suggest that you uninstall and reinstall Good luck Rick From: "selwyn auty" <sabw1@tiscali.co.uk> Reply-To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Subject: BMDVerify Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 20:15:34 -0000 >Hi there folks > > > >Can someone out there please help me get to grips with this confounded >programme It's driving me around the bend > > > >After I have input steps 1 and 2 of the set up I get a full screen image >of >the page (.jpg) that I have been transcribing from > >laying on top of it is the little orange box with the first item I have to >check on my transcription > > > >no matter what I have tried, I cannot reduce the size of this jpg image > >if I try to move it over the .BMD page which is what it ought to be >checking >it pushes the .BMD page behind > >if I try to get rid of the .jpg image (which I don't see any reason for its >being there) the little check box goes with it > > > >can someone please give me a step by step idiots guide on how to run the >check prog properly > > > >desperately > > > >Selwyn > > > >Apologies folks if this message is duplicated but I don't think it went out >first time at 2315 > > > >==== 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 > _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN Search Toolbar now includes Desktop search! http://toolbar.msn.co.uk/

Hi there folks Can someone out there please help me get to grips with this confounded programme It's driving me around the bend After I have input steps 1 and 2 of the set up I get a full screen image of the page (.jpg) that I have been transcribing from laying on top of it is the little orange box with the first item I have to check on my transcription no matter what I have tried, I cannot reduce the size of this jpg image if I try to move it over the .BMD page which is what it ought to be checking it pushes the .BMD page behind if I try to get rid of the .jpg image (which I don't see any reason for its being there) the little check box goes with it can someone please give me a step by step idiots guide on how to run the check prog properly desperately Selwyn Apologies folks if this message is duplicated but I don't think it went out first time at 2315

Dear Administrators, I feel a bit of a traitor writing this Email, but I fancy that other transcribers are having the same thought. Now that we know what CAN be read on the original index after seeing Ancestry's scans/photographs, it is going to be hard to work from the FreeBMD scans. We shall all know that Ancestry subscribers will be able to read things that are illegible to us. What fools we will all look! AND it will undermine the user's confidence in FreeBMD. May I suggest, most humbly, that the administrators negotiate with Ancestry to use their images. FreeBMD could provide the army of willing volunteers. I'm sure that all of the transcribers would be more than happy with that arrangement. Again I cringe and apologise for this interference, but I feel driven to suggest it. Jacky Middleton in Ancaster, Lincolnshire

as a fellow transcriber, I can empathise with you - I found transcribing all those baby deaths rather difficult and I hadn't had your experience. Could your co-ordinator not allocate those scans to you? I know our syndicate co-ord has a variety of scans that are available - I am transcribing a mix of births and marriages at the mo. I asked for a rest from deaths a while back. Anyway, you must do what is right for you - but I am sure your contribution has been greatly valued. Bronny ----- Original Message ----- From: SsFttn@aol.com To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 7:02 AM Subject: unsubscribe i was a subscriber but bot have time to do any for a long time can you please arrange for me to be taken off your list. I do not want to keep recieving e-mails from other transcribers. I know this sounds silly but one of the reasons i stopped was when i was given deaths to transcibe. the baby deaths upset me haveing lost my niece to cot death Thanks Susan Fitton SsFttn@aol.com ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== FreeBMD Transcribers homepage http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vindex.shtml ============================== 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

Jacky, Although this is off-topic for this list here is a copy of a post I sent to the Discuss list today on this same subject. This is only my thought on the subject not an 'official' FreeBMD response. I think that the real question is how were these pages made clearer? If they are the result of scanning the originals at a higher resolution etc then they are possibly useful, however if they are the result of a software process such as de-speckle, etc, as those on other well known sites are, then they are unlikely to be reliable for transcription purposes. These processes use a mathematical process to determine if each pixel is likely to be part of a character or noise etc on the image and remove the latter, as such they have the possibility of making a character appear to be what it isn't. Whether it is better to transcribe an image altered in this way than one which is very difficult to read is another question but that is why we use symbols to represent illegible characters. Once you start dealing with altered images then what was previously illegible may now appear legible but one cannot tell that it is wrong, at least the present method gives a warning that there i! s something here which may not be quite right. I know that FreeBMD are in the process of having some of our poorer quality pages re-scanned and this is a much better solution than using image processing to "improve" them. Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: Jacky Middleton To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 11:39 AM Subject: FAO Administrators. A humble suggestion Dear Administrators, I feel a bit of a traitor writing this Email, but I fancy that other transcribers are having the same thought. Now that we know what CAN be read on the original index after seeing Ancestry's scans/photographs, it is going to be hard to work from the FreeBMD scans. We shall all know that Ancestry subscribers will be able to read things that are illegible to us. What fools we will all look! AND it will undermine the user's confidence in FreeBMD. May I suggest, most humbly, that the administrators negotiate with Ancestry to use their images. FreeBMD could provide the army of willing volunteers. I'm sure that all of the transcribers would be more than happy with that arrangement. Again I cringe and apologise for this interference, but I feel driven to suggest it. Jacky Middleton in Ancaster, Lincolnshire ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== FreeBMD - http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com ============================== 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 am a user of both Ancestry and FreeBMD. Thank you all for your excellent work. Please do not be alarmed about the appearance of GRO indexes on the Ancestry page. Your search facilities are better than theose offered from Ancestry. FreeBMD searches permit the searcher to specify District or a County. This is not the case with Ancestry. FreeBMD results are filtered and only relevant options are given. The Ancestry results only point the searcher to the GRO pages. If you do not know the year (or sometimes the decade) you have to trawl through four page per year. Who wants to do this when a search engine can do it for you. Ancestry is fine for Census data but you beat then hands down for BMD Keep up the good work. A very happy user of FreeBMD

Ev Finding out more info on a family would have been like asking someone who compiles the telephone directory to give you more information on any one entry! I'm sure your local FHC will help you... Good luck Jan

i was a subscriber but bot have time to do any for a long time can you please arrange for me to be taken off your list. I do not want to keep recieving e-mails from other transcribers. I know this sounds silly but one of the reasons i stopped was when i was given deaths to transcibe. the baby deaths upset me haveing lost my niece to cot death Thanks Susan Fitton SsFttn@aol.com

Hello there I am a transcriber, how can I help Take care Ruthie in NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: <eibhlin@travel-net.com> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 12:36 PM Subject: Question > Hello > How would I contact a transcriber? and when will Scottish records be > available ? > thank you > Evi > > > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > List archives > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > > ============================== > 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 > > >

1 Why do you need to contact a transcriber, is it a specific transcriber? If you are looking for one of our transcribers regarding a query about a record they uploaded to FreeBMD you will not be able to make contact unless he/she has specifically indicated on the FreeBMD site his/her agreement to be contacted. 2. Scottish Records are available, slight catch you have to pay search for them. These are separate from the FreeBMD Project. Further details can be found at: http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/FAQ.html#2 (which has a link to the Scottish Site) Allan Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: <eibhlin@travel-net.com> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 19 January 2006 23:36 Subject: Question Hello How would I contact a transcriber? and when will Scottish records be available ? thank you Evi

I was hoping to find more info On a particualr family, I will be going to our local family history centre next week, to find out more about those i find in BMD thank you Ev Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Raymond" <allan_raymond@btinternet.com> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 8:56 PM Subject: Re: Question > 1 Why do you need to contact a transcriber, is it a specific transcriber? > > If you are looking for one of our transcribers regarding a query about a record they uploaded to > FreeBMD you will not be able to make contact unless he/she has specifically indicated on the FreeBMD > site his/her agreement to be contacted. > > 2. Scottish Records are available, slight catch you have to pay search for them. These are separate > from the FreeBMD Project. > > Further details can be found at: http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/FAQ.html#2 (which has a link to the > Scottish Site) > > Allan Raymond > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <eibhlin@travel-net.com> > To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: 19 January 2006 23:36 > Subject: Question > > > Hello > How would I contact a transcriber? and when will Scottish records be available ? > thank you > Evi > > > > > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > Subscribe/Unsubscribe instructions and Archives > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/FreeUK/FreeBMD-Admins.html > > ============================== > 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 > >

----- Original Message ----- From: Christopher Richards To: freebmd-admin-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 8:19 PM Subject: runtime error 429 I've just reloaded WinBMD after a reinstall and I get this error message with the comment "ActiveX component cannot create object". Google produces examples of this error and reasons for it but not have fitted so far. Has anybody else had this problem? OS is WindowsXP SP2. Christopher Richards

Hello How would I contact a transcriber? and when will Scottish records be available ? thank you Evi

Looks like 0004/S in 1911B3P0316 and 0004/3 in 0319 Conceivably these refer to late entries in September quarter of 2004 !! Maybe this person died aged 92/3 and birth was registered retrospectively. http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vol_faq.html#6q may well apply However, ours is not to reason why, simply Type What You See. Jeff > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Sorry, My last should have said Cuckfield of course -----Original Message----- From: JeremyHakes [mailto:jeremy@hakes7476.freeserve.co.uk] Sent: 17 January 2006 18:08 To: 'FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com' Subject: RE: Page Numbers My best advice is to TWYS. The Page Range for Cuckney for Births in that quarter actually gives 259 to 285 which is not consitant with the enries you have and there is no way to tell whether the entries in the Register at the time the scan was made were legitamate or not Regards Jeremy -----Original Message----- From: Chris Hughes [mailto:hughes.11@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: 17 January 2006 15:55 To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: Page Numbers Jeremy, That made me compare the 2 entries and may give part of the answer! The files are 1911B3P0316 & 0319. The Surname is PRIOR in 0316 & PRYOR in 0319, but otherwise it's the same birth. Chris -----Original Message----- From: JeremyHakes [mailto:jeremy@hakes7476.freeserve.co.uk] Sent: 17 January 2006 14:13 To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: Page Numbers Chris, Perhaps you could enlighten us as to the the Scan file name the entries are on. We will then be in a better position to give advise. It may be that you have references to registrations that was recorded in a later year but it is virtually impossible to say without seeing them. Regards Jeremy District Alias Team -----Original Message----- From: Chris Hughes [mailto:hughes.11@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: 17 January 2006 12:23 To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Page Numbers I've been transcribing for nearly a year now and have found it pretty straightforward, probably because I've only worked on typed originals later than 1900. However in my current batch I found 2 hand-written "late" entries with strange page numbers. These are in 1911. One says just "0004/s" The other looks like "code/3"; I'd like it to be 0000/3 but really cannot support it!! Now there's no problem in uploading them (other than the usual warning for non-standard page number) but I am intrigued to know what the indexer had in mind. Can anyone throw any light? Chris Hughes ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== FreeBMD Transcribers homepage http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vindex.shtml ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429 ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== FreeBMD - http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com ============================== 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.18/230 - Release Date: 14/01/2006 ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== FreeBMD Transcribers homepage http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vindex.shtml ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

My best advice is to TWYS. The Page Range for Cuckney for Births in that quarter actually gives 259 to 285 which is not consitant with the enries you have and there is no way to tell whether the entries in the Register at the time the scan was made were legitamate or not Regards Jeremy -----Original Message----- From: Chris Hughes [mailto:hughes.11@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: 17 January 2006 15:55 To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: Page Numbers Jeremy, That made me compare the 2 entries and may give part of the answer! The files are 1911B3P0316 & 0319. The Surname is PRIOR in 0316 & PRYOR in 0319, but otherwise it's the same birth. Chris -----Original Message----- From: JeremyHakes [mailto:jeremy@hakes7476.freeserve.co.uk] Sent: 17 January 2006 14:13 To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: Page Numbers Chris, Perhaps you could enlighten us as to the the Scan file name the entries are on. We will then be in a better position to give advise. It may be that you have references to registrations that was recorded in a later year but it is virtually impossible to say without seeing them. Regards Jeremy District Alias Team -----Original Message----- From: Chris Hughes [mailto:hughes.11@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: 17 January 2006 12:23 To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Page Numbers I've been transcribing for nearly a year now and have found it pretty straightforward, probably because I've only worked on typed originals later than 1900. However in my current batch I found 2 hand-written "late" entries with strange page numbers. These are in 1911. One says just "0004/s" The other looks like "code/3"; I'd like it to be 0000/3 but really cannot support it!! Now there's no problem in uploading them (other than the usual warning for non-standard page number) but I am intrigued to know what the indexer had in mind. Can anyone throw any light? Chris Hughes ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== FreeBMD Transcribers homepage http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vindex.shtml ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429 ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== FreeBMD - http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com ============================== 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.18/230 - Release Date: 14/01/2006 ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== FreeBMD Transcribers homepage http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vindex.shtml ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

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