Hi Rob I think what you need are the page ranges on http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/district-page-reverse-map-index.html . There seems to be a good list for March quarter 1853 deaths on http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/district-page-map.pl?file=10/1853D1.csv You can save the web page to your computer and then open with Excel, or copy and paste. The sequence of districts will probably be the same in other quarters, though actual page ranges will differ. March quarter deaths seem usually to be highest, followed by December. Some small districts do not turn up in these lists unless the transcription is virtually complete. Hope this helps Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robb" <rob_roy@paradise.net.nz> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 7:12 AM Subject: Is there a file to printout for "sorted by District code" ? > I'm finishing off a quarter for WebScan .. > > Lots of odd pages for Deaths Mar 1853, mixture of letters, > and some poor scans. > > For some help .... > I have used Excel to list the Districts into 3 or 4 columns > making a handy alpha 3 page printout. I couldn't (quickly) > come across something similar for "sorted by district code" > on Transcribers pages on FreeBMD. Is there one ? > All the scans I'm working on are hand written and the > printouts are so handy. > > Sorry if I have missed the obvious. > > Rob > > > > ==== 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 Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.1 - Release Date: 09/03/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.1 - Release Date: 09/03/2005

Well I've just tried (approx 2pm Thursday UK time) downloading and installing from the site and I can find nothing wrong. Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: Graham Chamberlain To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 2:39 AM Subject: More about WinBMD site Yesterday I flagged a problem with the link to WinBMD <http://winbmd.rmhh.co.uk/> as it was going to a domain holding page. I tried again today and IE warned me that an attempt was being made to download a file to my computer - which I naturally declined! Has anyone been able to contact Rodney Hall about this? Graham ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== FreeBMD - http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

File in question appears to be winbmd.rmhh.co[1] if that sheds any light In message <423015D5.2020506@katiandgraham.com>, Graham Chamberlain <gc@katiandgraham.com> writes >Yesterday I flagged a problem with the link to WinBMD ><http://winbmd.rmhh.co.uk/> as it was going to a domain holding page. I >tried again today and IE warned me that an attempt was being made to >download a file to my computer - which I naturally declined! > >Has anyone been able to contact Rodney Hall about this? > >Graham > > >==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== >FreeBMD - http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com > >============================== >Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > -- AJH Heywood

From time to time I post out the following reminder, which is especially directed at the the large number of new volunteers. We have two very useful documents on the FreeBMD site, viz. "Hints and Help For Beginners" & "Transcribers' Knowledge Base". Hints and Help For Beginners is the starting point for our new and existing volunteers and if this fails to answer your question then a quick look through our Transcribers' Knowledge Base provides answers to a multitude of queries posed by volunteers. Both documents are are the definitive source of information for the FreeBMD Project. Both of these documents are available via the FreeBMD homepage at : http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ and then clicking "Transcribers' Page". Or they can be found as follows, Hints and Help For Beginners at http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/beginhelp.shtml and Transcribers' Knowledge Base at http://www.freebmd.org.uk/vol_faq.html Regards Allan Raymond FreeBMD Co-ordinator Syndicate

Transcribe it exactly as shown. Please see our Hints and Help For Beginners guide at: http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/beginhelp.shtml ? Scroll down to "Transcribing District Names". Allan Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine Pratt" <elaine1849@btinternet.com> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 09 March 2005 19:11 Subject: Registration district Hello, I am transcribing 1849 Deaths, after some of the registration districts it says e.g Lexden &co. never had this before, do I enter &co or ignore it? Any helps would be appreciated. Elaine Scan 2

Hello, I am transcribing 1849 Deaths, after some of the registration districts it says e.g Lexden &co. never had this before, do I enter &co or ignore it? Any helps would be appreciated. Elaine Scan 2

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 14:09:27 +0100, you wrote: >Hello > >I don't quite understand the first question, so I won't reply. That's because it is syndicate specific! In fact, that's twice in a single day that a query specific to the scan2 syndicate has found its way here! So, it is probably time to remind members of the scan2 syndicate that ALL enquiries relating to the scan2 website must be addressed to your syndicate co-ordinator, not to this list. >Transcriptions appear on the internet when the database is uploaded. The >admins seem to do this about once a month (correct me if wrong!) It's supposed to be every 4 weeks :-) > so It >could take up to a month to be available, depending on when you submit >your work. Dependent on slight variations in the cycle, and the time that an update takes to run, transcriptions will appear anything from one to six weeks after upload. -- Dave Mayall

Hello I don't quite understand the first question, so I won't reply. My I can answer the second one. Transcriptions appear on the internet when the database is uploaded. The admins seem to do this about once a month (correct me if wrong!) so It could take up to a month to be available, depending on when you submit your work. Whatever the case, they are uploaded relatively quickly, and appear... The other day I found my first transcriptions online :) It was really satisfiying! Hope you get an answer to your other queries. VIcky Steve Syddell wrote: > Hi > I have a couple of queries that I hope some helpful person can answer. > > Do we have to do anything with the initial 'U' in the last column of > our transcription history etc. Some entries have entries showing as > FIX whilst some show TYP and the number of 'unreadable bits'? > > The other point is how long after uploading our transcriptions is it > before they appear on the FreeBMD page on the inernet? > > Many thanks > Steve > > > > ==== 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 > >

Steve Re: "Do we have to do anything with the initial 'U' in the last column of our transcription history etc. Some entries have entries showing as FIX whilst some show TYP and the number of 'unreadable bits'? These queries are Syndicate specific to Scan2 and you will need to ask Derek off list. Syndicate specific queries posted to the Admins list leads to confusion for members of other Syndicates. Re: "how long after uploading our transcriptions is it before they appear on the FreeBMD page on the Internet?" It takes from about 1 day to 1 month before transcriptions appear for searching. The database is updated at approximately monthly intervals and records appear after the update. Further information is at: http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vol_faq.html#10d . Allan Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Syddell" <steve.syddell@ntlworld.com> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 09 March 2005 12:38 Subject: members pages Hi I have a couple of queries that I hope some helpful person can answer. Do we have to do anything with the initial 'U' in the last column of our transcription history etc. Some entries have entries showing as FIX whilst some show TYP and the number of 'unreadable bits'? The other point is how long after uploading our transcriptions is it before they appear on the FreeBMD page on the inernet? Many thanks Steve

You need to ask Derek that one, as it only relates to Scan2 transcribers. Cheers Angie I transcribe for FreeBMD at http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ Visit my eBay store: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/natures-magical-gifts -----Original Message----- From: Steve Syddell [mailto:steve.syddell@ntlworld.com] Sent: 09 March 2005 12:39 To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Subject: members pages Hi I have a couple of queries that I hope some helpful person can answer. Do we have to do anything with the initial 'U' in the last column of our transcription history etc. Some entries have entries showing as FIX whilst some show TYP and the number of 'unreadable bits'? The other point is how long after uploading our transcriptions is it before they appear on the FreeBMD page on the inernet? Many thanks Steve ==== 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

Hi I have a couple of queries that I hope some helpful person can answer. Do we have to do anything with the initial 'U' in the last column of our transcription history etc. Some entries have entries showing as FIX whilst some show TYP and the number of 'unreadable bits'? The other point is how long after uploading our transcriptions is it before they appear on the FreeBMD page on the inernet? Many thanks Steve

The rest of Rodney Hall's site is still working, and the introduction to WinBMD from that site is still there on http://rmhh.co.uk/freebmd.html . It may well be that the page will re-appear soon, maybe with a revised version. If in urgent need of WinBMD, Chris has put a copy of the download for WinBMDfull on http://www.pingramsyndicate.org/ but that site has intermittent difficulties and I can't get at it at the moment. That version is a large file (4.3Mb) so slow to download. Contact me off-list if you want it urgently. Jeff > What has happened to the link to WinBMD <http://winbmd.rmhh.co.uk/> for > downloading the software etc? It now takes you to a domain holding page! > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.4 - Release Date: 07/03/2005

What has happened to the link to WinBMD <http://winbmd.rmhh.co.uk/> for downloading the software etc? It now takes you to a domain holding page! Graham

On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 08:24:13 -0000, you wrote: >On going to the Members Page this morning, I found there are 4 open >assignments. Can anyone tell me what these are? All my assignments have >been done and uploaded and sent to Derek,as far I I am aware. You need to take this up with Derek, rather than the Admins list. The page you are talking about is specific to your syndicate, and discussion of it is meaningless and confusing to people in other syndicates. -- Dave Mayall

On going to the Members Page this morning, I found there are 4 open assignments. Can anyone tell me what these are? All my assignments have been done and uploaded and sent to Derek,as far I I am aware. Thanks Lilian Fraser Lilian Fraser my email address is lilianfrs@talktalk.net -----Original Message----- From: FreeBMD-Admins-D-request@rootsweb.com [mailto:FreeBMD-Admins-D-request@rootsweb.com] Sent: 09 March 2005 06:00 To: FreeBMD-Admins-D@rootsweb.com Subject: FreeBMD-Admins-D Digest V05 #49 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.4 - Release Date: 07/03/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.4 - Release Date: 07/03/2005

Hi Wanda, It looks like a flourish on the cross of the A to me, so the name should be transcribed as "Annie". And twins could be registered on separate pages - they may not have died at exactly the same time. I had twin siblings who died a day apart, and their entries aren't even in the same district! Regards Sue Smith Family Web Site: http://www.harriesfamily.net/index.html -----Original Message----- From: Wanda [mailto:woodwand@msn.com] Sent: 07 March 2005 00:58 To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Handwritten entry Hello all, I'm transcribing 1907D4O0233. At the bottom of the middle column, there is a handwritten entry & it's clear where to insert it. I have transcribed it: OXBY, SAnnie Chester le S.,10a 362a. The only way I could figure out the district was because of the entry before. There seems to be an obvious S in front of Annie, so I transcribed it thus. That puts me out of sequence (hate when that happens!). Does anyone know what that could be besides an "S"? I thought that the first Annie entry (aged 25) might be a mother who died in childbirth with twins, but would the death of twins be registered on two different, widely spaced pages? Thanks for any help, Wanda ==== 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

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Hi all Wanda wrote: > Never mind....I could see when verifying this page, that it was just a capital A with quite a flourish. A good example of why everyone should check their transcriptions with BMDVerify. David Gray

Never mind....I could see when verifying this page, that it was just a capital A with quite a flourish. ----- Original Message ----- From: Wanda<mailto:woodwand@msn.com> To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 5:57 PM Subject: Handwritten entry Hello all, I'm transcribing 1907D4O0233. At the bottom of the middle column, there is a handwritten entry & it's clear where to insert it. I have transcribed it: OXBY, SAnnie Chester le S.,10a 362a. The only way I could figure out the district was because of the entry before. There seems to be an obvious S in front of Annie, so I transcribed it thus. That puts me out of sequence (hate when that happens!). Does anyone know what that could be besides an "S"? I thought that the first Annie entry (aged 25) might be a mother who died in childbirth with twins, but would the death of twins be registered on two different, widely spaced pages? Thanks for any help, Wanda

To add a little humour to the monotony of transcribing, I give you these entries from my transcriptions of marriages in the 1840s. EATWELL - John - registration district - HUNGERFORD OVEN - John " " - BAKEWELL CHERRY - Belly - handwritten entry. Later corrected to Betty. EDEVEAN - Putty - handwritten entry. Later corrected to Patty. And the almost unbelievable - PLANT - Lettice - registration district - LEEK! Did her parents know of the vegetable "lettuce"? Fortunately for Lettice, marriage saved her from going through life as a Lettice Plant. Evan Smith