Thanks to all who responded on this. I decided on inserting the hand-written entry with a comment, in alphabetical order (i.e. two lines above the marked, typewritten entry). best wishes to all transcribers Graham Graham Chamberlain wrote: > I have been transcribing 1884 marriages, page 180. There is a > hand-written addition at the bottom of column 2 with a notation I have > not seen before. It seems to indicate a correction rather than an > addition. It is as follows: > Directly to the left of an entry for 'Moore, Lowis, S. Stoneham, 2c, > 78' (not between lines) there is '1.' At the bottom of the column > there is another '1.' and '________ LEWIS S. > STONEHAM 2c. 98' (NOTE: different page number). > > Should I correct the typewritten entry or add an entry at the > appropriate place, in alphabetical order, which would be two lines > above the marked entry? All other hand-written entries I have seen > have an 'X' indicating the point at which the addition should be inserted. > > Comments appreciated (no response to first posting of this query on > 3rd September). > > best wishes to all > Graham