I am working for the scan 2 syndicate and have the following entry on scan number 1870d1_025. The entry is BELLAMY Emma 4M Nottingham 7b 222 How can I enter the M which is presumably for months? Thanks Lilian Fraser 517 -----Original Message----- From: FreeBMD-Admins-D-request@rootsweb.com [mailto:FreeBMD-Admins-D-request@rootsweb.com] Sent: 11 April 2005 06:01 To: FreeBMD-Admins-D@rootsweb.com Subject: FreeBMD-Admins-D Digest V05 #73 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.5 - Release Date: 07/04/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.5 - Release Date: 07/04/2005

Hi; I'm with Scan2 [3598] and have d/l 1869d4-344. The page is very black, especially at the top and I can't read the surname. The entire page is the same surname for male, female, and unknown, in 3 short columns. My other 2 pages are unconnected so can't get a clue from them, nor can I look for the preceding page 343 without an initial. Can someone help me figure out the surname, please? Fran Sarnia, ON, Canada http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fjl1935/ The Future is as Great as the Promises of God

A solution that we have used is to transcribe it as ' W.Chapel,1c ' , upload the file and then edit it on-line in your File Management web page to ' W/Chapel,1c '. Someone else may know of a better solution of course. Cheers, Ted Southcombe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Veronica Elleson" <veron@elleson.com> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 11:34 AM Subject: Oblique stroke in district name > Hi > > > > The batch I am currently transcribing has a handwritten correction, > perfectly clear but with the district name given as W/Chapel 1c. WinBMD > won't let me enter the oblique stroke. Any ideas? > > > > Thanks > > > > Veronica Elleson > > > > ==== 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 > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > >

Thank you all for your help, problem solved! Yours, 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/

> Is the folder write-protected? One thing you could try is saving it to another location. Hope this helps. Sheila > > Subject: Error 522 > Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 07:26:32 +1200 > From: "Debbie Valentine" <debs.valentine@gmail.com> > To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com > > I received this email from one of my transcribers and I suggested that she > do a repair or try reinstalling WinBMD. Neither of these solutions have > worked > "Have had a problem saving the latest transcription I am doing. When I press > F3 a window appears with the following: > Error Number 522 > Unable to Open WinBMD Temp for Writing (Have you got it open?) -report. > When I close this window I lose everything I have transcribed" > How do we overcome this please > Debbie

Hi The batch I am currently transcribing has a handwritten correction, perfectly clear but with the district name given as W/Chapel 1c. WinBMD won't let me enter the oblique stroke. Any ideas? Thanks Veronica Elleson

I received this email from one of my transcribers and I suggested that she do a repair or try reinstalling WinBMD. Neither of these solutions have worked "Have had a problem saving the latest transcription I am doing. When I press F3 a window appears with the following: Error Number 522 Unable to Open WinBMD Temp for Writing (Have you got it open?) -report. When I close this window I lose everything I have transcribed" How do we overcome this please Debbie

Under some odd circumstances the file (WinBMDTemp, which is in the WinBMD folder) seems to become set to Read-Only. Right-click on it, select Properties" and unset the read-only box on the General tab. Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: Allan Raymond To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 2:21 PM Subject: Re: Error 522 Debbie You are not having much success trying to get an answer to this query, I would have assumed somebody would have come across this problem before but I can't find anything in the mailing archives. I've had a quick look and have no idea what's causing the problem. Instead of using F3 what happens if the volunteer Clicks "File" in the toolbar menu and then "Save Current Batch"? Please post back via the Admin list in case somebody comes up with an answer? Allan Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Valentine" <debs.valentine@gmail.com> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 09 April 2005 20:26 Subject: Error 522 I received this email from one of my transcribers and I suggested that she do a repair or try reinstalling WinBMD. Neither of these solutions have worked "Have had a problem saving the latest transcription I am doing. When I press F3 a window appears with the following: Error Number 522 Unable to Open WinBMD Temp for Writing (Have you got it open?) -report. When I close this window I lose everything I have transcribed" How do we overcome this please Debbie ==== 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 ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== Want to help FreeBMD? Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

Try F4 when in WinBMD. Look in the WinBMD Help File under "Entering Special Characters" for more information Allan Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: <andyjervisuk@tiscali.co.uk> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 09 April 2005 21:28 Subject: Special Characters I'm come across a surname with an accented letter E but there doesn't seem to be any facility to type that in Win BMD so can I write it in Microsoft Word and copy and paste it into my file? Will Win BMD allow me to do that and is it acceptable to Free BMD? Yours, 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/ ==== 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

I'm come across a surname with an accented letter E but there doesn't seem to be any facility to type that in Win BMD so can I write it in Microsoft Word and copy and paste it into my file? Will Win BMD allow me to do that and is it acceptable to Free BMD? Yours, 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/

Debbie You are not having much success trying to get an answer to this query, I would have assumed somebody would have come across this problem before but I can't find anything in the mailing archives. I've had a quick look and have no idea what's causing the problem. Instead of using F3 what happens if the volunteer Clicks "File" in the toolbar menu and then "Save Current Batch"? Please post back via the Admin list in case somebody comes up with an answer? Allan Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Valentine" <debs.valentine@gmail.com> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 09 April 2005 20:26 Subject: Error 522 I received this email from one of my transcribers and I suggested that she do a repair or try reinstalling WinBMD. Neither of these solutions have worked "Have had a problem saving the latest transcription I am doing. When I press F3 a window appears with the following: Error Number 522 Unable to Open WinBMD Temp for Writing (Have you got it open?) -report. When I close this window I lose everything I have transcribed" How do we overcome this please Debbie ==== 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

My apologies. I didn't read your message properly. The Browser print button worked for me. David Gray ----- Original Message ----- From: "david powell-evans" <dp-e@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 2:53 PM Subject: printing problems > 14:50 bst Saturday 9th April 2005 > > FAQ doesn't explain refusal to print. > > Having found and displayed the record I want, I've tried > the Browser print button > and File: Print... > and Screen Print pasted into MSWord > > and all three fail. > > No other website is so resistant to producing output. > > > David Powell-Evans > dp-e @ blueyonder.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 > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >

Try the print button on the browser. David Gray ----- Original Message ----- From: "david powell-evans" <dp-e@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 2:53 PM Subject: printing problems > 14:50 bst Saturday 9th April 2005 > > FAQ doesn't explain refusal to print. > > Having found and displayed the record I want, I've tried > the Browser print button > and File: Print... > and Screen Print pasted into MSWord > > and all three fail. > > No other website is so resistant to producing output. > > > David Powell-Evans > dp-e @ blueyonder.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 > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >

14:50 bst Saturday 9th April 2005 FAQ doesn't explain refusal to print. Having found and displayed the record I want, I've tried the Browser print button and File: Print... and Screen Print pasted into MSWord and all three fail. No other website is so resistant to producing output. David Powell-Evans dp-e @ blueyonder.co.uk

I should have made my response more specific. The point I was making related to your Dear All .... please "Send to Derek (i.e. Hopkins)". Sending files to Derek only applies to Scan2 volunteers and not to other Syndicates (with the possible exception of those Syndicate who also have a Co-ordinator named Derek). The suggestion about checking header details is quite valid. Allan Raymond From: Derek C Hopkins <derek.hopkins@sympatico.ca> Subject: Re: Possible problem Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 09:08:34 -0400 References: <000001c53c16$85e56e80$0302a8c0@Lilian><6.1.2.0.2.20050408070834.048a44a0@PO P6.sympatico.ca><002c01c53c38$8fc4c640$55628451@oemcomputer> In-Reply-To: <002c01c53c38$8fc4c640$55628451@oemcomputer> Hi All This should not be ignored. It is a heads up to ALL transcribers check a page when you have finished it including the header to see you have not done something stupid. WinBMD and VerifyBMD do a good job of the data being accurate but in filling in the header has bad results for anything up to 720 odd entries in the FreeBMD database just for a slip of one character in the year or quarter. So "Heads Up" Take a few seconds to make sure the header is correct before you send a page in . While this case may be Scan2 specific, I am sure this problem is not exclusive to Scan2. Double check your filename with your assignement. At 08:43 AM 08/04/2005, Allan Raymond wrote: >A word of caution to some of our volunteers/transcribers. > >This correspondence is specific to the Scan2 Syndicate and has no bearing on >volunteers/transcribers who belong to other Syndicates and should be totally >ignored. > >Allan Raymond > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Derek C Hopkins" <derek.hopkins@sympatico.ca> >To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: 08 April 2005 12:14 >Subject: Re: Possible problem > > >Hi all > > PLEASE when a file appears to get lost, double check the >assignment against the header. All the files are there but in JUNE not >SEPTEMBER where they should have been. > > Please correct the files on FreeBMD and on your computer and then >resend to me by "Send to Derek" I will delete the bad files on my >computer . > >At 04:39 AM 08/04/2005, lilianfrs wrote: > > >I have tried contacting Derek Scan 2 and lucille hambling about my last > >allocation of work which was all done and uploaded and sent to Derek > >between 31 Mar and 05 April. These are still showing in my open > >assignments and I have had no further work assignments sent to me. > > > >What can I do about this. Grateful for your help > > > >Lilian Frs517 > >Lilian Fraser my email address is lilianfrs@talktalk.net > > >

or maybe ... double-check your file with what you've actually transcribed. In case you misread your assignment to start with ... Mark -- >Hi All > > This should not be ignored. It is a heads up to ALL >transcribers check a page when you have finished it including the >header to see you have not done something stupid. WinBMD and >VerifyBMD do a good job of the data being accurate but in filling in >the header has bad results for anything up to 720 odd entries in the >FreeBMD database just for a slip of one character in the year or >quarter. > > So "Heads Up" Take a few seconds to make sure the header is >correct before you send a page in . > > While this case may be Scan2 specific, I am sure this >problem is not exclusive to Scan2. Double check your filename with >your assignement. > >At 08:43 AM 08/04/2005, Allan Raymond wrote: >>A word of caution to some of our volunteers/transcribers. >> >>This correspondence is specific to the Scan2 Syndicate and has no bearing on >>volunteers/transcribers who belong to other Syndicates and should be totally >>ignored. >> >>Allan Raymond >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Derek C Hopkins" <derek.hopkins@sympatico.ca> >>To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: 08 April 2005 12:14 >>Subject: Re: Possible problem >> >> >>Hi all >> >> PLEASE when a file appears to get lost, double check the >>assignment against the header. All the files are there but in JUNE not >>SEPTEMBER where they should have been. >> >> Please correct the files on FreeBMD and on your computer and then >>resend to me by "Send to Derek" I will delete the bad files on my >>computer . >> >>At 04:39 AM 08/04/2005, lilianfrs wrote: >> >>>I have tried contacting Derek Scan 2 and lucille hambling about my last >>>allocation of work which was all done and uploaded and sent to Derek >>>between 31 Mar and 05 April. These are still showing in my open >>>assignments and I have had no further work assignments sent to me. >>> >>>What can I do about this. Grateful for your help >>> >>>Lilian Frs517 >>>Lilian Fraser my email address is lilianfrs@talktalk.net >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>>No virus found in this outgoing message. >>>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>>Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.5 - Release Date: 07/04/2005 >>> >>> >>>==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== >>>Subscribe/Unsubscribe instructions and Archives >>>http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/FreeUK/FreeBMD-Admins.html >>> >>>============================== >>>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> >> >> >>==== 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 ==== >>Want to help FreeBMD? >>Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. >> >>============================== >>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 > > >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> > >==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== >Subscribe/Unsubscribe instructions and Archives >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/FreeUK/FreeBMD-Admins.html > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. 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G - always the letter is the first letter of the first surname on the page. Simply put the first H name on the next line after the last G name. Probably only about 365 names instead of 375 because of the space for the big H. Jeff > In the current batch I am transcribing (Births Dec 1903) I have the page > that starts with "G" names and finishes with "H" names - hence a large > letter H by itself in a space, halfway down the third column! In terms of > "type what you see" - what do I do with this? And what do I put on the > header? >

Hi In the current batch I am transcribing (Births Dec 1903) I have the page that starts with "G" names and finishes with "H" names - hence a large letter H by itself in a space, halfway down the third column! In terms of "type what you see" - what do I do with this? And what do I put on the header? Thanks Veronica Elleson

A word of caution to some of our volunteers/transcribers. This correspondence is specific to the Scan2 Syndicate and has no bearing on volunteers/transcribers who belong to other Syndicates and should be totally ignored. Allan Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek C Hopkins" <derek.hopkins@sympatico.ca> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 08 April 2005 12:14 Subject: Re: Possible problem Hi all PLEASE when a file appears to get lost, double check the assignment against the header. All the files are there but in JUNE not SEPTEMBER where they should have been. Please correct the files on FreeBMD and on your computer and then resend to me by "Send to Derek" I will delete the bad files on my computer . At 04:39 AM 08/04/2005, lilianfrs wrote: >I have tried contacting Derek Scan 2 and lucille hambling about my last >allocation of work which was all done and uploaded and sent to Derek >between 31 Mar and 05 April. These are still showing in my open >assignments and I have had no further work assignments sent to me. > >What can I do about this. Grateful for your help > >Lilian Frs517 >Lilian Fraser my email address is lilianfrs@talktalk.net > > > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.5 - Release Date: 07/04/2005 > > >==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== >Subscribe/Unsubscribe instructions and Archives >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/FreeUK/FreeBMD-Admins.html > >============================== >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> ==== 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

Answered off list. David Gray ----- Original Message ----- From: "lilianfrs" <lilianfrs@talktalk.net> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 9:39 AM Subject: Possible problem > > I have tried contacting Derek Scan 2 and lucille hambling about my last > allocation of work which was all done and uploaded and sent to Derek > between 31 Mar and 05 April. These are still showing in my open > assignments and I have had no further work assignments sent to me. > > What can I do about this. Grateful for your help > > Lilian Frs517 > Lilian Fraser my email address is lilianfrs@talktalk.net > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.5 - Release Date: 07/04/2005 > > > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > Subscribe/Unsubscribe instructions and Archives > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/FreeUK/FreeBMD-Admins.html > > ============================== > 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 >