It does help to find the problem if specific information is provided. Which entries have gone missing? Details of the event/year and quarter along with some examples of the entries would help to narrow it down. I assume the problem is limited to your search activities rather than files you have uploaded to FreeBMD? Allan Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: <Hillmoore@aol.com> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 28 July 2005 19:38 Subject: PROBLEM When I checked my DOWSE entries for Hampshire in January they included transcripts from PORTSMOUTH but when I checked in July these were missing. Why? Mike Hill

I am a bit slow in catching up with the digest of e-mails so have only just come across 131 where someone asked if there was a volunteer transcriber with access to a digital camera who goes into the Family Record Centre from time to time. I am one who fits this description [was in London last week and checked some of my own transcriptions from dodgy scans back to the originals]. I took with me a printout of my draft transcription, but not the camera. Not sure that this would be acceptable in terms of copyright and the rule that FreeBMD works under. Any thoughts? [NB I don't go in very frequently and would not like to disappoint if I became inundated with requests for direct access to the Indices!] John Anderson - Essex

My suggestion is that you use WinBMD instead of the older program SpeedBMD. It is rather easier to use, is designed for use with Windows, and if you happen to be in a syndicate that wants SpeedBMD format in transcriptions, you can set 'SpeedBMD Format' in the 'Options' menu in WinBMD. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "eric phillips" <ericp@kooee.com.au> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 11:12 PM Subject: speed bmd/xp pro > Hi, I am having no luck in getting the program working. I have Windows > xp pro installed andI get the message "Windows\system32\autoexec.nt. > This system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft > Windows applications" > Can you please advise. > eric phillips > > > > ==== 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 am having no luck in getting the program working. I have Windows > xp pro installed andI get the message "Windows\system32\autoexec.nt. > This system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft > Windows applications" > Can you please advise. > eric phillips This is quite a well-known problem in Windows XP (not just with SpeedBMD). See: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324767 for the resolution (or use WinBMD instead!). Regards John K.Eason (freeBMD@john-eason.co.uk)

The new database is now available for searching. However, various statistics will still not be available until the next update. Barrie

Forgot to mention, if the volunteer is not able to even pass the first stage of registration then their email address is useful to enable direct contact to be made with the intended volunteer (this detail to be sent via vol-coord@freebmd.rootsweb.com ). Allan Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Raymond" <allan_raymond@btinternet.com> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 28 July 2005 19:16 Subject: Re: New Transcribers Queries regarding volunteer registrations are best dealt with by sending an email to vol co-ord at: vol-coord@freebmd.rootsweb.com . An email to that address with details of the volunteer encountering problems (name and SubmitterID) will mean a quick resolution of the problem. Allan Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith" <Keylotus@ukonline.co.uk> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 28 July 2005 17:46 Subject: New Transcribers Hello, Have a transcriber who is trying to register and keeps getting thrown off the system. They have e-mailed the error message to (register@freebmd.org.uk. Ideas please Keith ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins ============================== 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

Queries regarding volunteer registrations are best dealt with by sending an email to vol co-ord at: vol-coord@freebmd.rootsweb.com . An email to that address with details of the volunteer encountering problems (name and SubmitterID) will mean a quick resolution of the problem. Allan Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith" <Keylotus@ukonline.co.uk> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 28 July 2005 17:46 Subject: New Transcribers Hello, Have a transcriber who is trying to register and keeps getting thrown off the system. They have e-mailed the error message to (register@freebmd.org.uk. Ideas please Keith

Hello, Have a transcriber who is trying to register and keeps getting thrown off the system. They have e-mailed the error message to (register@freebmd.org.uk. Ideas please Keith

When I checked my DOWSE entries for Hampshire in January they included transcripts from PORTSMOUTH but when I checked in July these were missing. Why? Mike Hill

Greetings. http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vol_faq.html#6q explains what it means. Yes type what you see, do not correct the District number - but you don't have to add Oxford, 6b to your district list - it's not likely you will need it again! You do not need to remark it is a handwritten entry, but if you do comment, the correct place to put it is in the line below: http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vol_faq.html#6z gives an example and shows you the format to use. HTH -- Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: <andyjervisuk@tiscali.co.uk> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 8:55 PM Subject: Handwritten Entry >I have a handwritten entry as follows: > HINGE Charles H. Oxford 6b See S/50 > Oxford 6b should be 3a and See S/50 as the page number > > I have TWYS but I have to add Oxford 6b to the district list which is > clearly > wrong and what does See S/50 mean. > I have added a note in the forename column to say it is a handwritten > entry. > > > Am I doing right and should I correct the wrong district number or has the > person who wrote the handwritten entry got the wrong district? > > Adrian Jervis > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.6/59 - Release Date: 27/07/2005

I have a handwritten entry as follows: HINGE Charles H. Oxford 6b See S/50 Oxford 6b should be 3a and See S/50 as the page number I have TWYS but I have to add Oxford 6b to the district list which is clearly wrong and what does See S/50 mean. I have added a note in the forename column to say it is a handwritten entry. Am I doing right and should I correct the wrong district number or has the person who wrote the handwritten entry got the wrong district? Adrian Jervis ___________________________________________________________ Book yourself something to look forward to in 2005. Cheap flights - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/flights/ Bargain holidays - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/holidays/

I have had the same with other names that begin with Z. To get round it I entered the name without the Z, uploaded it and then edited the Z back in. Anyone got a better idea? Regards Jenny -----Original Message----- From: Philip Powell [mailto:philip@blencathra.org.uk] Sent: 27 July 2005 17:56 To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Subject: WinBMD forename problem A transcriber reports the following: I keep getting an error message while trying to enter the christian name Zebedee. As soon as I enter the Z the error message says 'Run-Time error 9: Subscript out of range' and the program closes. Any suggestions what to do? I seem to recall this being mentioned but can't find the solution. -- Philip Powell Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland to The Cheviot

I've had the same problem a few times, and always with forenames starting with 'Z'. My solution has been to use any other character, then edit the finished file with Notepad. Bill Hounslow >>-----Original Message----- >>From: John K.Eason [mailto:freeBMD@john-eason.co.uk] >>Sent: 27 July 2005 19:25 >>To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: WinBMD forename problem >> >> >>> The transcriber managed to solve it by adding to the forename file - I >>> wasn't sure if he would manage that and had thought there was another >>> way. >> >> That would have been my guess and suggestion, but I don't have any >>forenames starting with 'Z' in my forenames file and I've had no problems >>with the 11 different 'Z' names I've had to enter so far. >> >>Regards >> John K.Eason (freeBMD@john-eason.co.uk) >> >> >>==== 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 Anti-Virus. >>Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.5/58 - Release Date: 25/07/2005 >> -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.5/58 - Release Date: 25/07/2005

> The transcriber managed to solve it by adding to the forename file - I > wasn't sure if he would manage that and had thought there was another > way. That would have been my guess and suggestion, but I don't have any forenames starting with 'Z' in my forenames file and I've had no problems with the 11 different 'Z' names I've had to enter so far. Regards John K.Eason (freeBMD@john-eason.co.uk)

In message <NCBBKLFJBINOKAGPEJNCAEMBCKAA.anne.margolis@ntlworld.com>, Anne Margolis <anne.margolis@ntlworld.com> writes >I came across the same problem recently. I would enter it as _ebedee, upload >the file then go to file management and edit it. The transcriber managed to solve it by adding to the forename file - I wasn't sure if he would manage that and had thought there was another way. -- Philip Powell Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland to The Cheviot

I came across the same problem recently. I would enter it as _ebedee, upload the file then go to file management and edit it. Anne

A transcriber reports the following: I keep getting an error message while trying to enter the christian name Zebedee. As soon as I enter the Z the error message says 'Run-Time error 9: Subscript out of range' and the program closes. Any suggestions what to do? I seem to recall this being mentioned but can't find the solution. -- Philip Powell Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland to The Cheviot

Hi, I am having no luck in getting the program working. I have Windows xp pro installed andI get the message "Windows\system32\autoexec.nt. This system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications" Can you please advise. eric phillips

This was a bug in version 4 WinBMD. It happens when the number of entries in the name file exactly divide into the internal space that the program reserves for them and then a new name is added. To get over it open the name file (which can be found in the FILES folder below WinBMD - the file is called WinBMD_Name2.txt) using Notepad, scrolldown to the end of the file and insert a new entry (for example "Zzzzzzzz"), Save the file and restart WinBMD. Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: Philip Powell To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 10:55 AM Subject: WinBMD forename problem A transcriber reports the following: I keep getting an error message while trying to enter the christian name Zebedee. As soon as I enter the Z the error message says 'Run-Time error 9: Subscript out of range' and the program closes. Any suggestions what to do? I seem to recall this being mentioned but can't find the solution. -- Philip Powell Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland to The Cheviot ==== 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 update of the database has failed again. We are working to correct the problem. In the meantime various statistics are unavailable. Barrie