Hi Brad You may enter the original version out of order or you may enter the corrected order. The corrected order is preferable but either is OK. A comment is not necessary. This advice only covers corrections made on the original indexes. good luck Bob Phillips ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Rogers" <brad@fineby.me.uk> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 10:06 AM Subject: Names appearing out of order > Hello All, > > I'm transcribing marriages from Dec 1911, and a couple of the people > indexed appear out of alphabetical order. However, they are both > marked with a dot at the left hand side, with a similar mark appear > where they should be listed. These are typed entries in the wrong place > on the page, not additions at the bottom of the page. > > The question is, do I transcribe them where they are, and make a note, > or where they should be? > > -- > Regards _ > / ) "The blindingly obvious is > / _)rad never immediately apparent" > > > ==== 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 >

Hello All, I'm transcribing marriages from Dec 1911, and a couple of the people indexed appear out of alphabetical order. However, they are both marked with a dot at the left hand side, with a similar mark appear where they should be listed. These are typed entries in the wrong place on the page, not additions at the bottom of the page. The question is, do I transcribe them where they are, and make a note, or where they should be? -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent"

Can someone please tell me what to do when I have a bottom line completely unreadable. Brenda

I'm tempted to say .. "be thankful " I'm doing 1853 Death scans, and some have more than 20 lines unreadable. I've requested re-scans for the worst of the lot. If you know the line IS holding data, would * 's in fields work ? Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brenda" <breder@bigpond.net.au> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 6:07 AM Subject: UNREADABLE LINE > Can someone please tell me what to do when I have a bottom line completely > unreadable. > > Brenda >

What I would do is enter it as _a and follow the entry with: #THEORY Volume number shown as oa, should be 9a on the next line. Bill Hounslow http://www.boincsynergy.com/images/stats/comb-2147.jpg >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Chris Moody [mailto:chrismm@magma.ca] >>Sent: 05 October 2005 14:25 >>To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Volume number error >> >>On 1913m2G0293 I have >>Garside,Joshua T.,Hamer,Halifax,oa,831 >> >>the typist has missed the 9 and hit the o below instead. >> >>FreeBMD will not allow me to upload the file, error message: >> • Volume should be numbers (Roman or Arabic) optionally followed >>by >>letters, got 'oa' at line 96 >> >>ChrisM >> >> >>==== 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 >> >>-- >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.10/119 - Release Date: >>04/10/2005 >> -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.10/119 - Release Date: 04/10/2005

I am currently transcribing 1884 Marriages (.tiff images) and am frustrated at the poor quality of the scans. They all seem to be clear at the top of a page but the quality deteriorates alarmingly as one gets nearer the bottom with many of the page numbers often being wholly or partially illegible. Why are the scans so poor and is there anything that can be done to improve the legibility? best wishes Graham

On 1913m2G0293 I have Garside,Joshua T.,Hamer,Halifax,oa,831 the typist has missed the 9 and hit the o below instead. FreeBMD will not allow me to upload the file, error message: • Volume should be numbers (Roman or Arabic) optionally followed by letters, got 'oa' at line 96 ChrisM

Many thanks to the many of you who have replied to my query. We've also done a search of the Outlook Express Help files (don't use it ourselves) and finally have a better idea of what's what. Now all it takes is for my new transcriber to configure her options correctly. Thanks again, Melda Brunette, Co-ordinator, Brunette Syndicate

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Hi, regarding the problem viewing TIF (TIFF) files I would suggest that one solution would be to download the excellent FREE program IRFANVIEW from www.irfanview.com This should enable you to view the file and to also save it in another format which should be more acceptable to your computer. Irfanview can accommodate files in almost every conceivable format. I hope this is of some help. Alan. --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0539-6, 02/10/2005 Tested on: 04/10/05 09:53:07 avast! is copyright (c) 2000-2003 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com

Sorry I must be thick or something but unless the files are being sent to you via E Mail, I don't understand the problem, surely if you do have a problem with this, make a note of the files & go to the freeBMD site, locate said files d/load them to your freeBMD folder on your hardrive, where you will then find that you can then open .tif files Thomas Scan2 I transcribe for FreeBMD at http://freebmd.rootsweb.com

There is a problem of compatibility between Outlook and any other email program, including Outlook Express, which could be the reason for the unreadable attachments. If an email is sent from Outlook with an attachment, other email programs often only see a .dat file. Very annoying that MS can't even make their own applications compatible with each other! The solution is for the SENDER of the email, in Outlook, to send their email as Plain text (not Rich Text or HTML formats). Of course, if the email with the attachments wasn't sent from Outlook, then I don't have any suggestions. Plain text can be set against an individual user in the Outlook Contacts record - there is a check box alongside the email address for this purpose. Or is can be set as the default under Tools/Options/Mail Format. Regards Sue Smith Family Web Site: http://www.harriesfamily.net/index.html -----Original Message----- From: Melda Brunette [mailto:melda_b@xtra.co.nz] Sent: 03 October 2005 02:52 To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Problem with .tif files and downloading scans I have a new transcriber using Outlook Express who has had problems with .BMD files being stripped from e-mails. She also appears to be unable to view scan pages on the site. See her note below. Technically this is beyond me and I have no idea what to suggest. If anyone can help her could they please contact her and me directly as well as posting to the List. Her e-mail is dawny99@ntlworld.com Melda Brunette Brunette Syndicate I've got 2 problems it seems with my computer. Outlook stripped the .BMD file as unsafe though it did allow me to view a garbled version which still had the bmd info in it. Secondly when I went on the site to view the practice pages I could see nothing, only a blank page and as the files I was trying to view were .tif ones I've realised I won't be able to view them as my computer just wont display them for some reason, I don't know why it just doesn't like them! I hope this can be resolved and if you know of any way I can view .tif files please let me know. Thanks Dawn ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== FreeBMD Transcribers homepage http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vindex.shtml ============================== 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 Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.9/116 - Release Date: 30/09/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.9/116 - Release Date: 30/09/2005

Hi Melda, I had the same problem viewing .TIF files on-line. It seems the problem lies with Outlook Express version 6. I don't know what the technicalities are but I got around it by a free download of Alternatiff. A Google search should find it. Once installed, it opens automatically and you hardly know it's there. Regards, Colin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melda Brunette" <melda_b@xtra.co.nz> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 2:51 AM Subject: Problem with .tif files and downloading scans >I have a new transcriber using Outlook Express who has had problems with >.BMD files being stripped from e-mails. She also appears to be unable to >view scan pages on the site. See her note below. Technically this is >beyond me and I have no idea what to suggest. > > If anyone can help her could they please contact her and me directly as > well as posting to the List. > > Her e-mail is dawny99@ntlworld.com > > Melda Brunette > Brunette Syndicate > > I've got 2 problems it seems with my computer. Outlook stripped the .BMD > file as unsafe though it did allow me to view a garbled version which > still had the bmd info in it. Secondly when I went on the site to view the > practice pages I could see nothing, only a blank page and as the files I > was trying to view were .tif ones I've realised I won't be able to view > them as my computer just wont display them for some reason, I don't know > why it just doesn't like them! > > I hope this can be resolved and if you know of any way I can view .tif > files please let me know. > > Thanks > Dawn > > > > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > FreeBMD Transcribers homepage > http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vindex.shtml > > ============================== > 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 > >

Hi. The first problem, Outlook Express stripping attachments fom emails, might be: Is it OE saying it has removed access to the following unsafe attachments in you mail: ... list of them ... when you view the message ?. Or they are greyed out when you click the paperclip in the preview pane ?. If so, try - Tools - Options - Security tab - untick the box that says "Do not allow attachments to be saved ..." As to the other problem - no idea! HTH - Dave. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melda Brunette" <melda_b@xtra.co.nz> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 2:51 AM Subject: Problem with .tif files and downloading scans > I have a new transcriber using Outlook Express who has had problems with > .BMD files being stripped from e-mails. She also appears to be unable > to view scan pages on the site. See her note below. Technically this is > beyond me and I have no idea what to suggest. > > If anyone can help her could they please contact her and me directly as > well as posting to the List. > > Her e-mail is dawny99@ntlworld.com > > Melda Brunette > Brunette Syndicate > > I've got 2 problems it seems with my computer. Outlook stripped the .BMD > file as unsafe though it did allow me to view a garbled version which > still had the bmd info in it. Secondly when I went on the site to view > the practice pages I could see nothing, only a blank page and as the > files I was trying to view were .tif ones I've realised I won't be able > to view them as my computer just wont display them for some reason, I > don't know why it just doesn't like them! > > I hope this can be resolved and if you know of any way I can view .tif > files please let me know. > > Thanks > Dawn > > > > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > FreeBMD Transcribers homepage > http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vindex.shtml > > ============================== > 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 > >

