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.

Hello John, The correct entry is: ?d. Regards Brian Smart -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Crew Sent: 01 December 2008 15:47 To: [email protected] Subject: Scan 1920D2-J-0379.jpg - problem with volume field 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. 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

I think that the way you have done it, _d, is the best way to do it. I would suggest that in this circumstance it is not necessary to remove the _ in File management. ?d is clearly wrong as ? is only used when a complete field is missing, and there is a d in this one. *d would be misleading as it implies more than one unreadable character, which seems unlikely. The partial obscuring of the top of the 6 in the line below implies that there was something - presumably the 1920 equivalent of tippex - used to obscure a mistake in typing, but the correction was never completed. Therefore we can assume that there is a mystery number there, obscured by a white material - and _ to represent that mystery number is fair enough. If you take the image, look at it as negative, add reduce the gamma correction you can just see what then becomes a darker patch where the correction material was applied. I am sending separately a cropped image to John to show what I mean. If anyone else wants a copy, let me know. You can even see fragments of the original number or letter under the correction fluid. Jeff assistant list admin, FreeBMD-admins mailing list ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Crew" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 3:46 PM Subject: Scan 1920D2-J-0379.jpg - problem with volume field > 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. > > > > 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 >