When I started doing transcriptions the wording to follow* was as per this example:- #COMMENT(2)Mother's name was given as Smith or Jones. (Similarly for spouse name and page number altrnatives) Just slightly different but what I always follow. *under transcribing, section 13, comment and theory On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 7:00 AM, <freebmd-admins-request@rootsweb.com>wrote: > > Mail for the mailing list should be sent to > FreeBMD-Admins@rootsweb.com > > The website for the mailing list is > http://www.freebmd.org.uk > It contains all the information about the project and its current status. > Archives http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > > Today's Topics: > > 1. alternate names (Mike Parker) > 2. Re: alternate names (Allan Raymond) > 3. Re: alternate names (Evan Smith) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Mike Parker <3185mike@gmail.com> > To: FreeBMD-Admins@rootsweb.com > Cc: > Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:30:42 +0000 > 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 > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Allan Raymond" <allan_raymond@btinternet.com> > To: <freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com> > Cc: > Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:28:12 -0000 > 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.jpgsuch 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 > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Evan Smith" <evanpsmith@bigpond.com> > To: <freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com> > Cc: > Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:08:27 +1000 > Subject: Re: alternate names > 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<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. 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