I have a new transcriber using Outlook Express who has had problems with .BMD files being stripped from e-mails. She also appears to be unable to view scan pages on the site. See her note below. Technically this is beyond me and I have no idea what to suggest. If anyone can help her could they please contact her and me directly as well as posting to the List. Her e-mail is dawny99@ntlworld.com Melda Brunette Brunette Syndicate I've got 2 problems it seems with my computer. Outlook stripped the .BMD file as unsafe though it did allow me to view a garbled version which still had the bmd info in it. Secondly when I went on the site to view the practice pages I could see nothing, only a blank page and as the files I was trying to view were .tif ones I've realised I won't be able to view them as my computer just wont display them for some reason, I don't know why it just doesn't like them! I hope this can be resolved and if you know of any way I can view .tif files please let me know. Thanks Dawn

Hi I'm looking for a volunteer who could check out 1859 June Births Film (not fiche) at their local Records Office/FHC. It involves checking the sequence of about 20 frames on the film to enable us to resolve a small problem on the numbering of the scans on FreeBMD. If anyone can help, will they please email me off list to enable me to supply details of the 20 frames which require checking. Thanks Allan Raymond FreeBMD Co-ordinator of Syndicates

> *From:* "Gordon Cawthrow" <gordon.cawthrow@dsl.pipex.com> > *To:* FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com > > I have 2 queries which I hope someone can help me with. > > 1. Currently tanscribing 1849 March marriages and have an entry on > 1849M1-B-0066 reading 'Barnfather Nicholas Houghton le Sp? XXIV 153'. > If I transcribe the question mark, will WinBMD recognise this as an > original entry or something that I have included? That one looks like a lower-case 'g' written as a superscript to me, probably to signify the last letter of the District name (Houghton le Spring). > 2. On 1849M1-B-0068 I have several districts, Winchester, St. Giles and > Durham (page 69) all followed by a mark which may be an early version > of '&c', but looks nothing like it. I can't even describe what it looks > like. Could someone maybe check it out and advise what I should > transcribe? Sorry. No idea about those ones. Regards John K.Eason (freeBMD@john-eason.co.uk)

I have 2 queries which I hope someone can help me with. 1. Currently tanscribing 1849 March marriages and have an entry on 1849M1-B-0066 reading 'Barnfather Nicholas Houghton le Sp? XXIV 153'. If I transcribe the question mark, will WinBMD recognise this as an original entry or something that I have included? 2. On 1849M1-B-0068 I have several districts, Winchester, St. Giles and Durham (page 69) all followed by a mark which may be an early version of '&c', but looks nothing like it. I can't even describe what it looks like. Could someone maybe check it out and advise what I should transcribe? Regards Gordon

I am transcribing 2-column scans of marriages from Jun 1861 (letter M). At the end of the first column I type +PAGE, and Win BMD adds the next page number for me. Then when I "send file to FreeBMD", WinBMD asks if I would like it to add a +PAGE at the end of the file and I choose yes. This has always worked o.k. for me as far as I know, but today when I have done this then tried to "send the file to FreeBMD" I get a message saying "There is an invalid +PAGE at line..." for each of these two added +PAGEs. Looking at it, the one at the end of the file has the same number as the one in the middle so I have to change it to the next number manually and then it seems to be o.k. Looking through all my files on "File Management" I notice that the page number at the top of each file has 4 digits (including a leading zero) while the page numbers in the middle and at the end have 3. I have no idea whether this is connected with my problem or not. Kate Rimmer.

A few times lately, when I have uploaded a file, I get a message box that says something like: Important message, Please read .....and then click close. I have had these before with reports of problems etc, but these latest ones don't have anything in the box - am I missing something that should be there? Bronny