Well done Veronica - that's exactly the advice that I gave to another of my transcribers, not two hours ago !! Have a great weekend. Trevor ----- Original Message ----- From: Veronica Elleson<mailto:veron@elleson.com> To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 18 November 2005 19:10 Subject: RE: My own district problem Hi Susanne Just a rider to what other people have said about this. Don't be put off by the message which appears when you try to enter a ? for the missing district number. Just persevere, it will eventually accept it and let you move to another field. Cheers Veronica -----Original Message----- From: FreeBMD-Admins-L-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:FreeBMD-Admins-L-request@rootsweb.com> [mailto:FreeBMD-Admins-L-request@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Susanne Sent: 18 November 2005 05:18 To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: My own district problem I'm having a problem as well, I have an entry that was handwritten and not only can I not make out the district there is no number for it and the page number doesn't make sense, I tried using the wildcard * but that didn't work. The entry reads something like this: Evison Herbert Scunthorpe (Suinthorpe?) 5/40, help i'm new and lost...lol what do I do? ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== Want to help FreeBMD? Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html<http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html> to find out how. ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx> ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== Want to help FreeBMD? Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html<http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html> to find out how. ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429<http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429>

There is a bug in version 4 WinBMD which will give a warning that a "?" should be the only character in a field when it is either the district name and/or the volume number which is missing but it will accept the entry. However the comma does still have to be there, unlike the example shown below which should read "Suinthorpe,?" (without my quotes). This bug is fixed in version 5. Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: Trevor Barton To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 1:26 PM Subject: Re: My own district problem Well done Veronica - that's exactly the advice that I gave to another of my transcribers, not two hours ago !! Have a great weekend. Trevor ----- Original Message ----- From: Veronica Elleson<mailto:veron@elleson.com> To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 18 November 2005 19:10 Subject: RE: My own district problem Hi Susanne Just a rider to what other people have said about this. Don't be put off by the message which appears when you try to enter a ? for the missing district number. Just persevere, it will eventually accept it and let you move to another field. Cheers Veronica -----Original Message----- From: FreeBMD-Admins-L-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:FreeBMD-Admins-L-request@rootsweb.com> [mailto:FreeBMD-Admins-L-request@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Susanne Sent: 18 November 2005 05:18 To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: My own district problem I'm having a problem as well, I have an entry that was handwritten and not only can I not make out the district there is no number for it and the page number doesn't make sense, I tried using the wildcard * but that didn't work. The entry reads something like this: Evison Herbert Scunthorpe (Suinthorpe?) 5/40, help i'm new and lost...lol what do I do? ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== Want to help FreeBMD? Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html<http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html> to find out how. ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx> ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== Want to help FreeBMD? Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html<http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html> to find out how. ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429<http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429> ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== FreeBMD Transcribers homepage http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vindex.shtml ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx