Personally I would put an additional entry immediately above the printed entry. I have come across this before (where the insertion point is directly to the left rather than between lines) so in this case it would seem sensible to put the entry in the logical place alphabetically. I would not correct the typewritten entry. If the person who entered the handwritten comment had intended that, the entry would be crossed out. Unless anyone else comes up with anything else - I think that sticks with "Type what you see". Cheers Veronica -----Original Message----- From: FreeBMD-Admins-L-request@rootsweb.com [mailto:FreeBMD-Admins-L-request@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Graham Chamberlain Sent: 14 September 2005 11:15 To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Handwritten Comment in Scan 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 ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== Want to help FreeBMD? Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx