Just for clarification, when you note that you've tried shutting down the computer, do you mean that you've gone as far as switching the power off at the wall socket, or instigating a reboot within the oprating system? Network cards have a nasty habit of retaining their settings during a reboot. Powering down the computer should be sufficient, switching off power at the wall socket should* be a clincher. * I add this caveat... VOIP phones don't necessarily have power blocks (well, not the ones I use), they draw sufficent power from the network. To discount this effect it might also be worthwhile removing the computer's network cable too; not forgetting to reseat it before powering up again. I tested a force close on WinBMD - not something I like doing on any application. WinBMD does not appear to load dependent modules when it's run, though my test wasn't an exhaustive one. When restaring the program one is faced with a notification... "Error Recovery - WinBMD is reloading the last batch" Forcing close didn't appear to introduce further corruption - the file was as I expected it to be; though I wasn't recovering from an unstable position in the first place. I am unable to check upload connection issues at present as I'm not close to completing a file (insert embarrassed emoticon here) Hope this helps, Grev. > Something funny has happened to my WinBMD. I can’t exit from it. I’ve > tried shutting down the computer to no avail. I can open Win BMD but > can’t shut it. > Dennis Hawkins > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > > FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Wouldn't upload yesterday and had the closing problem so decided to leave it until this morning. All my files have uploaded successfully and I was able to close them at this end. So whatever it was seems to have gone. M McGuire

Did this happen when attempting to send a file to FreeBMD? There may be something temporarily wrong with the web site meaning that uploads are not working properly. One of my syndicate has reported this problem, and looking at the upload report it appears that no-one has managed to submit a file in my syndicate for the last 8 hours or so. (about 14.20 today as shown on Show File) Have you tried these options? 1) In the 'File' menu of WinBMD choose 'Save batch and Exit' 2) using f3 key to save your work then using the little x at upper right of the transcribing grid window to close down 3) selecting the WinBMD icon in the tray at the foot of the screen, right mouse-clicking and 'Close' 4) Holding down CTRL-ALT-DEL keys together, then 'Start Task Manager', select WinBMD in the 'Applications' tab and 'End task'. In the 'WinBMD' folder there should be a small file called uploadlog.txt which is created every time you try to send a file to FreeBMD. You can open this in Notepad or a similar program. The last line should be along the lines of Upload OK - 1948B1A0001 uploaded successfully - or whatever your last file was called If the last line is not of this type then something went wrong during the upload. I can't see why this should make it impossible to close WinBMD at all, but someone else may be able to explain. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Hawkins" <dennis.hawkins138@btinternet.com> To: <freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 9:50 PM Subject: Closing file > Something funny has happened to my WinBMD. I can’t exit from it. I’ve > tried shutting down the computer to no avail. I can open Win BMD but can’t > shut it. > Dennis Hawkins > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > > FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Hawkins" <dennis.hawkins138@btinternet.com> To: <freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 9:50 PM Subject: Closing file > Something funny has happened to my WinBMD. I can’t exit from it. I’ve > tried shutting down the computer to no avail. I can open Win BMD but can’t > shut it. > Dennis Hawkins > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > > FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4862 - Release Date: 03/10/12 > Try uninstalling WinBMD and then reboot before re-installing. Bob

Something funny has happened to my WinBMD. I can’t exit from it. I’ve tried shutting down the computer to no avail. I can open Win BMD but can’t shut it. Dennis Hawkins

Barrie The FAQ is at http://freebmd.org.uk/FAQ.html#24 Peter Beaven On 06/03/2012 08:00, freebmd-admins-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Mail for the mailing list should be sent to > FreeBMD-Admins@rootsweb.com > > The website for the mailing list is > http://www.freebmd.org.uk > It contains all the information about the project and its current status. > Archives http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Re: Wartime (Barrie Archer) > > > > To contact the FREEBMD-ADMINS list administrator, send an email to > FREEBMD-ADMINS-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the FREEBMD-ADMINS mailing list, send an email to FREEBMD-ADMINS@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4852 - Release Date: 03/05/12

I have taken the liberty of including the gist of this thread to the the FreeBMD FAQ <http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/prepare-page.pl#24> I hope that is OK ... and perhaps people would like to check it. Barrie On 19:59, Daniel Colbert wrote: > I also had an ancestor who was killed in France (in 1916) and the death was > registered in England. The Family Records Centre (now closed) used to have a > separate section for military deaths, they were recorded separately from the > general population, so that would explain why they are not on FreeBMD. If you > can track down the date of death on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission > website, you should be able to get a death certificate from DirectGov. > > http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/Registeringlifeevents/Birthmarriageanddeathcertificates/DG_175628 > > > I also had the MoD do a search for my ancestors service record for a fee, but > the majority of the WW1 service records were destroyed by German bombing > (about 60% if I remember correctly) in WW2. Finally, you can get a copy of the > soldier's medal record from the national Archives in Kew, as far as I know > casualties were automatically awarded a posthumous medal. > > Hope this helps > > Daniel > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Chas Charles-Dunne" <chascharlesdunne@hotmail.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 1:34 PM > To: <freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Wartime > >> >> Hello, >> >> I have a question about official procedure. How are wartime records handled, >> please? I know a relative was killed in 1915 in France and that his next of >> kin was informed here in our village, but there is no record of the death on >> FreeBMD. >> >> Did the MoD, or the War Office, or whatever it was called register the deaths >> somewhere? Or was that left to the next of kin? I know from personal >> experience that not all service personnel listed a next of kin - I didn't >> when I joined the RAF in 1970. I was blown up in Northern Ireland and >> wounded in the Falklands. If I had died from my injuries, would there have >> been any registration of my death? Or would it have been left to the next of >> kin that I didn't have? >> >> Thanking you in advance, for what ever help you can give and Thank You for a >> wonderful resource. >> >> Regards >> >> Chas Charles-Dunne >> >> FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins >> >> FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >

I also had an ancestor who was killed in France (in 1916) and the death was registered in England. The Family Records Centre (now closed) used to have a separate section for military deaths, they were recorded separately from the general population, so that would explain why they are not on FreeBMD. If you can track down the date of death on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website, you should be able to get a death certificate from DirectGov. http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/Registeringlifeevents/Birthmarriageanddeathcertificates/DG_175628 I also had the MoD do a search for my ancestors service record for a fee, but the majority of the WW1 service records were destroyed by German bombing (about 60% if I remember correctly) in WW2. Finally, you can get a copy of the soldier's medal record from the national Archives in Kew, as far as I know casualties were automatically awarded a posthumous medal. Hope this helps Daniel -------------------------------------------------- From: "Chas Charles-Dunne" <chascharlesdunne@hotmail.com> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 1:34 PM To: <freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com> Subject: Wartime > > Hello, > > I have a question about official procedure. How are wartime records > handled, please? I know a relative was killed in 1915 in France and that > his next of kin was informed here in our village, but there is no record > of the death on FreeBMD. > > Did the MoD, or the War Office, or whatever it was called register the > deaths somewhere? Or was that left to the next of kin? I know from > personal experience that not all service personnel listed a next of kin - > I didn't when I joined the RAF in 1970. I was blown up in Northern > Ireland and wounded in the Falklands. If I had died from my injuries, > would there have been any registration of my death? Or would it have been > left to the next of kin that I didn't have? > > Thanking you in advance, for what ever help you can give and Thank You for > a wonderful resource. > > Regards > > Chas Charles-Dunne > > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > > FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello Try the Commonwealth War Graves Commission http://www.cwgc.org/ for information on what the registration system is. They also have a search facility. good luck Bob Phillips ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chas Charles-Dunne" <chascharlesdunne@hotmail.com> To: <freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 1:34 PM Subject: Wartime > > Hello, > > I have a question about official procedure. How are wartime records > handled, please? I know a relative was killed in 1915 in France and that > his next of kin was informed here in our village, but there is no record > of the death on FreeBMD. > > Did the MoD, or the War Office, or whatever it was called register the > deaths somewhere? Or was that left to the next of kin? I know from > personal experience that not all service personnel listed a next of kin - > I didn't when I joined the RAF in 1970. I was blown up in Northern > Ireland and wounded in the Falklands. If I had died from my injuries, > would there have been any registration of my death? Or would it have been > left to the next of kin that I didn't have? > > Thanking you in advance, for what ever help you can give and Thank You for > a wonderful resource. > > Regards > > Chas Charles-Dunne > > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > > FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello, I have a question about official procedure. How are wartime records handled, please? I know a relative was killed in 1915 in France and that his next of kin was informed here in our village, but there is no record of the death on FreeBMD. Did the MoD, or the War Office, or whatever it was called register the deaths somewhere? Or was that left to the next of kin? I know from personal experience that not all service personnel listed a next of kin - I didn't when I joined the RAF in 1970. I was blown up in Northern Ireland and wounded in the Falklands. If I had died from my injuries, would there have been any registration of my death? Or would it have been left to the next of kin that I didn't have? Thanking you in advance, for what ever help you can give and Thank You for a wonderful resource. Regards Chas Charles-Dunne

Your requirement is incorporated in the updated version of WinBMD which is waiting its release. Allan Raymond FreeBMD Coordinator of Syndicates ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Fowler To: FreeBMD-Admins@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 10:40 PM Subject: WinBMD Upgrade 5 to 6 Births I was hoping that when you typed the mothers name in ,the first letter would type as a capital, like the surname does. Would make life a bit easier. Peter Fowler, Gandalf syndicate. FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sorry Peter but we can't have everything we want all the time. Maybe they will update the program in the future. . Keith On 12/02/2012 22:40, "Peter Fowler" <peterfowler999@btinternet.com> wrote: > I was hoping that when you typed the mothers name in ,the first letter would > type as a capital, like the surname does. Would make life a bit easier. > > Peter Fowler, Gandalf syndicate. > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > > FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I was hoping that when you typed the mothers name in ,the first letter would type as a capital, like the surname does. Would make life a bit easier. Peter Fowler, Gandalf syndicate.

Thanks Alan. It seemed to have got better by mid morning and I was able to get my upload report. Christopher On 18/01/2012 15:40, Allan Raymond wrote: > I don't know the cause of the problem but can say it is already under investigation. > > It is a case of watch this space for the outcome of the investigations. > > Allan Raymond > > --- On Wed, 18/1/12, Christopher M Richards<cmr1ch6rd7@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > > From: Christopher M Richards<cmr1ch6rd7@blueyonder.co.uk> > Subject: Is there a problem with the FreeBMD servers? > To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, 18 January, 2012, 9:41 > > > FreeBMD seems unusually slow with frequent time-outs. Getting an upload > report is impossible. > Is there a problem with one of the servers? > > Christopher Richards > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > > FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > > FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I don't know the cause of the problem but can say it is already under investigation.   It is a case of watch this space for the outcome of the investigations.   Allan Raymond --- On Wed, 18/1/12, Christopher M Richards <cmr1ch6rd7@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: From: Christopher M Richards <cmr1ch6rd7@blueyonder.co.uk> Subject: Is there a problem with the FreeBMD servers? To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, 18 January, 2012, 9:41 FreeBMD seems unusually slow with frequent time-outs.  Getting an upload report is impossible. Is there a problem with one of the servers? Christopher Richards FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

FreeBMD seems unusually slow with frequent time-outs. Getting an upload report is impossible. Is there a problem with one of the servers? Christopher Richards

Angela, There has been no search on the FreeBMD database for a William Levitt between 11th and 13th of January - when you get an unexpected result you should check that you are searching for what you intended - the search results contain the search details for just this purpose. Please also note that the Admins list is for queries about transcribing not about searching - please use the support link for that (and include details of when you did the search). Barrie On 19:59, angela fraser wrote: > I am searching for William Elijah Levitt, born in 1896 Hull, Yorkshire as I > am trying to obtain a death cert for him and his wife Elsa Charlotte Levitt. > I am told he and his wife (my grandparents) died in 1945 in September > quarter but have no info on how they died? > They lived in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire at the time possibly Analby > Road, Hull or Argyll Street, Hull. > > I have tried the fee bmd records but nothing comes up for William Levitt. > > > >

Thanks very much will have a look . Angie m: 0419 566 383 -----Original Message----- From: John Hartley [mailto:jhartley@hotkey.net.au] Sent: Sunday, 15 January 2012 5:53 PM To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: searching for death certificates for William Elijah Levitt and Elsa Charlotte Levitt Angela, FreeBMD has not transcribed deaths to 1945 as yet, but Ancestry has same data from UK GRO index. Here we see William E Levitt death in Sep Q, 1945,district of Yor4kshire East Riding, Vol 9d, page 246, aged 52 This will enable you to order a certificate from GRO Cheers John -----Original Message----- From: freebmd-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:freebmd-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of angela fraser Sent: Sunday, 15 January 2012 3:29 PM To: FREEBMD-ADMINS@rootsweb.com Subject: searching for death certificates for William Elijah Levitt and Elsa Charlotte Levitt I am searching for William Elijah Levitt, born in 1896 Hull, Yorkshire as I am trying to obtain a death cert for him and his wife Elsa Charlotte Levitt. I am told he and his wife (my grandparents) died in 1945 in September quarter but have no info on how they died? They lived in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire at the time possibly Analby Road, Hull or Argyll Street, Hull. I have tried the fee bmd records but nothing comes up for William Levitt. FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1901 / Virus Database: 2109/4743 - Release Date: 01/14/12

John Just in case there is any confusion. You are factually incorrect to say FreeBMD has not yet transcribed to 1945 Deaths as yet. You only need to check out the progress charts at: http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/progressD.shtml to see that FreeBMD are currently working on years up to and including 1961. !945 are fully completed except for possible an odd page or two. A search of the FreeBMD database will find the entries for the two persons in question. Deaths Sep 1945 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Levitt Elsa C 50 Hull 9d 135 Levitt Frederick 87 Oxford 3a 1296 Levitt Margaret J 58 Tynemouth 10b 227 Levitt William E 52 Hull 9d 246 Allan Raymond FreeBMD Coordinator of Syndicates ----- Original Message ----- From: John Hartley To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 6:53 AM Subject: RE: searching for death certificates for William Elijah Levitt andElsa Charlotte Levitt Angela, FreeBMD has not transcribed deaths to 1945 as yet, but Ancestry has same data from UK GRO index. Here we see William E Levitt death in Sep Q, 1945,district of Yor4kshire East Riding, Vol 9d, page 246, aged 52 This will enable you to order a certificate from GRO Cheers John -----Original Message----- From: freebmd-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:freebmd-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of angela fraser Sent: Sunday, 15 January 2012 3:29 PM To: FREEBMD-ADMINS@rootsweb.com Subject: searching for death certificates for William Elijah Levitt and Elsa Charlotte Levitt I am searching for William Elijah Levitt, born in 1896 Hull, Yorkshire as I am trying to obtain a death cert for him and his wife Elsa Charlotte Levitt. I am told he and his wife (my grandparents) died in 1945 in September quarter but have no info on how they died? They lived in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire at the time possibly Analby Road, Hull or Argyll Street, Hull. I have tried the fee bmd records but nothing comes up for William Levitt.

Angela, FreeBMD has not transcribed deaths to 1945 as yet, but Ancestry has same data from UK GRO index. Here we see William E Levitt death in Sep Q, 1945,district of Yor4kshire East Riding, Vol 9d, page 246, aged 52 This will enable you to order a certificate from GRO Cheers John -----Original Message----- From: freebmd-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:freebmd-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of angela fraser Sent: Sunday, 15 January 2012 3:29 PM To: FREEBMD-ADMINS@rootsweb.com Subject: searching for death certificates for William Elijah Levitt and Elsa Charlotte Levitt I am searching for William Elijah Levitt, born in 1896 Hull, Yorkshire as I am trying to obtain a death cert for him and his wife Elsa Charlotte Levitt. I am told he and his wife (my grandparents) died in 1945 in September quarter but have no info on how they died? They lived in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire at the time possibly Analby Road, Hull or Argyll Street, Hull. I have tried the fee bmd records but nothing comes up for William Levitt. FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1901 / Virus Database: 2109/4743 - Release Date: 01/14/12