I would put it as EELES Annie,Croydon,2A,272 there isn't much room between the two surnames but the insertion point seems to be against EELES. my copy of the scan doesn't show ditto marks, and, as you say, it is in sequence that way hope that helps ----- Original Message ----- From: Veronica Elleson To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 1:57 PM 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

Many thanks. I thought the same thing but it's nice to have one's opinion backed up by two separate people. -----Original Message----- From: bronny.slowe [mailto:bronny.slowe@ntlworld.com] Sent: 23 July 2005 18:11 To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Unclear handwritten addition to page I would put it as EELES Annie,Croydon,2A,272 there isn't much room between the two surnames but the insertion point seems to be against EELES. my copy of the scan doesn't show ditto marks, and, as you say, it is in sequence that way hope that helps ----- Original Message ----- From: Veronica Elleson To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 1:57 PM 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 ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== FreeBMD Transcribers homepage http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vindex.shtml ============================== 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&ta rgetid=5429