OOPS! Sorry The old emails containing the original Tips of the Day should be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins Memo: always check what appears when you copy and paste! I gave a link for images I had just pasted into an email to a transcriber, instead of the correct one which I thought I had copied. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Raymond" <allan_raymond@btinternet.com> To: <freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 11:14 PM Subject: Re: Tip of the Day (No. 6) (last updated 06 June 2011)-AlternativeSpouse Names in Marriage and Birth Records Jeff What are at http://images.freebmd.org.uk/GUS/1948/Births/December/ANC-05/P-Z/ ? Allan Raymond --- On Mon, 6/6/11, Jeff Coleman <Jeff.Coleman@ntlworld.com> wrote: From: Jeff Coleman <Jeff.Coleman@ntlworld.com> Subject: Re: Tip of the Day (No. 6) (last updated 06 June 2011) -AlternativeSpouse Names in Marriage and Birth Records To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, 6 June, 2011, 23:07 The first tips of the day were in July 2006. No.4 was repeated and No. 5 appeared in August 2008, and No. 6 in October 2008 originally. All are at http://images.freebmd.org.uk/GUS/1948/Births/December/ANC-05/P-Z/ Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Guiver" <martin.g@guiver-freeman.com> To: <freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 10:07 PM Subject: RE: Tip of the Day (No. 6) (last updated 06 June 2011) -AlternativeSpouse Names in Marriage and Birth Records > Hi Raymond, > > Very interesting, but what happened to "Tip of the Day Nos. 1 through 5"? > I've been on the Admin mailing list for some time and I've never received > the previous tips... > > Best regards, > > Martin Guiver > > -----Original Message----- > From: freebmd-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:freebmd-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Allan Raymond > Sent: 06 June, 2011 9:31 PM > To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com > Subject: Tip of the Day (No. 6) (last updated 06 June 2011) - > AlternativeSpouse Names in Marriage and Birth Records > > This is the sixth in a series of "Tip of the Day" to help volunteers who > are > transcribing for the FreeBMD Project. > > This Tip of the Day has been updated to take into account feedback from > volunteers and is reissued for the benefit of our new volunteers plus > existing volunteers who may have missed it when last issued. > > Further feedback is welcomed. > > The Transcribers' Knowledge Base at: > http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vol_faq.html#6u provides the definitive advice > for dealing with alternative names in records. > > I've been carrying out ongoing checks of recent files uploaded by a number > of transcribers to see how they dealt with records containing alternative > names. In particular, where alternative spouse names are shown against a > marriage entry the advice in http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vol_faq.html#6u > in > a number of instances was not being followed > > The correct way to transcribe a marriage entry such as > > Dunn,Charles,Curphey or Bradley,W.Derby,8b,697 > > using the advice in http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vol_faq.html#6u is > > Dunn,Charles,Curphey,W.Derby,8b,697 > #COMMENT(2) entry reads Curphey or Bradley for spouse name > Dunn,Charles,Bradley,W.Derby,8b,697 > > Please note, the #COMMENT(2) line is located between the two entries > under > consideration. > > By a similar token the correct way to transcribe a birth entry such as > > Dunn,Charles,Curphey or Bradley,W.Derby,8b,697 > > using the advice in http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vol_faq.html#6u is > > Dunn,Charles,Curphey,W.Derby,8b,697 > #COMMENT(2) entry reads Curphey or Bradley for mother`s name > Dunn,Charles,Bradley,W.Derby,8b,697 > > Please note, the #COMMENT(2) line is located between the two entries > under > consideration. > > There should be no space between #COMMENT and (2) although to cater for > the > large number of previous instances of a space being inserted it is now > allowed to include a space. > > For standardisation purposes there is no necessity to change the format of > the wording after the #COMMENT(2) shown above and in > http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vol_faq.html#6u . > > The audit process checks for the alternative spouse name checks and the > list > of files identified as being suspect is listed in > http://www.freebmd.org.uk/SuspectFiles.html . > > It would be appreciated if transcribers in conjunction with their > Co-ordinators could check http://www.freebmd.org.uk/SuspectFiles.html to > see > if any of their files are listed and where appropriate correct the files > by > including the appropriate #COMMENT(2) line. A warning message will be > shown > against any suspect files when viewed in File Management. > > As an aside > > A misplaced #COMMENT(2) line can have the wrong outcome. > > In the example below the #COMMENT(2) in the file is placed after the two > entries under consideration rather than between the two entries. > > Barbour,John H.,Stephenson,Skipton,9a,79 > Barbour,John H.,Mitchell,Skipton,9a,79 > #COMMENT(2) - above line has Stephenson or Mitchell as spouse of John H. > Barbour > > The resultant effect from a search is to place a #COMMENT against one > related entry and one unrelated entry as shown below: > > Barbour John H Mitchell Skipton 9a 79 (related #COMMENT - > above line has Stephenson or Mitchell as spouse of John H. Barbour) > Barcinski Philip H Newton Hampstead 1a 1513 (unrelated #COMMENT - > above > line has Stephenson or Mitchell as spouse of John H. 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