Leonard The squiggle is a right handed brace, I would say, intended to indicate that the two lines should be taken together. As to why the author penned the 'B' on a separate line, maybe he was neat and didn't want to run over the column's right hand line? Or perhaps he was trying to make it stand out? Hope this helps. Robin ______________________________________________________________________________ From: "L&CE Mackrill" <fishes2@bigpond.net.au> Reply-To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Entry Query Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:10:53 +1000 I agree it looks the same as the capital B's on the page but if it is supposed to be page 1034B why has the B been placed between the lines and not after the 4? What does the squiggle denote? Leonard Scan2 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Archer" <e_r_archer@hotmail.com> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 5:55 PM Subject: RE: Entry Query : Hi Leonard : : I read this as 1034B. Looking further up the page I see a couple of : instances of the transcribers capital B and it looks the same to me. : : Eric : : : : >From: "L&CE Mackrill" <fishes2@bigpond.net.au> : >Reply-To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com : >To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com : >Subject: Entry Query : >Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:56:30 +1000 : > : >Marriages 1858 Fourth Quarter page 90. : >Between SLANEY, Mary and SLANN, Jane Elizabeth in the page column ther is a : >squiggle with either capital B or the number 13. Could anyone tell me how I : >should handle this please. : > : >Leonard Mackrill : >Scan2 ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== Need to get a fast answer to your transcribing problems? Go to the Transcribers Knowledge Base at http://FreeBMD.RootsWeb.com/vol_faq.html ============================== 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&targetid=5429