On Tue, 16 Oct 2001 17:19:48 +0200, you wrote: >Dave > >>We *DO* store and display Age at death! > >Even pre-1866? >ie where it's not in the index but a one-namer knows it from other research? No. We restrict ourself to information that is actually in the index. >>The same occurs in a ONENAME >>dataset if +BREAK lines are missed, or if a One Name study is >>submitted as a type of RANDOM. > >How often is a +BREAK line needed to avoid an align function failure? I have >data from 1837=>1979 without break for one ONENAME (not all entered yet, and >with many quarters without data, but actually checked), although I have >split the data on the other larger ONENAME into smaller files for my own >convenience (largest is 862 lines). +BREAK should be inserted ONLY where needed. There is no quota to be inserted! In a ONENAME set, each change of quarter will be treated as a BREAK anyway, but what *REALLY* messes things up is; 1) If the names that you transcribe from a single quarter go across a page break and you omit the +PAGE 2) If you transcribe several names in sequence from a page into a RANDOM dataset. -- Dave Mayall

Dave Mayall wrote: > Quoting Peter Hendy-Ibbs <[email protected]>: > > > > Many of the contributions of personal files > > that I receive for processing and uploading to FreeBMD contain > > additional information gleaned by the donors > > We *DO* store and display Age at death! > We accept The Spouse/Mother name from 1911/1912, but don't at present > display it. > Sorry, I didn't explain myself well. The frustration felt by some of the contributors was for the data they have gleaned *prior* to the GRO acquisition dates, i.e. pre1911/12 for Spouse and Mother and pre-1856 for Age at Death. > Would it be reasonable for FeeBMD to incorporate > > non-GRO, non-verified fields which would not form part of the formal > > transcription, indexing and verification process? > > Short answer.... > > Yes, we could incorporate a postems type facility, which would allow transcribers > to add virtual post-it notes to records that they have information about, and to > have that information displayed to enquirers. > > Longer Answer... > ... but it will take a while to implement. > Sounds hopeful, though. Although the search and display for such a Post-'em facility is not a priority it may be useful to incorporate an option to accept and store such information at a relatively early stage since we are approaching 20% of the target. Peter H-I -- Researching: IBBS from Hunts/Beds and HENDY from Pembrokeshire Transcribing and reformatting for FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com)

Hi Dave and Pete I've uploaded 5 one name personal files, no +BREAK. 2 births, 1 marr and 2 deaths. All various years. I used this as the third line +FORMAT,Surname,Firstname,District,Volume,Page,Quarter,Year,Type Can you let me know if I need to change them. Bob Phillips ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Mayall" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 3:26 PM Subject: Re: March 1867 Marriages, Page 75 > Quoting Peter Hendy-Ibbs <[email protected]>: > > > Dave Mayall wrote: > > > > >The align function fails if it tries to work with too many records at > > >once. the most common cause of this is that one of the transcriber has > > >submitted a file containing more than one page, but has failed to put > > >the +PAGE lines in to separate the pages. The same occurs in a ONENAME > > >dataset if +BREAK lines are missed, or if a One Name study is > > >submitted as a type of RANDOM. > > > > Blimey Dave! That probably relates to most of the 350 files I've > > processed from contributors. Some of these personal data files are > > quite > > large. Will this problem be solved by tweaking the software or do you > > hope (cof!) that I'll re-edit all the files? :-( > > I'm sure we could do some processing of your files to fix them. > > e-mail me off list to discuss what files need fixing. > > -- > Dave Mayall > > ------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through UK Online webmail > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

Dave >We *DO* store and display Age at death! Even pre-1866? ie where it's not in the index but a one-namer knows it from other research? >The same occurs in a ONENAME >dataset if +BREAK lines are missed, or if a One Name study is >submitted as a type of RANDOM. How often is a +BREAK line needed to avoid an align function failure? I have data from 1837=>1979 without break for one ONENAME (not all entered yet, and with many quarters without data, but actually checked), although I have split the data on the other larger ONENAME into smaller files for my own convenience (largest is 862 lines). Mary Trevan

Quoting Peter Hendy-Ibbs <[email protected]>: > I know this subject is raised from time to time but I think another > airing is not unreasonable. Many of the contributions of personal files > that I receive for processing and uploading to FreeBMD contain > additional information gleaned by the donors , sometimes over many > years. They are naturally disappointed sometimes that this information > is excluded - specifically the Spouse and Mother's maiden name, and Age > at Death. We *DO* store and display Age at death! We accept The Spouse/Mother name from 1911/1912, but don't at present display it. > >For now, perhaps there could be a separate place where people with > additional information could be contacted. Sort of like a members > interests > database. That leaves the index as original and still provides a means > of > contact for interested parties. > > Of course this would need a host (?Rootsweb), programmers and > administrators. Apart from BDMExchange is there a site that would > accept > such information. Would it be reasonable for FeeBMD to incorporate > non-GRO, non-verified fields which would not form part of the formal > transcription, indexing and verification process? Short answer.... Yes, we could incorporate a postems type facility, which would allow transcribers to add virtual post-it notes to records that they have information about, and to have that information displayed to enquirers. Longer Answer... ... but it will take a while to implement. -- Dave Mayall ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through UK Online webmail

Quoting Peter Hendy-Ibbs <[email protected]>: > Dave Mayall wrote: > > >The align function fails if it tries to work with too many records at > >once. the most common cause of this is that one of the transcriber has > >submitted a file containing more than one page, but has failed to put > >the +PAGE lines in to separate the pages. The same occurs in a ONENAME > >dataset if +BREAK lines are missed, or if a One Name study is > >submitted as a type of RANDOM. > > Blimey Dave! That probably relates to most of the 350 files I've > processed from contributors. Some of these personal data files are > quite > large. Will this problem be solved by tweaking the software or do you > hope (cof!) that I'll re-edit all the files? :-( I'm sure we could do some processing of your files to fix them. e-mail me off list to discuss what files need fixing. -- Dave Mayall ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through UK Online webmail

Dave Mayall wrote: >The align function fails if it tries to work with too many records at >once. the most common cause of this is that one of the transcriber has >submitted a file containing more than one page, but has failed to put >the +PAGE lines in to separate the pages. The same occurs in a ONENAME >dataset if +BREAK lines are missed, or if a One Name study is >submitted as a type of RANDOM. Blimey Dave! That probably relates to most of the 350 files I've processed from contributors. Some of these personal data files are quite large. Will this problem be solved by tweaking the software or do you hope (cof!) that I'll re-edit all the files? :-( Best wishes Peter H-I -- Researching: IBBS from Hunts/Beds and HENDY from Pembrokeshire Transcribing and reformatting for FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com)

I know this subject is raised from time to time but I think another airing is not unreasonable. Many of the contributions of personal files that I receive for processing and uploading to FreeBMD contain additional information gleaned by the donors , sometimes over many years. They are naturally disappointed sometimes that this information is excluded - specifically the Spouse and Mother's maiden name, and Age at Death. One recent contributor kindly reinserted all the excluded data when I sent him a copy of his processed file. Another contributor sent me the following suggestion : >For now, perhaps there could be a separate place where people with additional information could be contacted. Sort of like a members interests database. That leaves the index as original and still provides a means of contact for interested parties. Of course this would need a host (?Rootsweb), programmers and administrators. Apart from BDMExchange is there a site that would accept such information. Would it be reasonable for FeeBMD to incorporate non-GRO, non-verified fields which would not form part of the formal transcription, indexing and verification process? Just a thought Peter Hendy-Ibbs -- Researching: IBBS from Hunts/Beds and HENDY from Pembrokeshire Transcribing and reformatting for FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com)

Anne, It's part of the Uncertain Character Format - see http://freebmd.rootsweb.org/Format.html#ucf or http://freebmd.rootsweb.org/vol_faq.html#6d Don't worry - you haven't been missing much! Barrie > -----Original Message----- > From: Anne Brick [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 13 October 2001 03:34 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: FREEBMD-DISCUSS-D Digest V01 #126 > > > Sorry to be a bit thick but what is an {n,m} construct - and > should I be > using one ? > > I thought I had read all the instructions, help files etc. what did I > miss ? > > Trying to be perfect > > Anne > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > Subject: > > > > FREEBMD-DISCUSS-D Digest > Volume 01 : Issue 126 > > > > Today's Topics: > > #1 Re: File Errors [Dave Mayall > <[email protected]] > > #2 RE: File Errors [Archer Barrie > <[email protected]] > > > > Administrivia: > > To unsubscribe from FREEBMD-DISCUSS-D, send a message to > > > > [email protected] > > > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > > > unsubscribe > > > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if > your software > > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > > > To contact the FREEBMD-DISCUSS-D list administrator, send mail to > > [email protected] > > > > ______________________________ > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > > > Subject: Re: File Errors > > Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 08:07:09 +0100 > > From: Dave Mayall <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > > > On Thu, 11 Oct 2001 22:28:15 +0100, you wrote: > > > > >Hi All > > > > > >I would like to know who will take responsibility for > those files where errors have been found as a result or the > latest check routines. > > > > In the first instance, the transcriber. > > > > >I have just checked a qtr that was completed and found > that 10 pages were now missing from the database. > > > > > >That particular transcriber appears to upload a file every > 3 months or so, so unless I had looked at and been able to > correct the files, who would have corrected and made records > available in the mean time. > > > > Barrie and I will "mop up" those who cannot fix it. > > > > >Had that transcriber 'dropped out' how would those records > get back into the database? > > > > We would do the minimal editing involved. > > > > >Of the other 700+ transcribers in this syndicate, how many > more are like that? > > > > A total of 400 files were flagged as having errors across all > > syndicates. > > > > If you are concerned, I can let you have a copy of the file list. > > > > -- > > Dave Mayall > > > > ______________________________ > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > > > Subject: RE: File Errors > > Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 11:22:32 +0100 > > From: Archer Barrie <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > > > John, > > > > Thank you for your sterling efforts! > > > > As a result of implementing the {n,m} construct there were > some 300 files > > that were affected, covering about 170 users. All users > were sent emails (8 > > were bounced) telling them what files were affected, what > the error(s) > > was(were) and how to make a correction. > > > > Ideally the users themselves would make the corrections but > as you point out > > there will be cases where this will not happen. We will be > making regular > > checks to determine how the correction process is > progressing and at some > > point the project leadership will have to make a decision > about how the > > remnant should be corrected. > > > > Barrie > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: John Pain [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: 11 October 2001 22:28 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: File Errors > > > > > > > > > Hi All > > > > > > I would like to know who will take responsibility for those > > > files where errors have been found as a result or the latest > > > check routines. > > > > > > I have just checked a qtr that was completed and found that > > > 10 pages were now missing from the database. > > > > > > That particular transcriber appears to upload a file every 3 > > > months or so, so unless I had looked at and been able to > > > correct the files, who would have corrected and made records > > > available in the mean time. > > > > > > Had that transcriber 'dropped out' how would those records > > > get back into the database? > > > > > > Of the other 700+ transcribers in this syndicate, how many > > > more are like that? > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > John > > > > > > Researching - Hykin (Anywhere) > > > Pai(y)n(e) from Kent 1800's > > > Conde Salop. Anytime > > > > > > PS - Please leave a little of the old message to give me a > > > clue as to what it's all about. > > > > > -- > Anne Brick > > "If it is to be it is up to me " > > ______________________________ >

Thanks for bringing some reality to the debate (and hopefully finishing it), Sheelagh. Surely we are all here to do our best to upload as much accurate information as possible. Does it really matter what we use to provide our data? Peter and Ian have provided two methods, without reward, only to have (too) many enter into unnecessary comparisons. Use which ever you prefer and get back to what we are here for. Tony McHugh, Melbourne Australia. -----Original Message----- From: Sheelagh Hawkins [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, 13 October 2001 4:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: SpeedBMD v WinBMD I agree entirely with this view. The two men who developed these programmes did so to help us. They put in many many hours of work, and then have put them up for free use. To hear people picking them to pieces in the way that they have over the last few day must be extremely disheartening. As such if this discussion is really necessary it should be on the discuss list, but even then I don't see any advantage in discussing them - as Norma says try them both a use which one you prefer. Now lets get back to transcribing - there are two more rebuilds before Christmas. Lets see if we can hit the 25 million mark by then :-) Sheelagh ----- Original Message ----- From: "norma maxwell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 4:46 PM Subject: SpeedBMD v WinBMD > Personally I find both are extremely good, on balance I prefer to use WinBMD, but that's me. Surely this is another case of "horses for courses" i.e. what suits one wont suit another. So, try both and then use the one you prefer. > > Norma Maxwell > > > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > Want to help FreeBMD? > Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== Want to help FreeBMD? Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

Sorry to be a bit thick but what is an {n,m} construct - and should I be using one ? I thought I had read all the instructions, help files etc. what did I miss ? Trying to be perfect Anne [email protected] wrote: > > Subject: > > FREEBMD-DISCUSS-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 126 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: File Errors [Dave Mayall <[email protected]] > #2 RE: File Errors [Archer Barrie <[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from FREEBMD-DISCUSS-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > To contact the FREEBMD-DISCUSS-D list administrator, send mail to > [email protected] > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: File Errors > Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 08:07:09 +0100 > From: Dave Mayall <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > On Thu, 11 Oct 2001 22:28:15 +0100, you wrote: > > >Hi All > > > >I would like to know who will take responsibility for those files where errors have been found as a result or the latest check routines. > > In the first instance, the transcriber. > > >I have just checked a qtr that was completed and found that 10 pages were now missing from the database. > > > >That particular transcriber appears to upload a file every 3 months or so, so unless I had looked at and been able to correct the files, who would have corrected and made records available in the mean time. > > Barrie and I will "mop up" those who cannot fix it. > > >Had that transcriber 'dropped out' how would those records get back into the database? > > We would do the minimal editing involved. > > >Of the other 700+ transcribers in this syndicate, how many more are like that? > > A total of 400 files were flagged as having errors across all > syndicates. > > If you are concerned, I can let you have a copy of the file list. > > -- > Dave Mayall > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: RE: File Errors > Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 11:22:32 +0100 > From: Archer Barrie <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > John, > > Thank you for your sterling efforts! > > As a result of implementing the {n,m} construct there were some 300 files > that were affected, covering about 170 users. All users were sent emails (8 > were bounced) telling them what files were affected, what the error(s) > was(were) and how to make a correction. > > Ideally the users themselves would make the corrections but as you point out > there will be cases where this will not happen. We will be making regular > checks to determine how the correction process is progressing and at some > point the project leadership will have to make a decision about how the > remnant should be corrected. > > Barrie > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Pain [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: 11 October 2001 22:28 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: File Errors > > > > > > Hi All > > > > I would like to know who will take responsibility for those > > files where errors have been found as a result or the latest > > check routines. > > > > I have just checked a qtr that was completed and found that > > 10 pages were now missing from the database. > > > > That particular transcriber appears to upload a file every 3 > > months or so, so unless I had looked at and been able to > > correct the files, who would have corrected and made records > > available in the mean time. > > > > Had that transcriber 'dropped out' how would those records > > get back into the database? > > > > Of the other 700+ transcribers in this syndicate, how many > > more are like that? > > > > Regards > > > > John > > > > Researching - Hykin (Anywhere) > > Pai(y)n(e) from Kent 1800's > > Conde Salop. Anytime > > > > PS - Please leave a little of the old message to give me a > > clue as to what it's all about. > > -- Anne Brick "If it is to be it is up to me "

