Hi Stuart I just had a look at that for you. I can see there is another name but its not possible to bring that entry up. I would suggest you contact your syndicate leader and tell them and see what they advise you to do Sorry not to be of more help Julie Hi I am VERY new to transcribing so this might be an easy one to answer. I am transcribing 1877 deaths march p111 FOL-FOR and at the bottom of the first column I can see there is an entry underneath FORD Gertrude Myra J. 0.......Chipping S. 6a 13_ I can see the top of the page number has a 7 in the middle but that is all. I know that the surname must be FORD as this continues in column 2 and the first letter of the foremane must be G or H (as Hannah starts col 2) but cannot READ these. What should I transcribe. Regards Stuart Davies

Hi Any one out there to give me a word or two fo advice, I have registered with freebmd as a transscriber (last Sunday 19/12/2005) but as yet my details don't work when I try to access scanned pages for transcription, any comments please Keith Sorry if this is not the correct place to ask this type of question.

Hi Karan East Ham was in volume 5a between 1st Jul 1947 and 31 Mar 1965, if that helps you to interpret what you read. BTW, the rule for entering See/50 by a question mark is an old rule which changed a while back. Please refer to file:///C:/FreeBMD/sources/rootsweb-FreeBMD2/html/vol_faq.html#6q Jeff told you that WinBMD won't accept a / character in the district field but will accept it in the page number field. But the FreeBMD software itself *will* accept a / character in the district field. The simplest way to do this is after you have used WinBMD to create the file, save it but do not upload it, and close WinBMD. Then open the file with Notepad (but *not* MSWord) and make the edit to add the / character. Then open WinBMD again, and when you get the pop-up "Would you line to continue using batch 1907B3N0401.BMD?" click the Yes button and then upload it in the usual way. Seasons greetings to everyone Mary Trevan =========================== FreeBMD District Aliasing Coordinator FreeCEN Coordinator for the Channel Islands 1861 and 1891 census http://www.freecen.org.uk/project.htm (Looking for volunteers to start transcribing after the holiday season -) ) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karan Antonio" <karan32@tiscali.co.uk> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 7:32 AM Subject: Handwritten query > I have come across a handwritten entry at the bottom of my scan which is written as: > > NORMAN Lilian E./Ham 5A See S/50 > > Does any one know how I should be transcribing this.(I know the rule for entering See/50 by replacing volume number with a question mark, it's just the E/Ham that is puzzling me...Could it be Lilian E. Ham 5A, or could it be E/Ham as in East Ham,5A. > > Merry Christmas to you all > Karan > > > > ==== 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 > > ============================== > 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 > >

Unless you tell us which scan it is, we can't advise you properly ;-( My guess is E. Ham,5A in the district 'box' and See S/50 in the page number box. East Ham is a district created after 1930 when numbering was different. However, Type What You See is the golden rule. WinBMD won't accept a / character in the district field but will accept it in the page number field. No need to use ? for the volume number, as it is there, 5A. http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vol_faq.html#6q applies. Jeff >I have come across a handwritten entry at the bottom of my scan which is >written as: > > NORMAN Lilian E./Ham 5A See S/50 > > Does any one know how I should be transcribing this.(I know the rule for > entering See/50 by replacing volume number with a question mark, it's just > the E/Ham that is puzzling me...Could it be Lilian E. Ham 5A, or could > it be E/Ham as in East Ham,5A.

Sorry for forgetting to type the file name yesterday. The scan was 1907B3-N-0401....I hope this helps, and thanks for the advise. Karan Antonio

I have come across a handwritten entry at the bottom of my scan which is written as: NORMAN Lilian E./Ham 5A See S/50 Does any one know how I should be transcribing this.(I know the rule for entering See/50 by replacing volume number with a question mark, it's just the E/Ham that is puzzling me...Could it be Lilian E. Ham 5A, or could it be E/Ham as in East Ham,5A. Merry Christmas to you all Karan

Hello List, Could someone take a look at the WEBBER George addition to the 1865M4-W-0231 scan and advise me how I should handle it please. There is a crossed out addition and illegible additions. Thanks. Leonard Scan2

Hello My answer would be to add a comment line after the entry. Just say what you have said in the e-mail. ----- There is a crossed out addition and illegible additions. maurice #1550 From: "L&CE Mackrill" <fishes2@bigpond.net.au> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 4:18 AM Subject: Additional Entry > Hello List, > Could someone take a look at the WEBBER George addition to the 1865M4-W-0231 scan and advise me how I should handle it please. There is a crossed out addition and illegible additions. Thanks. > > Leonard > Scan2 > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.0/203 - Release Date: 15/12/05 > >

Hello Download now working . Thanks maurice #1550 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Mahoney" <cmahoney@orcon.net.nz> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 1:02 AM Subject: Re: Problems > Hi > > This problem is caused by one of the settings of the Content Advisor within > Internet Explorer. > > To correct, open Internet Explorer, select Internet Options under the Tools > menu, go to the Content Tab, and click on the disable button. > > For those who want the content advisor enabled, but still be able to > download from various websites, I can provide instructions on doing this. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charlotte Burton-Bell & Chris Bell" <c_cbell@paradise.net.nz> > To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 10:13 AM > Subject: Problems > > > > I am having problems with downloading files from the website at the > moment. > > Using Internet Explorer 7 I have been used to logging on to > > www.freeBMD.org.uk <http://www.freebmd.org.uk/> and then the page I > need - > > at the moment > > http://images.freebmd.org.uk/GUS/1862/Deaths/December/UKD-02/H-S/. > Having > > selected the page I need I right-click on the scan to be downloaded - > > however at the moment the "Save target as ." option is greyed out so not > > able to be selected. > > > > > > > > How can I change this. This has been happening for the last week or so - > I > > noted it when uploading the 1863 scans for correction but managed to save > > them by a two-step process from opening the image and then saving it. > It's > > complicated though and if I can get back to where I was and upload things > > normally it would make it much easier. I found last night that I was > able > > to download scans through the FreeBMD images page so I can download but it > > is not quite as convenient. > > > > > > > > It may be a something in my Internet settings that has changed that > prevents > > me downloading files, but when I haven't been able to identify anything on > > Microsoft that can help me. I am using Microsoft Internet Explorer 2003, > > Windows XP 2003 and Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 for e.mail > communications. > > How can I get around this? > > > > > > > > I have already asked Melda Brunette, my syndicate co-ordinator, who > > suggested that I forward the query to the Admin list for help. > > > > > > > > Charlotte Burton-Bell > > > > Wellington NZ 6004 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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. > > ============================== > 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: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.11/191 - Release Date: 02/12/05 > >

I suppose the question should be asked? Why is there a need to add a reason why the entry is incorrect. I've copied the last requirement from the "Entry correction" page "When completing the source field, please just tell us, in as few words as possible, where you found the information. Lengthy explanations, or worse still spirited advocacy supporting the correction are unhelpful." Therefore, once you've completed the appropriate correction(s) boxes against the record plus inserted the source reference it should be possible for our Corrections Co-ordinator to validate the correction request. If you would like to have another attempt at submitting the correction request but this time only included details of the source (i.e GRO fiche) your request should be accepted. Allan Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry" <barry.clarke@btconnect.com> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: 15 December 2005 16:23 Subject: {not a subscriber} Submitting a correction. I have tried to submit a correction using the proforma page and it will not let me submit. I am using the tick box as requested, defining the record, in this instance the GRO fiche and giving a brief reason as to why I know the is incorrect. I get the error message telling me to make sure I've used the tick box and noted the record in question and I still cannot send it. Any ideas? Regards B. Clark

Thanks to everyone who commented on this problem. Sorry I quoted the wrong year (1867) in my query. It is 1851. I had just uploaded a 1867 file to FreeBMD and confused myself with the file reference. Julie was the first to get to me with a suggested solution which had worked for her and which worked for me. Go to The Admin Page on the Scan 2 site and from there to the FreeBMD GUS Database and then navigate to the page you want. The FreeWMD was the result of a senior moment. Peter Pannell -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.1/204 - Release Date: 15/12/2005

