Thanks Chris, that makes sense. I'll see if anyone comes up with anything more logical but it looks good to me. Regards Veronica -----Original Message----- From: Chris Lindegarde [mailto:clindegarde@neo.rr.com] Sent: 23 July 2005 17:14 To: 'Veronica Elleson' Subject: RE: Unclear handwritten addition to page Veronica, My guess is that if they've used the ------ at the bottom, then it's the same surname as the last name in the column. Otherwise they would've written the surname. That's been the case with all the transcriptions I've done so far (I'm in Chris M's syndicate). Just a guess, though - I'd get an answer from a syndicate leader, just in case. Good luck! Chris -----Original Message----- From: Veronica Elleson [mailto:veron@elleson.com] Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 8:58 AM To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Unclear handwritten addition to page Can anyone help with the following: I am transcribing December 1903 births page 166. I have entries as follows: EEDY, Eileen followed by EELES, Henry Frederick V. Against the first letter of EELES (not apparently before it) is an insertion point. At the foot of the column is the handwritten addition "_______ Annie". Should this surname be EEDY or EELES? - since if it's EEDY she isn't in alphabetical order with regards to the previous line. If it's EELES why the ditto mark? I have come across insertion points before which are placed like this but it has always been obvious what the surname was meant to be and it's normally after the entry where the insertion point actually appears. Any help gratefully received. Thanks. Veronica Elleson ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx