Brian, No, I have not suggested that. I was responding to a comment that the wording should be defined and it is. Barrie On 19:59, Brian Smart wrote: > Hello Barrie, > There must be hundreds of files where for example 'spouse' is quoted rather > than 'Spouse name'. Are you suggesting that all of these files should be > corrected as well? > Regards > > Brian Smart > > > -----Original Message----- > From: freebmd-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:freebmd-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Barrie > Sent: 13 March 2012 08:19 > To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Re: alternate names > > A comment has been added to item 6u > <http://www.freebmd.org.uk/vol_faq.html#6u> > in the Transcribers' Knowledge Base to clarify that there is no space, > although, since it is unambiguous what is meant, the system will accept a > space (because of usage). > > Item 6u is very specific about the names that should be used, including > "mother's name" and "spouse name". > > Barrie > > On 19:59, Evan Smith wrote: >> At # 6u you could be forgiven for thinking there is a space between >> #COMMENT and (2) or #COMMENT and (3). (though there is clearly no >> space in Allan's Tip of the Day.) Further, some of the comment on this >> matter varies in that some use the term "name" and others "surname". >> Also, when we refer to mother we follow it with an 's but when we >> refer to spouse we don't. This may seem nit-picking, but if uniformity >> is important enough to the system that we are advised not to leave a >> space between #COMMENT and (2) - or (3) as the case may be - may we >> have these points cleared up. >> >> Evan S. >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Raymond" >> <allan_raymond@btinternet.com> >> To: <freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 6:28 AM >> Subject: Re: alternate names >> >> >>> Nice to hear you are indicating in your transcriptions the entries >>> have alternative names where appropriate. >>> >>> However it is far better if everyone for consistency adopted a >>> standard approach to dealing with alternative names rather than >>> inventing their own format >>> >>> Hence why we introduced the rule to transcribe alternative names in >>> the standard format: many years ago. >>> >>> #COMMENT(2) entry reads <alternative> for <field> >>> >>> So an entry in scan >>> http://images.freebmd.org.uk/GUS/1961/Births/March/ANC-05/G-O/1961B1- >>> G-0015.jpg >>> such as >>> >>> GENTLES,Sheena K. E.,GENTLES or LOGAN,Lambeth,5c,2160 >>> >>> should be transcribed as: >>> >>> GENTLES,Sheena K. E.,GENTLES,Lambeth,5c,2160 >>> #COMMENT(2) entry reads GENTLES or LOGAN for mother's name >>> GENTLES,Sheena K. E.,LOGAN,Lambeth,5c,2160 >>> >>> This spells out exactly the fact the index shows GENTLES or LOGAN for >>> the mother's name. >>> >>> Allan Raymond >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Parker >>> To: FreeBMD-Admins@rootsweb.com >>> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 7:30 PM >>> Subject: alternate names >>> >>> >>> Hi and i put after the comment(2) wife named as Smith or >>> Jones.....or mother named as brown or White... This seems to work >>> ok. Is that not simpler???cheers Mike Parker FreeBMD-Admins mailing >>> list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins >>> >>> FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > --Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified Scanner-- > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > > FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > --Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified Scanner--
Thanks to all who responded to my query. >From the comments in particular of Barrie and Allan it is quite clear as to the manner of transcription where alternate names are involved - we do it as defined. As Barrie says, "item 6u is very specific". Evan S ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barrie" <freebmd@myarcher.net> To: <freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 6:14 PM Subject: Re: RE: Re: alternate names > Brian, > > No, I have not suggested that. I was responding to a comment that the > wording > should be defined and it is. > > Barrie > > On 19:59, Brian Smart wrote: >> Hello Barrie, >> There must be hundreds of files where for example 'spouse' is quoted >> rather >> than 'Spouse name'. Are you suggesting that all of these files should be >> corrected as well? >> Regards >> >> Brian Smart >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: freebmd-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:freebmd-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Barrie >> Sent: 13 March 2012 08:19 >> To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: Re: alternate names >> >> A comment has been added to item 6u >> <http://www.freebmd.org.uk/vol_faq.html#6u> >> in the Transcribers' Knowledge Base to clarify that there is no space, >> although, since it is unambiguous what is meant, the system will accept a >> space (because of usage). >> >> Item 6u is very specific about the names that should be used, including >> "mother's name" and "spouse name". >> >> Barrie >> >> On 19:59, Evan Smith wrote: >>> At # 6u you could be forgiven for thinking there is a space between >>> #COMMENT and (2) or #COMMENT and (3). (though there is clearly no >>> space in Allan's Tip of the Day.) Further, some of the comment on this >>> matter varies in that some use the term "name" and others "surname". >>> Also, when we refer to mother we follow it with an 's but when we >>> refer to spouse we don't. This may seem nit-picking, but if uniformity >>> is important enough to the system that we are advised not to leave a >>> space between #COMMENT and (2) - or (3) as the case may be - may we >>> have these points cleared up. >>> >>> Evan S. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Raymond" >>> <allan_raymond@btinternet.com> >>> To: <freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 6:28 AM >>> Subject: Re: alternate names >>> >>> >>>> Nice to hear you are indicating in your transcriptions the entries >>>> have alternative names where appropriate. >>>> >>>> However it is far better if everyone for consistency adopted a >>>> standard approach to dealing with alternative names rather than >>>> inventing their own format >>>> >>>> Hence why we introduced the rule to transcribe alternative names in >>>> the standard format: many years ago. >>>> >>>> #COMMENT(2) entry reads <alternative> for <field> >>>> >>>> So an entry in scan >>>> http://images.freebmd.org.uk/GUS/1961/Births/March/ANC-05/G-O/1961B1- >>>> G-0015.jpg >>>> such as >>>> >>>> GENTLES,Sheena K. E.,GENTLES or LOGAN,Lambeth,5c,2160 >>>> >>>> should be transcribed as: >>>> >>>> GENTLES,Sheena K. E.,GENTLES,Lambeth,5c,2160 >>>> #COMMENT(2) entry reads GENTLES or LOGAN for mother's name >>>> GENTLES,Sheena K. E.,LOGAN,Lambeth,5c,2160 >>>> >>>> This spells out exactly the fact the index shows GENTLES or LOGAN for >>>> the mother's name. >>>> >>>> Allan Raymond >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Parker >>>> To: FreeBMD-Admins@rootsweb.com >>>> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 7:30 PM >>>> Subject: alternate names >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi and i put after the comment(2) wife named as Smith or >>>> Jones.....or mother named as brown or White... This seems to work >>>> ok. Is that not simpler???cheers Mike Parker FreeBMD-Admins mailing >>>> list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins >>>> >>>> FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> --Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified Scanner-- >> FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins >> >> FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > --Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified Scanner-- > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > > FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message