Keith, I'm really glad that you brought that up. I'd planned to raise a similar question on this page and you got in first; it would be good to get a definitive answer. There are two things happening with this entry (1942B1M0145): (1)handwritten replacement of Mother's name "Ward" with "Howard or Murray", which on its own is covered by TKB 6(d) - entry crossed out. (2) handwritten addition of "B" to Page No. 793, which on its own is covered by TKB 6(d) - entry not crossed out. The first change on its own would be typed as (I think): Murray,Marjorie,Murray,Liverpool N.,8b,793 #COMMENT(2) Original mother's name Ward crossed through and replaced by Murray or Howard. Murray,Marjorie,Howard,Liverpool N.,8b,793 But that is not a strict interpretation of TBK guidance (see below). The second change on its own involves typing the relevant entry (see later) firstly with District/page no. Liverpool N.,8b,793 and secondly with Liverpool N.,8b,793B. So overall I would type it slightly different to Phil, i.e. Murray,Marjorie,Murray,Liverpool N.,8b,793 #COMMENT(2) Original mother's name Ward crossed through and replaced by Murray or Howard. Letter B added to page number as a handwritten amendment Murray,Marjorie,Howard,Liverpool N.,8b,793 Murray,Marjorie,Murray,L'pool N.,8B,793B #COMMENT(2) Entry reads Murray or Howard for mother's name Murray,Marjorie,Howard,L'pool N.,8B,793B There are some "problems" that need resolving/clarifying: (1) TKB 6(d) - entry crossed out has a definition #COMMENT handwritten amendment of crossed out <fieldname> <fieldvalue> where <fieldname> is the name of the field (surname, page number, etc.) and <fieldvalue> is the original page number. That is slightly misleading, it should be: #COMMENT handwritten amendment of crossed out <fieldname> <fieldvalue> where <fieldname> is the name of the field (surname, page number, etc.) and <fieldvalue> is the original field (surname, page number, etc.). However, no mention made of more than one change. So is the following a suitable and acceptable definition for changes to more than one field? #COMMENT handwritten amendment of crossed out <fieldname1> <fieldvalue1> and <fieldname2> <fieldvalue2> where <fieldname1> is the name of the field1 (surname, page number, etc.); <fieldvalue1> is the original field1 (surname, page number, etc.); <fieldname2> is the name of the field2 (surname, page number, etc.) and <fieldvalue2> is the original field2 (surname, page number, etc.), etc. (2) TKB 6(d) - entry not crossed out has a definition #COMMENT(2) original <fieldname> of <orginalvalue> had a handwritten amendment of <newvalue> where <fieldname> is the name of the field (surname, page number, etc.), <originalvalue> is the original value of the field and <newvalue> the amendment. Similar comment to above in respect of more than one change to a field. (3) If the definitions can't be altered, then is the entry to be typed as? Murray,Marjorie,Murray,Liverpool N.,8b,793 #COMMENT(2) Original mother's name Ward crossed through and replaced by Murray or Howard. #COMMENT(2) original Pager No. 793 has a handwritten amendment of 793B Murray,Marjorie,Howard,Liverpool N.,8b,793 Murray,Marjorie,Murray,L'pool N.,8B,793B #COMMENT(2) Entry reads Murray or Howard for mother's name #COMMENT(2) original Pager No. 793 has a handwritten amendment of 793B Murray,Marjorie,Howard,L'pool N.,8B,793B I'd like to think at Phil's or my version above is correct with the use of a "compound" #COMMENT(2) line, OK we have a minor divergence of opinion on how to handle the amendment of Page no. but that is all. Like Keith, I've also recently (1954 & 1956 entries) transcribed birth entries that have both a handwritten change to both name and to page number, but in all my cases so far its been changes to Page No, and Forename(s) not "X or Y " changes to Page No and Mother's name. I'd like to see some definitive agreement from the Project on what is a relatively minor (on paper) set of changes. Best Regards, Philip -----Original Message----- From: Phil [mailto:phil.osbourn@ntlworld.com] Sent: 03 April 2012 20:13 To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Problem Entry Keith, I think you mean 1942 not 1924... Anyway here is how I would transcribe it: Murray,Marjorie,Murray,Liverpool N.,8b,793B #COMMENT(2) Original mother's name Ward crossed through and replaced by Murray or Howard. Letter B added to page number as a handwritten amendment Murray,Marjorie,Howard,Liverpool N.,8b,793B Murray,Marjorie,Murray,L'pool N.,8B,793B #COMMENT(2) Entry reads Murray or Howard for mother's name Murray,Marjorie,Howard,L'pool N.,8B,793B Phil