Ted   1.  A similar query was asked way back in 2008 regarding the acceptable formats.   The answer at that time is shown in: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/freebmd-syndicates/2008-09/1221860453   2.  #THEORY(2),REF,SEE D/64 must be the correct answer based on http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/Format.shtml  which states "Note that the #THEORY(N) is put after the first record but N is the total number of records including the first".   Allan Raymond FreeBMD Coordinator of Syndicates   --- On Fri, 9/12/11, Ted Southcombe <ted@southcombe1.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: From: Ted Southcombe <ted@southcombe1.freeserve.co.uk> Subject: Referred Page Numbers To: "FreeBMD Admins" <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, 9 December, 2011, 20:45 2 queries about referred page numbers - eg  See  D/64 - both only partly covered by TKB 6(q) :- 1.  Is there an up-to-date list of formats acceptable to the database - D64, D'64, D,64, D/64, etc. ? 2.  Weve had a couple of situations when we needed to insert a theory,ref line referring to alternate mothers names in addition to the #COMMENT(2) line.  Which is correct :- #THEORY,REF,(2) SEE D/64 or #THEORY,REF(2), SEE D/64 Thanks, Ted Southcombe

2 queries about referred page numbers - eg See D/64 - both only partly covered by TKB 6(q) :- 1. Is there an up-to-date list of formats acceptable to the database - D64, D'64, D,64, D/64, etc. ? 2. Weve had a couple of situations when we needed to insert a theory,ref line referring to alternate mothers names in addition to the #COMMENT(2) line. Which is correct :- #THEORY,REF,(2) SEE D/64 or #THEORY,REF(2), SEE D/64 Thanks, Ted Southcombe

Thanks to all for your replies.

FreeBMD has a District Alias Team who "map" non standard spellings and uncertain entries to the Official District list. Information about their work can be found at http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/DistrictInfo.html Brian On 5 Dec 2011 at 12:31, Phil wrote: > For minor district mis-spellings there is no need to add a THEORY > line. I understand that there is a database of accepted mis-spellings. > I certainly never use a theory line in this sort of instance. > > For your other query you do not need to add the comment line - treat > them as 2 separate entries. Note that they are not identical - the > handwritten one has the spouse's name spelled differently. > > Phil >

For minor district mis-spellings there is no need to add a THEORY line. I understand that there is a database of accepted mis-spellings. I certainly never use a theory line in this sort of instance. For your other query you do not need to add the comment line - treat them as 2 separate entries. Note that they are not identical - the handwritten one has the spouse's name spelled differently. Phil

Pam TWYS From Hints & Help for beginners Transcribing District Names When transcribing you will often come across district names which seem to be misspelt. However, even though you may feel certain it is incorrect, you must TYPE WHAT YOU SEE. Victor Campbell (Camred) On 05/12/2011 11:21, Pam Griffiths wrote: > I am currently transcribing 1938 M Q4 G-O ANC-05 page 391. > > One entry reads Nash Eva E. Bennett Emonton,3a 2231. > I haven't found a registration district called Emonton and suspect this > should read Edmonton. At present I have entered one line following the TWYS > rule, but have added a Theory line saying 'District name should probably > read Edmonton not Emonton' followed by the same entry but with Edmonton in > the District column. (The entry for the spouse, Archie Bennett, gives > Edmonton, by the way.) > > At the bottom of the same page is a hand-written entry, which gives exactly > the same information as the typed version (Nash Winifred I......etc.) except > for the volume number. In this instance, I have entered both versions, with > a Comment in between saying, 'Hand-written entry at bottom of the page has > 1538A as the page number.' > > Can you please tell me if this is the right protocol? > > Thank you. > > Pam > > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > FreeBMD http://freebmd.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 message

I am currently transcribing 1938 M Q4 G-O ANC-05 page 391. One entry reads Nash Eva E. Bennett Emonton,3a 2231. I haven't found a registration district called Emonton and suspect this should read Edmonton. At present I have entered one line following the TWYS rule, but have added a Theory line saying 'District name should probably read Edmonton not Emonton' followed by the same entry but with Edmonton in the District column. (The entry for the spouse, Archie Bennett, gives Edmonton, by the way.) At the bottom of the same page is a hand-written entry, which gives exactly the same information as the typed version (Nash Winifred I......etc.) except for the volume number. In this instance, I have entered both versions, with a Comment in between saying, 'Hand-written entry at bottom of the page has 1538A as the page number.' Can you please tell me if this is the right protocol? Thank you. Pam

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Bob, The rule that the page in the filename must correspond to the +PAGE was introduced at the end of 2004. I can (as mentioned in the syndicates list) do a bulk rename of files if you let me know (off list) your requirements. Barrie On 19:59, Bob Phillips wrote: > Hello > Using Bulk Upload I am replacing files and having some rejected. > The message given is > Page number 1836 from +PAGE does not correspond to page 836 in filename > > The file name is an 8 character style file name limited to a 3 digit file number while the scan number is 4 digits > The replacement file has the same filename and +PAGE numbers as the original and that was accepted but the new file isn't being accepted. > > I'd think an exception should be made if this is a new rule that the filename number has to be the same as the +PAGE number. > > I did want to replace all the 8 character file names with 11 character file names but changed my mind after it was said that deleting the 8 and replacing with an 11 would lose any database links so any changes from 8 to 11 I will have to do slowly and painfully in File Management. Now this extra burden has cropped up that means I have to retrograde files (reduce 4 digit page numbers to 3) before I reinstate them to 4 when I change to 11. > > I have uploaded something like 500 upgraded files in a couple of weeks so I do not want to be slowed down by messing about in File Management or fiddling with files. > > cheers > Bob Phillips > --Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified Scanner--

Hello Using Bulk Upload I am replacing files and having some rejected. The message given is Page number 1836 from +PAGE does not correspond to page 836 in filename The file name is an 8 character style file name limited to a 3 digit file number while the scan number is 4 digits The replacement file has the same filename and +PAGE numbers as the original and that was accepted but the new file isn't being accepted. I'd think an exception should be made if this is a new rule that the filename number has to be the same as the +PAGE number. I did want to replace all the 8 character file names with 11 character file names but changed my mind after it was said that deleting the 8 and replacing with an 11 would lose any database links so any changes from 8 to 11 I will have to do slowly and painfully in File Management. Now this extra burden has cropped up that means I have to retrograde files (reduce 4 digit page numbers to 3) before I reinstate them to 4 when I change to 11. I have uploaded something like 500 upgraded files in a couple of weeks so I do not want to be slowed down by messing about in File Management or fiddling with files. cheers Bob Phillips

Alan, Peter, Dave, and particularly Jeff----Thank you for you varied advice. With lots of trials and filtering ideas, I think I have it beat. I gave a summary of my solution to Derek Lowe, which follows below. Cheers John >>Thanks Derek, I had forgotten about TBK and Jeff Coleman got to me before you with a copy of #3(f). This was helpful but it was more like getting advice on how to boil an egg rather than what I wanted which was how to fry it! Never the less it got my thought processes going and I seem to have a solution which allows me to have WinBMD.exe reside in in Program Files along with all other program files and all data in a sub-directory of My Documents , where in a rebuild it cannot be scrambled( & no virtual files). The problem seems to be that when in FreeBMD I try to browse and select my normal place to save (Viz ...\My Documents\FreeBMD and save, it just would not save and would keep reverting to the default ( .\Output ). Then I noticed it had a box for New Folder so I did that and changed New Folder to FreeBMD2 so now the save path is ..\My Documents\FreeBMD\FreeBMD2. This seem to be working just fine, but I will not be really happy until my smile lasts another month. I have managed to find all lost files, hidden files, read only files etc. and put them all in my data Directory. That all said your idea of reinstalling in C:\ and saving in My Docs or such would have been ok too, as I already do this with another rogue program. I was just about ready to try when I stumbled on to above solution. Cheers John <<

The update to WinBMD which is currently being validated will provide exactly the feature you are looking for.   Allan Raymond FreeBMD Coordinator of Syndicates     --- On Thu, 24/11/11, Alan Betteridge <alan.betteridge@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: From: Alan Betteridge <alan.betteridge@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: WinBMD & marriages To: FreeBMD-Admins@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, 24 November, 2011, 10:04 Hi, I appreciate all the work that went into the development of WinBMD. Many of the shortcuts are very useful and time-saving. I may be an idiot, but it appears that the change to All-CAPS (F2) for surnames applies to to both the surname of child and mother when entering births, but does not apply to the spouse when transcribing marriages. This would be very useful. Thanks Alan FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins FreeBMD http://freebmd.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 message

On 22/11/2011 22:34, John Hartley wrote: > My computer is an unbranded desk top unit with a 1 terrabyte HD, Windows7 > Pro op-system about a year old. I was using WinBMD v4 previously on an old > computer with Win XP and then continued on this new computer for a year > until about 2 weeks ago, when I upgraded WinBMD from v4 to v5 (firstly > uninstalling v4 then installing v5 and later upgrading with the v6 patch). > > I was( for last 7n years) saving both Image and BMD data files in a > Directory called 1_DATA\FreeBMD. On the old computer with Xp as far as I > can recall data was saved in a path Viz C:\Documents and Settings\My > Documents\1_Data\FreeBMD. > > In Windows7 on new computer WinBMD data files and images were saved in path > Viz: Libraries\Documents\My Documents\1_Data\FreeBMD. > > I have for about last 15 years always saved all my data files from all > programs e.g. Word, Excel, Photoshop, PAF, Mapinfo, etc in ...My > Documents\1_Data\XXX------And everything has always been OK except for > WinBMD using V5/6 > > I now realise that files transcribed and saved after the v5/6 upgrade are > not appearing in the usual FreeBDM directory along with all previous BDM > files and Image files. I could only access those very recent files within > the WinBMD program, and only those still on the small drop down box from > <Files> but not from the full list from Files>Open (they were not visible).. > I searched with Explorer and found the missing files in another Directory > call FreeBMD but with different path > > The Image and old and new Data files are being saved at following path C:\ > Users\Windows7\Documents\1_Data\FreeBMD.. Also the recent files that were > missing in the other directory all had a small lock type insignias on their > names suggesting a security issue after the upgrade. > > So now though I can retrieve and edit files recently used and listed in the > small drop-down box at<Files>, and also could not open in Explorer or > WinBMD any new or old BMD files in any directory. Windows also just now did > not have the BMD file extension in the list of all acceptable extensions. > > So now after me trying to solve the problem with about 10 hours experiments > etc., I hired an IT consultant who, though not a boy, had never seen this > problem before and after two hours with me his only solution was to arrange > the saving of all Data and Images in the C:\Program Files > (x86)\WinBMD\Output Directory and because that would not be safe place if a > major back-up recovery were done, he installed a batch program to reasonably > easily copy all Output Directory to > C:\Users\Windows7\Documents\1_Data\FreeBMD directory on a daily or weekly > basis where in a Document directory they would not be violated during as > rebuild. I notice that the v5/6 files in the > C:\User\Windows7\Documents\1_Data\FreeBMD still have the little lock > insignias but can be now opened normally this may be because the IT man > entered .BMD as an allowable extension. > > We had to also change the BMD Verify program to use the Output directory and > it's a bit of a nuisance as it only opens file list in Name sorted rather > than Date as before. I can wear this as I will get used to working with the > search function. > > All this to me is an outcome which is messy and I am hoping that this > problem has arisen before and there may be a better solution you could put > before me. Any help will be appreciated. > > I notice too that V5/6 does not open cleanly any old files as there are very > different headers and apparently column sometimes too, and it appears there > are some difficulties to save an edited old file. I looks like easiest is > to edit text files on the WEB site and forget about fixing owner copies. > Can we look forward to a better resolution of these issues or am I doing > something wrong? > > Cheers John > > > > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > FreeBMD http://freebmd.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 message Hello Mr. Hartley, I think it might help if you have a look at FreeBMD's help pages in particular this one :- http://www.freebmd.org.uk/vol_faq.html#3f for reasons to do with computer security, Microsoft have evolved a system of "Virtual Store" folders in which Data from pre windows Vista programs might be stored. I think you might find your data available to any programs if you search in the Virtual store sub folders. Hoping this might help, Alan

I always save to a SD card for portability between computers. No problems so far. Regards, Dave

Hi, John, I am probably (a) teaching Grandma to suck eggs and (b) treading on lots of peoples' toes, but are you aware of the third option in the FILE menu in WINBMD v. 6 - Define save path? This enables you to save to any location, reliably. Incidentally, I ALWAYS save my data on a USB memory stick, regardless of the program in use - safer if your hard drive fails! Regards Peter

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Hi, I appreciate all the work that went into the development of WinBMD. Many of the shortcuts are very useful and time-saving. I may be an idiot, but it appears that the change to All-CAPS (F2) for surnames applies to to both the surname of child and mother when entering births, but does not apply to the spouse when transcribing marriages. This would be very useful. Thanks Alan

Thanks for this helpful link Phil. Thanks also to John and Allan for their replies. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil" <phil.osbourn@ntlworld.com> To: <freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 6:31 PM Subject: Re: Unusual forenames > Our purpose is purely and simply transcription of the files. Can I refer > you to a previous response by Jeff Coleman to a similar question: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/FreeBMD-Admins/2009-06/1244364223 > > Phil > > On 23/11/2011 17:08, Howard Shelton wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> On the page I am presently transcribing (1958 Marriages) I have come >> across a couple of forenames that I've never seen before: Metalyn and >> Trinkle. >> >> This makes me wonder, is FreeBMD making any kind of "oddities >> collection"? >> >> A nice Wednesday evening to everyone! >> >> Howard Shelton (amont47) >> FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins >> FreeBMD http://freebmd.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 message > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > FreeBMD http://freebmd.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 message > >

Hello all, On the page I am presently transcribing (1958 Marriages) I have come across a couple of forenames that I've never seen before: Metalyn and Trinkle. This makes me wonder, is FreeBMD making any kind of "oddities collection"? A nice Wednesday evening to everyone! Howard Shelton (amont47)

If there is a surname there is bound to be a forename! http://genforum.genealogy.com/trinkle/ http://www.metalyn.nl/