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

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>

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>

Hi Lilian I have received your message, and will look into it today. Please tell be the page numbers you have sent in, it will help. 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>

I'm transcribing Deaths 1853 Q2 A-C pages 0160 - 0300 In the page range 0198 - 0201 ... page 0198 shows a margin * point ... between Berrall & Berry page 0200 shows the corresponding out of order sequence Berry - Berret There is a big group of names & page 0201 has a note "Berry ____ed Berrall" added in margin. Apart from TWYS, should I added a #comment ? if so where & what ? Robb Web scan

On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 20:21:10 +0100, you wrote: > > >The page I am currently subscribing contains lots of very feint unreadable >entries. The surname and forenames boxes allow me to enter an asterisk but >not so the district, returning a 'volume number is missing' error. What >characters do I enter or should it be left blank? *,* This box contains two fields. -- Dave Mayall

The page I am currently subscribing contains lots of very feint unreadable entries. The surname and forenames boxes allow me to enter an asterisk but not so the district, returning a 'volume number is missing' error. What characters do I enter or should it be left blank? I believe a similar question was asked about 2-3 weeks ago which after reading I deleted. Is there some kind of webpage to see recently asked questions? Thanks in advance.

I gave duff information, my suggestion wont allow you to upload the file to FreeBMD. Back to the drawing board. Allan Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Raymond" <allan_raymond@btinternet.com> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 07 April 2005 16:28 Subject: Re: question mark Teri Enter what you see, I can't honestly say if it is a ? or some other character. But there some brackets around the character so it would be transcribed similar to (?). The use of ? normally denotes an empty field, however the use of ? in the above situation is an exception to this rule. Allan Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: "gypsy" <gypsy@omninet.net.au> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 04 April 2005 04:56 Subject: question mark Hi At the end of the PARKER entries in scan 1888B20400.tif there's some MALE and FEMALE entries - the very last one has ? for the name entry - they obviously didn't know which gender How do we enter the ? please - do we treat it as the field's empty or edit it in Notepad? Something different? Hooroo Teri ==== 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 ==== 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 ============================== 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

Teri Enter what you see, I can't honestly say if it is a ? or some other character. But there some brackets around the character so it would be transcribed similar to (?). The use of ? normally denotes an empty field, however the use of ? in the above situation is an exception to this rule. Allan Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: "gypsy" <gypsy@omninet.net.au> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 04 April 2005 04:56 Subject: question mark Hi At the end of the PARKER entries in scan 1888B20400.tif there's some MALE and FEMALE entries - the very last one has ? for the name entry - they obviously didn't know which gender How do we enter the ? please - do we treat it as the field's empty or edit it in Notepad? Something different? Hooroo Teri ==== 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

Keith Give me a clue as to the SubmitterID of the transcriber plus the file details and I should be able to identify what has gone wrong? Off list please. Allan Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Simpson" <Keylotus@ukonline.co.uk> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 05 April 2005 23:02 Subject: Editing Upload Files I have a transcriber who has been notified about a file uploaded sometime age that requires an amendment. Now they have tried to access their file to amend, but the say file is not showing there. The file does show in their listing on Show File. Suggestions Please Keith ==== 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 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

I have a transcriber who has been notified about a file uploaded sometime age that requires an amendment. Now they have tried to access their file to amend, but the say file is not showing there. The file does show in their listing on Show File. Suggestions Please Keith

Hi At the end of the PARKER entries in scan 1888B20400.tif there's some MALE and FEMALE entries - the very last one has ? for the name entry - they obviously didn't know which gender How do we enter the ? please - do we treat it as the field's empty or edit it in Notepad? Something different? Hooroo Teri

Some good news, films for 1871 to 1880 (plus some other years) have been ordered for FreeBMD and delivery is expected in about 6 weeks. At present I can't say when they will be scanned and accessible on the FreeBMD site. Allan Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Mayall" <david.mayall@ukonline.co.uk> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 03 April 2005 19:20 Subject: Re: {not a subscriber} 1870s marriages On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 11:02:36 -0700, you wrote: >One question I have is in regard to the coverage. The >percentage covered charts show that marriages >throughout the 1870s are at 100%, yet there is no >coverage in the image section. Will this become >available? Many of these records were transcribed from fiche, and as such there is no pressing need for the images for transcription. Scanning of images required for transcription will always take priority. So, they will become available eventually, but (as it says on the images site), we can't comment on when that is likely to be. -- Dave Mayall

On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 11:02:36 -0700, you wrote: >One question I have is in regard to the coverage. The >percentage covered charts show that marriages >throughout the 1870s are at 100%, yet there is no >coverage in the image section. Will this become >available? Many of these records were transcribed from fiche, and as such there is no pressing need for the images for transcription. Scanning of images required for transcription will always take priority. So, they will become available eventually, but (as it says on the images site), we can't comment on when that is likely to be. -- Dave Mayall

Hi I have just downloaded pages 456-457 from GUS 1880b2. Page 456 showed up in two halves top of page at the bottom, bottom page at the top, page 457 showed up just 3/4 of bottom half of page. How can I fix this please. If the answer is on the BMD site can you direct me please. Thank you John Smith

AT the bottom of page 1605 first column, I have come across a handwritten entry which read " For remainder of Woods use 4 leaves ...( file out of place)" Can some pleae advise as wht I should do with this note as it appears to be in the same hand as the entries. Keith

To volunteer transcribers We would like to give advance warning regarding a slight modification to the process to access scans on FreeBMD. It is now possible for transcribers to access the scans at: http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/scan-source2.shtml (or http://images.freebmd.org.uk/GUS/ ) by using the same SubmitterID and Password as that used to Upload files to FreeBMD. The previous scheme of using a different ID and password for access to scans has been superseded and will be withdrawn by the end of April 2005. For the time being access will also be permitted using the existing common userid and password. However it is highly recommended that transcribers start using their SubmitterID and Password to access the scans to ensure an orderly changeover of ID and Password. Regards Allan Raymond

Hi Derek I assume you are using WinBMD. If you enter the first letter of the Surname in the "surname first Letter" box in the header details form then the file names will be different. You'll have 2 files 1857M2D0514 and 1857M2R0514 That will get rid of your computer and FreeBMD saying the file already exists. good luck Bob Phillips ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Lister" <derek.lister@ntlworld.com> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 9:32 PM Subject: Problems with batch numbers > > > Ten days ago I transcribed 1857 June Marriages page 0514. The Header > Source/Scan Ref was ACDB-03/A-D. > > Today I started to transcribe another page 0514 this time with Header > Source/Scan Ref was ACDB-03/L-R. At > > first I received an error saying file already existed and did I want to > delete it. Being not sure what the outcome > > of this would be I answered no, saved the file to floppy and then deleted it > from my hard drive. Success, or so I > > thought. When I then tried to upload the one I had just completed I now get > "Error in Upload. There is already a > > file on FreeBMD which you have uploaded with that name. Do you want to > replace it with this one?" > > As these are two separate files what course of action do I take please? > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 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 > >

Ten days ago I transcribed 1857 June Marriages page 0514. The Header Source/Scan Ref was ACDB-03/A-D. Today I started to transcribe another page 0514 this time with Header Source/Scan Ref was ACDB-03/L-R. At first I received an error saying file already existed and did I want to delete it. Being not sure what the outcome of this would be I answered no, saved the file to floppy and then deleted it from my hard drive. Success, or so I thought. When I then tried to upload the one I had just completed I now get "Error in Upload. There is already a file on FreeBMD which you have uploaded with that name. Do you want to replace it with this one?" As these are two separate files what course of action do I take please?

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:29:49 -0700, you wrote: >Currently Images for September 1839 S actually show images for September >1837 (see filenames 1837m3 etc. >Similar issues apply to other quarters at about this time. I can't find the >actual 1839 images. ?? I've passed this on to the person who maintains this part of the scan repository to resolve. -- Dave Mayall