Sorry to add my pennyworth to what to others looks like an open-and-shut case... but I have just given contrary advice to one of my syndicate transcribers, who asked: "On 1862D20553 scan, Wolfran and Richard Cottingham are recorded out of sequence. The compiler realised the mistake and has placed asterisks on either end of their surnames. I have kept the wrong order (TWYS) but do I include those asterisks in my transcription, which of course mean something different in Free BMD speak?" I replied that the asterisks should be ignored, as should the wrong ordering of forenames - on the grounds that the "correction" could have been made by anyone, official or otherwise, at any time before the scan was made. I also opined that keeping the items out of sequence did not matter, as they would still be found by the FreeBMD search engine. Richard Oliver Madrid, Spain r.oliver@arrakis.es ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Leek" <dave.leek@ntlworld.com> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 12:22 AM Subject: Re: Out of Sequence error > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Coleman" <jeff.coleman@ntlworld.com> > To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 11:12 PM > Subject: Re: Out of Sequence error > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dave Leek" <dave.leek@ntlworld.com> > > To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 4:48 PM > > Subject: Out of Sequence error > > > > > >>I am transcribing a page where a name is out of sequence. Within a > >>surname, the first names go - Thomas, Rebecca, William. There is a faint > >>'x' in the margin next to the wrongly positioned 'Rebecca' entry, and > >>another faint 'x' near an entry above it (not quite at the correct > >>insertion point!). > >> > >> Should I transcribe the entry in the correct place? > >>