Omit the blank line. It contains no data so has no place as an entry in the database. Nearest thing on TKB is probably http://www.freebmd.org.uk/vol_faq.html#6y about blank lines and change of surname letter part-way through a page, or maybe http://www.freebmd.org.uk/vol_faq.html#6aa about blank pages. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Crew" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 9:24 PM Subject: Scan 1920D4-H-0312.jpg - how do I deal with a blank line? > Whilst transcribing scan 1920D4-H-0312.jpg, I have encountered a blank > line between: > > Hayhurst, Maria, etc, etc > and > Hayler, Alfred, etc, etc > > Do I omit the blank line and just carry on with the record beginning > with Hayler, or put a question mark in each field where the blank line > occurs? > > I'm sure this has cropped up before but I can't find reference to it in > the KB or archives. Perhaps I haven't used the appropriate search > criteria. > > 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Thank you Jeff. Jeff Coleman wrote: > Omit the blank line. It contains no data so has no place as an entry in the > database. > > Nearest thing on TKB is probably http://www.freebmd.org.uk/vol_faq.html#6y > about blank lines and change of surname letter part-way through a page, or > maybe http://www.freebmd.org.uk/vol_faq.html#6aa about blank pages. > > Jeff > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Crew" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 9:24 PM > Subject: Scan 1920D4-H-0312.jpg - how do I deal with a blank line? > > > >> Whilst transcribing scan 1920D4-H-0312.jpg, I have encountered a blank >> line between: >> >> Hayhurst, Maria, etc, etc >> and >> Hayler, Alfred, etc, etc >> >> Do I omit the blank line and just carry on with the record beginning >> with Hayler, or put a question mark in each field where the blank line >> occurs? >> >> I'm sure this has cropped up before but I can't find reference to it in >> the KB or archives. Perhaps I haven't used the appropriate search >> criteria. >> >> 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 >> [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >