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

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

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