We have a real poser here: in scan 1953D1-M-0099 appears a handwritten addition with an insertion point between Marwood,Ralph B. and Marygold,Richard M. The record to be inserted reads: Mary B.,(Sister of Mercy),83,Bridge,5b,78 Clearly, this octogenarian nun has long since abandoned her surname so the Informant, perhaps the Mother Superior (and presumably the GRO), want to use her forename in lieu, and her Sisterhood in second place. TWYS and WinBMD seem to accept the input (with an out-of-sequence warning), though we have not yet tried uploading the file. The query here is whether a #COMMENT or #THEORY should be used to draw attention to the anomaly, given that our search is usually by surname. Well, perhaps the un-searchability of this individual doesn't matter; she will presumably have no descendants looking for her.... Richard Oliver Abingdon, Oxfordshire richol@arrakis.es

the nun may not have descendants but other members of the family might and perhaps would want to search for her ________________________________ From: Richard Oliver <r.oliver@arrakis.es> To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, 17 July, 2011 12:16:41 Subject: Old dead nun.... We have a real poser here: in scan 1953D1-M-0099 appears a handwritten addition with an insertion point between Marwood,Ralph B. and Marygold,Richard M. The record to be inserted reads: Mary B.,(Sister of Mercy),83,Bridge,5b,78 Clearly, this octogenarian nun has long since abandoned her surname so the Informant, perhaps the Mother Superior (and presumably the GRO), want to use her forename in lieu, and her Sisterhood in second place. TWYS and WinBMD seem to accept the input (with an out-of-sequence warning), though we have not yet tried uploading the file. The query here is whether a #COMMENT or #THEORY should be used to draw attention to the anomaly, given that our search is usually by surname. Well, perhaps the un-searchability of this individual doesn't matter; she will presumably have no descendants looking for her.... Richard Oliver Abingdon, Oxfordshire richol@arrakis.es 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 agree. I think it's #THEORY as you'll be transcribing the index as is. I think #COMMENT is mostly for where what you're transcribing differs with what's on the page. On 17 July 2011 18:19, LORAINE BARNES <lol_barnes@btinternet.com> wrote: > the nun may not have descendants but other members of the family might and > perhaps would want to search for her > > > > ________________________________ > From: Richard Oliver <r.oliver@arrakis.es> > To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, 17 July, 2011 12:16:41 > Subject: Old dead nun.... > > We have a real poser here: in scan 1953D1-M-0099 appears a handwritten > addition > with an insertion point between Marwood,Ralph B. and Marygold,Richard M. > The > record to be inserted reads: > > Mary B.,(Sister of Mercy),83,Bridge,5b,78 > > Clearly, this octogenarian nun has long since abandoned her surname so the > Informant, perhaps the Mother Superior (and presumably the GRO), want to > use her > forename in lieu, and her Sisterhood in second place. TWYS and WinBMD seem > to > accept the input (with an out-of-sequence warning), though we have not yet > tried > uploading the file. The query here is whether a #COMMENT or #THEORY should > be > used to draw attention to the anomaly, given that our search is usually by > surname. Well, perhaps the un-searchability of this individual doesn't > matter; > she will presumably have no descendants looking for her.... > > Richard Oliver > Abingdon, Oxfordshire > richol@arrakis.es > > > > 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 >

It doesn't automatically follow that she wouldn't have any descendants; she may well have become a nun later in life, after having children... Sue ----- Message from r.oliver@arrakis.es --------- Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 12:16:41 +0100 From: Richard Oliver <r.oliver@arrakis.es> Reply-To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com Subject: Old dead nun.... To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com > We have a real poser here: in scan 1953D1-M-0099 appears a > handwritten addition with an insertion point between Marwood,Ralph > B. and Marygold,Richard M. The record to be inserted reads: > > Mary B.,(Sister of Mercy),83,Bridge,5b,78 > > Clearly, this octogenarian nun has long since abandoned her surname > so the Informant, perhaps the Mother Superior (and presumably the > GRO), want to use her forename in lieu, and her Sisterhood in second > place. TWYS and WinBMD seem to accept the input (with an > out-of-sequence warning), though we have not yet tried uploading the > file. The query here is whether a #COMMENT or #THEORY should be > used to draw attention to the anomaly, given that our search is > usually by surname. Well, perhaps the un-searchability of this > individual doesn't matter; she will presumably have no descendants > looking for her.... > > Richard Oliver > Abingdon, Oxfordshire > richol@arrakis.es > > > > 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 > ----- End message from r.oliver@arrakis.es -----

Her death is also listed under the names Barbara Symons and Sister M. B. Symons. Kate Rimmer.