Brilliant!!!! Antony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evan Smith" <evan_smith@optusnet.com.au> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 1:02 PM Subject: A Little Humour 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 ==== 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

Hi Jane, The scans are there - you just need to persevere to fight your way through the blank pages. F starts at p1093 - with a big letter F - and H starts at 1404. There seem to be about 10 - 15 blank pages between each letter in the hand written ledgers, no doubt to allow for errors and omissions to be added later. And H is certainly there as I have found entries for my own interests. For some years the blanks are labelled as such, but not all, unfortunately. That would no doubt take someone some time to identify the files and then rename them. Regards Sue Smith Family Web Site: http://www.harriesfamily.net/index.html -----Original Message----- From: JANEREID@aol.com [mailto:JANEREID@aol.com] Sent: 06 March 2005 16:45 To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Did you know that Births of March 1850 from page 1083 onwards are blank? The index ends with E which is very sad for someone looking for H as I was. There are many pages but when I was viewing them as jpegs, they were blank. The system knew they were blanks as there is no load size shown for these records. Thought you might be interested. Jane Reid ==== 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 Jane Scan 1082 is the last of the E's (Eyres). There are then 10 blank scans - this is normal. scan 1093 is a big F - this is normal. scan 1094 is the start of the F surnames (Faber). I am confident there is no problem with the scans in this area. good luck Bob Phillips ----- Original Message ----- From: <JANEREID@aol.com> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 4:44 PM Subject: Did you know > that Births of March 1850 from page 1083 onwards are blank? The index ends > with E which is very sad for someone looking for H as I was. There are many > pages but when I was viewing them as jpegs, they were blank. The system knew > they were blanks as there is no load size shown for these records. > > Thought you might be interested. > > Jane Reid > > > > ==== 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 am getting lots of emails from people, how do I stop them ? Regards Glen Sturman

Please unsubscribe me from this newsletter thank you 'Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today, because if you do it today and like it you can do it again tomorrow!' -----Original Message----- From: FreeBMD-Admins-D-request@rootsweb.com [mailto:FreeBMD-Admins-D-request@rootsweb.com] Sent: 07 March 2005 05:01 To: FreeBMD-Admins-D@rootsweb.com Subject: FreeBMD-Admins-D Digest V05 #47

Hi Lisa The "See (?)/27" is probably a reference to a registration recorded at a later date. See Transcriber Hints & Help for Beginners. Keep Things Simple for more info. I have not looked at the scan as it's your decision. Also "BMD won't let me " More probably "Won't" is a Warning and it Will. good luck Bob Phillips ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa J. Thompson" <LisaJT@mchsi.com> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 11:04 PM Subject: Several questions regarding p. 453 of 3Q1904 Births > This is a page that has 3 handwritten entries at the bottom. It's clear where I need to insert them. The entries themselves are another matter. > > The first entry (PRICE, Stephanie) is simple enough the last one isn't bad -- I'm not sure if Doris' middle initial is a Y or a G so I'll just use the underscore for uncertain character. The second one (PRICE, Thomas), however, is giving me fits. What's the scroll-y thing in "See (?)/27" ? Is it a letter? Also, there's no volume number. BMD won't let me put in the entry without a volume number. If I put in a "?" it tells me that I can't put in a question mark unless there's one in the original text. I decided to just accept the volume number that the Picklist generates but I know we're only supposed to TWYS. > > Any advice greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Lisa > > > > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > FreeBMD Transcribers homepage > http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vindex.shtml > > ============================== > 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 > >

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

Thanks for your quick replies! I now know how to handle this and can finish my transcription without worry. Thanks again! Lisa

This is a page that has 3 handwritten entries at the bottom. It's clear where I need to insert them. The entries themselves are another matter. The first entry (PRICE, Stephanie) is simple enough the last one isn't bad -- I'm not sure if Doris' middle initial is a Y or a G so I'll just use the underscore for uncertain character. The second one (PRICE, Thomas), however, is giving me fits. What's the scroll-y thing in "See (?)/27" ? Is it a letter? Also, there's no volume number. BMD won't let me put in the entry without a volume number. If I put in a "?" it tells me that I can't put in a question mark unless there's one in the original text. I decided to just accept the volume number that the Picklist generates but I know we're only supposed to TWYS. Any advice greatly appreciated. Thanks, Lisa

As I thought, Jeff agrees - actually the occurence was twice in the same page - both were with capitals in the middle and Wolverhampton as the district - probably to save going on to two lines. I had not come across it before. thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: Dominic Wells To: bronny.slowe Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 2:47 PM Subject: Re: twys Bronny Being pragmatic I would put in the space but let Jeff C decide. regards Dominic ----- Original Message ----- From: "bronny.slowe" <bronny.slowe@ntlworld.com> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 2:12 PM Subject: twys > I am transcribing 1909 D4 - B - 0027 > the entry is > Line 299 BISHOP RobertThomas 72 Wolverhampton etc. > There is NO space between the two names but the capital T is there. The lack of space was probably to stop going over on to 2 lines, but do I type as seen or put in the space? > Bronny > > ______________________________

that Births of March 1850 from page 1083 onwards are blank? The index ends with E which is very sad for someone looking for H as I was. There are many pages but when I was viewing them as jpegs, they were blank. The system knew they were blanks as there is no load size shown for these records. Thought you might be interested. Jane Reid

Thanks everyone have passed info onto transcriber. Keith

Couple of alternatives. 1. Request the volunteer to use the lost password facility via http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/bmd-files.pl or 2. Email vol-coord@freebmd.rootsweb.com with specific details of the volunteer and one of us will be able to help? Allan Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Simpson" <Keylotus@ukonline.co.uk> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 05 March 2005 21:21 Subject: Lost Password I have a transcriber who has tries to upload his files and keeps getting the message that his password is incorrect. Any help appreciated. Keith

I have a transcriber who has tries to upload his files and keeps getting the message that his password is incorrect. Any help appreciated. Keith

I am transcribing 1909 D4 - B - 0027 the entry is Line 299 BISHOP RobertThomas 72 Wolverhampton etc. There is NO space between the two names but the capital T is there. The lack of space was probably to stop going over on to 2 lines, but do I type as seen or put in the space? Bronny

Quoting Eric Davies <ericdavies5@onetel.com>: > The recent change in showing the % completion rates per quarter is very > interesting and welcoming. I wonder however whether it is still possible to > also show the % completion rates on an annual basis as this gives a compact > presentation of the data. > > Thanks, > > Eric Davies. > > > ************************* > Eric Davies, > Brynteg, > Pendine, > Carms., SA33 4PA. > > e-mail: ericdavies5@onetel.com > ********************************* >

Am currently transcribing March 1857 Marriages Index G-O (letter J) pages 0310 to 0318. Unfortunately some of the Index pages are split over 2 scans. Page 0312 is OK but the page 0313 (on same scan) is cut off on the right hand side. Part of page 0313 appears on the left hand side of page 0314 but there is a gap and I can see only the end of the district name. There are similar gaps between the scans for pages 0315 and 0317. Page 0319 is blank but I think this correct as names for letter J end part way down page 0318. Also scans for 1857 Marriages don't appear on the Transcribers scan source web page so I've been downloading these pages via the View Image option on the FreeBMD homepage. Are better scans available? Steve

Many thanks to everyone. I typed exactly what you all said *,* and it uploaded successfully. Another senior moment, I'm afraid! Patricia

I have just finished transcribing 1889b3 030 (Scan) and tried to upload it unsuccessfully. At the bottom of the page there are 2 handwritten entries to be inserted above. The first entry is totally illegible and I can only make out the surname on the other one. I have tried to insert the second entry in the marked place and have used all possibilities for "uncertain characters" but nothing works. When I try to upload I get the message "there is an invalid district number at line 168. Unable to send file". In this case I am unable to TWYS as I can't see anything! Any suggestions please? Patricia Scan2

Hi Patricia Are you entering *,* for the district and volume? good luck Bob Phillips ----- Original Message ----- From: "PhilipHale" <mundawanga@wanadoo.fr> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 7:22 PM Subject: handwritten entries > > > I have just finished transcribing 1889b3 030 (Scan) and tried to upload it unsuccessfully. At the bottom of the page there are 2 handwritten entries to be inserted above. The first entry is totally illegible and I can only make out the surname on the other one. I have tried to insert the second entry in the marked place and have used all possibilities for "uncertain characters" but nothing works. When I try to upload I get the message "there is an invalid district number at line 168. Unable to send file". In this case I am unable to TWYS as I can't see anything! Any suggestions please? > > Patricia > Scan2 > > > ==== 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 > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >