Another timely tip thanks Allan! I've done a fair few corresponding pages but for the life of me cannot recall having encountered Mr Smethwick. I suppose there's no simple way to search for him in one's uploaded files with a view to amending his Vol No ? Chris Hughes -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Allan Raymond Sent: 24 November 2008 21:38 To: [email protected] Subject: Tip of the Day (No. 7) - Transcribing Correct Volume No for SmethwickDistrict for 1932 September Quarter and later This is the seventh in a series of "Tip of the Day" to help volunteers who are transcribing for the FreeBMD Project. Suggestions for other "Tip of the Day" are welcome. Also any suggested improvement to the wording of this "Tip of the Day" is also encouraged. This tip in particular applies to transcribers working on 1932 September and later Index Pages. Smethwick Registration District was created 1.10.1932 with corresponding Vol Nos : 6b (1932-46), 9B (1946-74). WinBMD is incorrectly showing the Vol No as 6n rather than 6b A number of volunteers are selecting the Vol No from WinBMD standard District Picklist rather than typing/transcribing what they see (TWYS). This is causing quite a number of Correction Requests to be issued to the transcribers concerned, causing additional work for the corrections team and the transcribers. A longer term solution is being sought to the problem but for the present the following action is recommended. 1. Open up WinBMD as per normal 2. Select "Edit" 3. Then select "Edit Districts" 4. This will bring up the "WinBMD District Editor" 5. Select "Add New District" and insert "Smethwick,6b" in the box and select the "Add this District" Once you have done this the next time you encounter Smethwick in the Index you will be given the choice of either: Smethwick,6b or Smethwick,6n in the drop down menu of the District Picklist. Select the one that corresponds to the Index, which in the majority of instances should be Smethwick,6b and just happens to be the first in the drop down menu list. You can find further information on editing or adding Districts in WinBMD Help search for "Editing Districts". Allan Raymond FreeBMD Co-coordinator of Syndicates 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.9/1808 - Release Date: 23/11/2008 18:59

Any sensible text editor can search through multiple files in a directory looking for a text string like "6n". (You do keep your original transcriptions I presume.) Or you can use the FreeBMD search page and search for a volume 6n As Allan says, there are plenty ... mostly Mar/Jun/Sep 1933 births, Mar 1934 marriages and Dec 1934 births. Mark -- On Tue, November 25, 2008 09:12, C&D Hughes wrote: > Another timely tip thanks Allan! > I've done a fair few corresponding pages but for the life of me cannot > recall having encountered Mr Smethwick. I suppose there's no simple way to > search for him in one's uploaded files with a view to amending his Vol No > ? > > Chris Hughes > > -----Original Message----- > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Allan Raymond > Sent: 24 November 2008 21:38 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Tip of the Day (No. 7) - Transcribing Correct Volume No for > SmethwickDistrict for 1932 September Quarter and later > > > This is the seventh in a series of "Tip of the Day" to help volunteers who > are transcribing for the FreeBMD Project. > > This tip in particular applies to transcribers working on 1932 September > and later Index Pages. > > Smethwick Registration District was created 1.10.1932 with corresponding > Vol Nos : 6b (1932-46), 9B (1946-74). > > WinBMD is incorrectly showing the Vol No as 6n rather than 6b > > A number of volunteers are selecting the Vol No from WinBMD standard > District Picklist rather than typing/transcribing what they see (TWYS). >