Thanks to everyone who commented on this problem. Sorry I quoted the wrong year (1867) in my query. It is 1851. I had just uploaded a 1867 file to FreeBMD and confused myself with the file reference. Julie was the first to get to me with a suggested solution which had worked for her and which worked for me. Go to The Admin Page on the Scan 2 site and from there to the FreeBMD GUS Database and then navigate to the page you want. The FreeWMD was the result of a senior moment. Peter Pannell -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.1/204 - Release Date: 15/12/2005

First apologies to all those in my syndicate etc who are awaiting replies. I did have quite a lot of computer problems but these seem to be fixed again. My main problem is that I started a new job a couple of weeks ago and this has seriously increased my travelling time each day. I don't get home until 7pm and then have to change, walk the dogs, eat, etc and by the time I've done those it's almost time for bed! I am trying to catch up but it's proving very difficult! Sorry. Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: Allan Raymond To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 6:46 PM Subject: Re: Ian Brooke Somebody posed a similar query to me off list earlier today. It was also stated that Ian always responded within a couple of days to queries but apparently Ian had mentioned to this individual he was having "trouble " with his PC. Searching through my emails the last posting I have from Ian was on 21 November 2005 although he carried out some syndicate maintenance on 25 November. Ian is a subscriber to this Admin list so assuming his PC and connection service are both in working order he should pick up this "where are you note". If anyone has had more up to date communication with Ian could they please let me know off list? Thanks Allan Raymond FreeBMD Co-ordinator of Syndicates ----- Original Message ----- From: "PHIL BENNETT" <philrobenn@xtra.co.nz> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 15 December 2005 02:05 Subject: Ian Brooke Has anyone heard from Ian Brooke over the last fortnight. Have sent 4 emails without response. Regards Phil B. Taranaki, New Zealand ============================== 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 ==== 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

> When I tried to open it > with PaintShopPro v5.01 (an oldie but a goody !) I got the error message > "An invalid Huffman code was encountered" and it refused to open. I've noticed this often with files from freeBMD, both from the Transcriber's directories and from the public 'View image' part of the site. The files will always open ok with IrfanView, but not Paintshop Pro which, as you say complains about an invalid Huffman code (which is the method used to compress the image, from memory). However, if you open them in IrfanView and immediately re-save them to disk using the same file name, they will then open fine in PSP! This applies to *all* the available file formats on the public page (except of course PDF), by the way. Regards John K.Eason (freeBMD@john-eason.co.uk)

> Scan2 just points to the same place as you quote. (It just > drills down for you). There was a problem (Fixed yesterday) where the > group had an error. The file you saved was probably an HTML file > saying the scan was not available. In that case, W-0326 doesn't exist on the main freeBMD transcriber download page (1862 finishes at YZ-0247). I suspect it should be W-0226 that Peter wants, assuming the year and quarter is correct in his original posting. Mind you, the talk of 'jpeg' confuses me somewhat because all the files for that quarter and year on the main site are actually TIF files. Regards John K.Eason (freeBMD@john-eason.co.uk)

Peter, I'm not a member of Scan 2, so I looked for this file on the Transcribers' pages on the main FreeBMD site. It should be here: http://images.freebmd.org.uk/GUS/1867/Marriages/June/DB-06/ However, the highest numbered W page is 1867M2-W-0245.tif Clearly these files are not JPGs, they're TIFs. I downloaded 1867M2-W-0236.tif and found I could open it with WinBMD, Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (the default for TIFs on my PC), and Windows Paint. When I tried to open it with PaintShopPro v5.01 (an oldie but a goody !) I got the error message "An invalid Huffman code was encountered" and it refused to open. I also tried to open it with the Gimp which was successful, but gave me the errors "unknown field with tag 32931 (0x80a3) encountered" and "unknown field with tag 32934 (0x80a6) encountered" in the process. I also tried the next file 1867M2-W-0237.tif with identical results. So, as far as I can see, these files are usable but there's something odd about them. I hope that's of some help. Mike PS. "Free WMD" !?!?! (Freudian slip ?) In message <001001c600e1$6d57ccb0$da878a56@PeterPannell>, PETER PANNELL <peter.pannell@btinternet.com> writes >I have downloaded file 1867M2-W-0326 from the Scan 2 site. > >Free WMD refuses to open the file. Neither will Irfanview, Gimp, >Adobe Photo De Luxe, and Coral Draw. They all report unknown file >format. One of these programs , I think it was GIMP, reported that >the file was 'not a jpeg file: starts with 0 x 3c O X 48. > >Beats me. Any ideas? > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.13/199 - Release Date: 13/12/2005 > > > >==== 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 > > > -- -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.13/200 - Release Date: 14/12/2005

Peter I'm not aware you can download 1867M2-W-0326 from the Scan2 Web Site. Is there a possibility you quoted the wrong scan reference? Allan Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: "PETER PANNELL" <peter.pannell@btinternet.com> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 14 December 2005 19:06 Subject: Unknown format I have downloaded file 1867M2-W-0326 from the Scan 2 site. Free WMD refuses to open the file. Neither will Irfanview, Gimp, Adobe Photo De Luxe, and Coral Draw. They all report unknown file format. One of these programs , I think it was GIMP, reported that the file was 'not a jpeg file: starts with 0 x 3c O X 48. Beats me. Any ideas? -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.13/199 - Release Date: 13/12/2005 ==== 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

Has anyone heard from Ian Brooke over the last fortnight. Have sent 4 emails without response. Regards Phil B. Taranaki, New Zealand

Hi All Scan2 just points to the same place as you quote. (It just drills down for you). There was a problem (Fixed yesterday) where the group had an error. The file you saved was probably an HTML file saying the scan was not available. At 10:41 AM 15/12/2005, Allan Raymond wrote: >Peter > >I'm not aware you can download 1867M2-W-0326 from the Scan2 Web Site. > >Is there a possibility you quoted the wrong scan reference? > >Allan Raymond > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "PETER PANNELL" <peter.pannell@btinternet.com> >To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: 14 December 2005 19:06 >Subject: Unknown format > > >I have downloaded file 1867M2-W-0326 from the Scan 2 site. > >Free WMD refuses to open the file. Neither will Irfanview, Gimp, Adobe >Photo De Luxe, and Coral Draw. They all report unknown file format. One >of these programs , I think it was GIMP, reported that the file was 'not a >jpeg file: starts with 0 x 3c O X 48. > >Beats me. Any ideas? > > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.13/199 - Release Date: 13/12/2005 > > > >==== 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 > > > >==== 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 Cheers Derek Derek C Hopkins, Phone +1(450)678-7768 6640, Biarritz, Fax +1(450)678-4252 Brossard, E-Mail derek.hopkins@sympatico.ca QC, Canada, J4Z-2A2. ==== FreeBMD - England and Wales - Birth - Marriage and Death Transcriptions <http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com> ==== Check out FreeBMD Scan2 Syndicate page (revised daily) Please bookmark our new home http://www.scan2.org/scan2.html ==== Check out QFHS Marriage Transcription Project page (revised daily) (Quebec Family History Society) Please bookmark our new home http://www.scan2.org/qfhs.html Check out my web page (22jan1997) Last Revised 28 May 1998 <http://www.cam.org/~hopkde/index.html> Check out Abney Park Indexing Project (revised 14 MAR 2000, 195,000 names) <http://www.cam.org/~hopkde/abney.html> Check out my web Ramsgate page <http://members.adept.co.uk/hopkde> Check out the Quebec Family History web page <http://www.cam.org/~qfhs/index.html>

Peter I had this same problem. From the Scan2 page, click on Admin > FreeBMD GUS Database > 1865 > Marriages > December > ACDB -04 > T-Z and then the page number. You can download the scans you need from there This worked for me Julie