John, Thank you for your sterling efforts! As a result of implementing the {n,m} construct there were some 300 files that were affected, covering about 170 users. All users were sent emails (8 were bounced) telling them what files were affected, what the error(s) was(were) and how to make a correction. Ideally the users themselves would make the corrections but as you point out there will be cases where this will not happen. We will be making regular checks to determine how the correction process is progressing and at some point the project leadership will have to make a decision about how the remnant should be corrected. Barrie > -----Original Message----- > From: John Pain [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 11 October 2001 22:28 > To: [email protected] > Subject: File Errors > > > Hi All > > I would like to know who will take responsibility for those > files where errors have been found as a result or the latest > check routines. > > I have just checked a qtr that was completed and found that > 10 pages were now missing from the database. > > That particular transcriber appears to upload a file every 3 > months or so, so unless I had looked at and been able to > correct the files, who would have corrected and made records > available in the mean time. > > Had that transcriber 'dropped out' how would those records > get back into the database? > > Of the other 700+ transcribers in this syndicate, how many > more are like that? > > Regards > > John > > Researching - Hykin (Anywhere) > Pai(y)n(e) from Kent 1800's > Conde Salop. Anytime > > PS - Please leave a little of the old message to give me a > clue as to what it's all about. >

On Thu, 11 Oct 2001 22:28:15 +0100, you wrote: >Hi All > >I would like to know who will take responsibility for those files where errors have been found as a result or the latest check routines. In the first instance, the transcriber. >I have just checked a qtr that was completed and found that 10 pages were now missing from the database. > >That particular transcriber appears to upload a file every 3 months or so, so unless I had looked at and been able to correct the files, who would have corrected and made records available in the mean time. Barrie and I will "mop up" those who cannot fix it. >Had that transcriber 'dropped out' how would those records get back into the database? We would do the minimal editing involved. >Of the other 700+ transcribers in this syndicate, how many more are like that? A total of 400 files were flagged as having errors across all syndicates. If you are concerned, I can let you have a copy of the file list. -- Dave Mayall

Hi All I would like to know who will take responsibility for those files where errors have been found as a result or the latest check routines. I have just checked a qtr that was completed and found that 10 pages were now missing from the database. That particular transcriber appears to upload a file every 3 months or so, so unless I had looked at and been able to correct the files, who would have corrected and made records available in the mean time. Had that transcriber 'dropped out' how would those records get back into the database? Of the other 700+ transcribers in this syndicate, how many more are like that? Regards John Researching - Hykin (Anywhere) Pai(y)n(e) from Kent 1800's Conde Salop. Anytime PS - Please leave a little of the old message to give me a clue as to what it's all about.

On Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:55:31 +0100, you wrote: >Hi All > >There are a a few oage numbers like that, even in the 'typed' indexes. > >We just do a 251? No, transcribe the line twice, once with each page number. -- Dave Mayall

Anne I have transferred this to the DISCUSS list. My own personal thoughts are that we are getting into the realms of trying to complicate the message. We already advise visitors to the site that the database is being updated to add new records and will be completed by ****. This seems to say it all. Allan Raymond [email protected] http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Monarchies_of_Europe.htm FreeBMD - putting birth marriages and deaths on the Internet http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Cruise" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 11 October 2001 00:18 Subject: Re: Heavy overload of server Good day. If I didn't belong to this list/these lists, I would never have known/understood that the update takes the form it does. (But I did get it sorted quite quickly, I must say.) In my naivete (sorry, can't be doing with searching for accents this time of night) I thought at first that you would do just that: add the new records to the database. Mind you, I couldn't understand why the database wasn't actually updated *each* time a new record was added, either. When I build a database on my PC I can continually add records *and* search as I build it, so I transferred that idea to the F/BMD database. The idea of a separate database of records added in the last month that *aren't* accessible or searchable was a bit foreign. And then to build a new database when you have a perfectly good one that is just lacking a few more entries! Well! So: not the present message but a new one perhaps about the database that explains: We are currently rebuilding the database to incorporate the records transcribed in the last month. We expect this new database to be searchable after (insert date). If you have searched on this site since (insert date of last rebuild), no new records will be available until the rebuild is complete, which we expect to be after (insert date *again*). You probably won't catch the perennial searchers who don't even look at the opening message, but you might start training newcomers...! Best Wishes Anne Cruise

In message <[email protected]>, Graham Hart <[email protected]> writes >Moving this thread to the discuss list ... plase follow it there :), > >Cheers, > >Graham > >Bob Phillips wrote: >> >> Hi Steve >> Could you please tell me more about page range checking and page range >> checking program. I think I understand as far as "Hunslet only had 500 >> births that quarter" therefore a 600 must be wrong. I'll leave Steve to explain it but I will say that it is excellent and has allowed me to correct many silly errors. -- Philip Powell

Moving this thread to the discuss list ... plase follow it there :), Cheers, Graham Bob Phillips wrote: > > Hi Steve > Could you please tell me more about page range checking and page range > checking program. I think I understand as far as "Hunslet only had 500 > births that quarter" therefore a 600 must be wrong. > Bob Phillips (John Slann Institute of Transcribers) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Gaunt" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 3:50 PM > Subject: Handwritten scans > > > I am following with interest the discussion about the quality of scans, > also John's suggestion for training transcribers. > > I know we would all love for scans to be better but at least the scan > quality for the most part isn't so bad, though I can't speak for every > quarter of course. > > Our syndicate has split into two teams (along gender lines strangely), > one enjoys the challenge of the handwritten stuff and consider them a > learning experience. They are about 80% of the syndicate. > > To help I transcribed a faded page of scans from each recognisably > different style (three). I made sure they were as correct as humanly > possible and sent them out with my transcriptions to compare. Following this > I took a sample of each number for each style and made a recognition chart > which I also sent out. It didn't take long and provided the team with useful > tools for difficult scans. This team are very happy to work with handwritten > and I have just been allocated another quarter to cope with the demand. > > The other team are working on the 1861 typed scans. They know about the > fantasy district names, the m-n problem and the original errors that plague > this source. Again a number recognition chart and page range checking > program helps keep page number errors to a minimum. > > I have asked both teams to 'return' any scans which are partially > illegible. Returned scans for our first handwritten quarter (Sept 1845 > Births) are only 29 of over 3000 scans. These I pick through myself. > > I started transcribing in 1999 with Dave Mayall's syndicate on handwritten > scans and they were often quite dreadful. The ones we have now are an > improvement. But having started on the bad stuff and serving my > 'apprenticeship', I much prefer the handwritten scans, warts and all, to the > typed ones or even the luxury of the typeset. > > Steve Gaunt > > > > > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.280 / Virus Database: 147 - Release Date: 11/9/2001 > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > Want to help FreeBMD? > Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

Hi All, Whilst trying to upload 1838M4G049.bmd, I have struck a problem. The second entry on this page is written using two lines. Hickford .........Mary Ann.............Kingston,4......251 .................................................................... &250A When I have tried to upload, I get a message telling me that it is invalid So, what do I do? Confused in OZ Tony Meighan

Hi All There are a a few oage numbers like that, even in the 'typed' indexes. We just do a 251? Regards John Researching - Hykin (Anywhere) Pai(y)n(e) from Kent 1800's Conde Salop. Anytime PS - Please leave a little of the old message to give me a clue as to what it's all about. ----- Original Message ----- From: Tony Meighan <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 8:25 AM Subject: Advice please:o) > Hi All, > > Whilst trying to upload 1838M4G049.bmd, I have struck a problem. > > The second entry on this page is written using two lines. > > Hickford .........Mary Ann.............Kingston,4......251 > .................................................................... &250A > > When I have tried to upload, I get a message telling me that it is invalid > So, what do I do? > > Confused in OZ > Tony Meighan > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >