On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 03:24:59 +0100 "Loraine Barnes" <Lol_barnes@lineone.net> wrote: Hello Loraine, > You type what you see and enter Wisbech. Whichever program you use to > enter data, you will be prompted to add it to your district list. Do Except if you use LinBMD (under Linux, obviously). There, you'd have to enter the data in the relevant file manually. > so, then you will have it there for future instances. I sometimes hesitate over entering too many variant spellings, since it increases the chances of an incorrect selection. OTOH, not having the option available increases the chances of my typing the data incorrectly. Sometimes, you just can't win. :-) -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent"

Hello all In this particular case, Wisbech is used frequently used (more than 70,000 times so far, compared with Wisbeach used more than 90,000 times) so it is worth adding to your standard list as you will most probably find that it has been spelt this way throughout all of the files in your current batch of transcriptions. Regards Mary Trevan (FreeBMD District Alias Co-ordinator) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Rogers" <brad@fineby.me.uk> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 2:23 PM Subject: Re: typo of place name > On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 03:24:59 +0100 > "Loraine Barnes" <Lol_barnes@lineone.net> wrote: > > Hello Loraine, > > > You type what you see and enter Wisbech. Whichever program you use to > > enter data, you will be prompted to add it to your district list. Do > > Except if you use LinBMD (under Linux, obviously). There, you'd have to > enter the data in the relevant file manually. > > > so, then you will have it there for future instances. > > I sometimes hesitate over entering too many variant spellings, since it > increases the chances of an incorrect selection. OTOH, not having the > option available increases the chances of my typing the data > incorrectly. Sometimes, you just can't win. :-) > > -- > Regards _ > / ) "The blindingly obvious is > / _)rad never immediately apparent" > > > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > FreeBMD Transcribers homepage > http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vindex.shtml > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

> In this particular case, Wisbech is used frequently used (more than > 70,000 times so far, compared with Wisbeach used more than 90,000 times) > so it is worth adding to your standard list as you will most probably > find that it has been spelt this way throughout all of the files in your > current batch of transcriptions. It's also the correct current spelling for the place. - I was at school near there rather longer ago than I care to remember... See http://makeashorterlink.com/?G1BD26EFB for the proof! :^) Regards John K.Eason (freeBMD@john-eason.co.uk) [Transcribing for the NWL Syndicate]