If a field is missing I believe one should enter ? So I would enter the district as ?,d. An underscore indicates an unreadable character and * indicates an unknown number of unreadable characters. Since the entry is non existent I believe ? is the correct entry for the expected but missing volume number. Am interested to hear if others disagree, for my own knowledge. Regards Shelley> From: [email protected]> Subject: FREEBMD-ADMINS Digest, Vol 3, Issue 240> To: [email protected]> Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 01:01:01 -0700> > > > Mail for the mailing list should be send to> [email protected]> > The website for the mailing list is> http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com/> It contains all the information about the project and is current status.> Archives http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins> > > Today's Topics:> > 1. Scan 1920D2-J-0379.jpg - problem with volume field (John Crew)> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> > Message: 1> Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:46:54 +0000> From: John Crew <[email protected]>> Subject: Scan 1920D2-J-0379.jpg - problem with volume field> To: [email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed> > Hello,> > I have a problem with the following record in scan 1920D2-J-0379.jpg:> > JELF,Reginald,0,Kings N.,d,66 (note missing number in volume field)> > Following the response to a similar problem on this list (actually, a > missing volume letter), I transcribed the volume as "_d" and > successfully uploaded to FreeBMD. In order to adhere to TWYS, within the > file management section, I attempted to edit out the underscore. > However, the editor will not save the file because the volume field does > not contain a number.> > The Uncertain Character Format doesn't seem to cover this situation. > Perhaps I should enter "*d" followed by a #COMMENT.> > Can anyone please advise me as to how I should deal with this record.> > Many thanks,> > John.> > > > > > ------------------------------> > To contact the FREEBMD-ADMINS list administrator, send an email to> [email protected]> > To post a message to the FREEBMD-ADMINS mailing list, send an email to [email protected]> > __________________________________________________________> 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> email with no additional text.> > > End of FREEBMD-ADMINS Digest, Vol 3, Issue 240> ********************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Net yourself a bargain. Find great deals on eBay. http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Frover%2Eebay%2Ecom%2Frover%2F1%2F705%2D10129%2D5668%2D323%2F4%3Fid%3D10&_t=763807330&_r=hotmailTAGLINES&_m=EXT