This error will be corrected at the next update. Barrie > -----Original Message----- > From: Pat Eales [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 01 February 2009 19:48 > To: [email protected] > Subject: #COMMENT > > I'm puzzled about why the flag (the questionmark) for > #COMMENT no longer seems to show against my entries in > FreeBMD searches. > > I have been entering it as #COMMENT(2) Spouse name is given > as...., but when I search on the entries I have done for 2Q > 1933 marriages, particularly Dakin, Thomas E. to Davies, > Richard J, and Jones, Frances I.E. to Jones, William, there > is no comment flag, and there should be many. > > Assuming that I had entered it wrongly, I have been through > all my 2Q 1933 marriage files and changed it to #COMMENT (2) > Spouse name etc, (ie I put in a space) > > However, when I checked my 4Q 1924 marriage file > 1924MN40140.BMD, I find that #Comment(2) was entered, and the > flag appears in the search for Nason, Irene J. > > Ducky >

Hello I have the following from one of my transcribers. Could this be added to the Wish list for the next version? Thanks Sue "I've just reviewed all my input to date in order to find and correct instances where two initials were separated by a space (recent correspondence having alerted me to the issue). In the course of doing that, I found a number of cases where I'd typed a comma instead of a full stop after an initial - they stood out in the uploaded files I was editing because the complete first name field was enclosed in quotes, that being the standard for fields containing a comma in text files written by EXCEL. Naturally, I fixed both the uploaded files and my own copies. It left me wondering whether WinBMD might be made to check for and raise a warning about any comma it finds in a name field. If this is practical, it might save countless minor errors (I assume they don't have any wider implications?) being propagated in future. If there is an issue for the integrity or accessibility of the data, I'm sure it would be possible to sweep the existing data files and edit them to replace commas with full stops in that field (which, in any case, should bring us back to TWYS standards, because I suspect there'd be very few instances where the scans contained a comma in the name field).." Thanks Coordinator of The Recordsmiths Syndicate of volunteer transcribers working for FreeBMD. See http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ for details of the project.