I expect most of us use FreeBMD to find or check marriages, and in many cases we may already know the proper pairings when there are 4 or 8 entries on the page. In these cases I use FreeBMD to get proper RGO references for my database since all the requisite data is not on the certificates - which in some cases we inherit. Is there any way we can build known pairings into the results eventually - or would we require an ancillary, or entirely independent, site to which people with certificates could submit known pairings? I realize that this may be a tiny drop in the proverbial bucket - but still, every little bit helps. Keith

Hi, I started to use WinBMD about a week ago and have transcribed and uploaded 10 pages. But suddenly, instead of having file extension .bmd I am getting .SCA ... I should be getting 1845B400410.bmd, I'm finding files 45B400410.sca What have I done wrong? HELP!! please :o) Tony M in sunny Bright, Victoria, Australia

Hi Tony, You've clicked on the top item on the Options menu - "SpeedBMD filenames" which creates filenames in SpeedBMD format. Just uncheck that option and the filenames will be back as they were. Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Meighan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 7:46 PM Subject: WinBMD query > Hi, > > I started to use WinBMD about a week ago and have transcribed and uploaded > 10 pages. > But suddenly, instead of having file extension .bmd I am getting > .SCA ... > I should be getting 1845B400410.bmd, I'm finding files 45B400410.sca > What have I done wrong? > HELP!! please :o) > > Tony M > in sunny Bright, Victoria, Australia > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > >

IMHO the new proposed version is too long. No-one's going to read it. So far I've never received a "correction" - only enquiries from people assuming I'm interested in their "name". So even the existing short one isn't being read and understood. Mark Hattam - - At 9:41 am +0100 22/8/01, Archer Barrie wrote: >Sue, > >I have moved this to Discuss. > >Well, I wasn't making it up, just quoting! The submitter page says "N.B. The >vast majority of records have been transcribed by people with _no research >interest_ in the names they have transcribed. Please do _not_ mail the >transcribers with research questions. This email address is provided for the >purpose of correcting errors in the transcription." > >I am currently making changes to this page and have included the following, >which is along the same lines but more explicit about the kind of changes: >"Please note that FreeBMD transcribes the entries in the indexes and has a >policy of transcribing the data *exactly* as it appears in the indexes. >Corrections should therefore be based on substantive evidence and this must >be given in the Source field. Many districts in the indexes have variant >spellings. These are transcribed in FreeBMD exactly as they appear in the >indexes and are then linked to the correct district. Please do *not* report >a misspelt district unless what is in FreeBMD is different from what is in >the index." > >I will also be allowing transcribers to say they don't want to receive >corrections, but his just means they will get sent to someone else, yet to >be decided! > >One issue we have at the moment is that we don't know how many people send >correction emails. I suspect it is very low - have you had one, I haven't! >My changes will incorporate a log of corrections so in the future we will >have some information to go on. > >Barrie > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sue Burton [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: 21 August 2001 20:07 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Incorrect Surname >> >> >> Hi Barrie >> >> I'm going to query your reply here!! I think it needs discussion! >> >> We are transcribing the indexes by what we see and if the original >> transcription is wrong then what we type will be wrong! >> I don't think I want people emailing me and telling me they >> have a certain >> certificate and what I transcribed was wrong. I could end up >> with several >> thousand entries to amend! And certificates are known to be >> wrong anyway. >> >> Sue >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Archer Barrie" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: 21 August 2001 17:17 PM >> Subject: RE: Incorrect Surname >> >> >> > If you do a FreeBMD Search for the entry, the identifier of the >> transcriber >> > will be given as the last item on the line. If you click on >> this you will >> > get details of the transcriber, including email address. >> Send an email >> > explaining the correction. >> > >> > If by "the second keying" you mean that there is an entry >> for GOOD and an >> > entry for GOOCH then I suspect that there are two such >> entries in the >> index. >> > This can occur where the original scribe of the index >> couldn't read the >> > certificate they had. The transcriber has therefore >> probably transcribed >> the >> > index correctly. >> > >> > Barrie >> > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: Max & Carol Scott [mailto:[email protected]] >> > > Sent: 20 August 2001 18:57 >> > > To: [email protected] >> > > Subject: Incorrect Surname >> > > >> > > >> > > Because I have a copy certificate, I know that a BMD marriage >> > > entry has been >> > > entered incorrectly by one transcriber as GOOD, (the second >> > > keying of GOOCH >> > > being correct). >> > > >> > > What is the proper and polite way of making this known and >> > > having the entry >> > > corrected. Your advice, please. >> > > >> > > Best wishes, >> > > Carol Scott >> > > >> > > ______________________________ >> > > >> > >> > >> > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > > > Want to help FreeBMD? >> > Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. >> > >> > ============================== >> > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & >> Celebrate >> > your heritage! >> > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >> > >> > >> >> ______________________________ >> > > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

Hear! Hear! Dick I don't actually think this has got anything to do with certificates. We're transcribing the indexes (indices?). Are the originals at the FRC in London? I know you can view them elsewhere. And as to the reference to difficulty in reading page numbers, they're not on the certificates anyway. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick Jones" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 22 August 2001 20:46 PM Subject: RE: Incorrect Surname > <snipped> > > > >"Please note that FreeBMD transcribes the entries in the indexes and has a > >policy of transcribing the data *exactly* as it appears in the indexes. > >Corrections should therefore be based on substantive evidence and this must > >be given in the Source field. Many districts in the indexes have variant > >spellings. These are transcribed in FreeBMD exactly as they appear in the > >indexes and are then linked to the correct district. Please do *not* report > >a misspelt district unless what is in FreeBMD is different from what is in > >the index." > > > >I will also be allowing transcribers to say they don't want to receive > >corrections, but his just means they will get sent to someone else, yet to > >be decided! > > > >One issue we have at the moment is that we don't know how many people send > >correction emails. I suspect it is very low - have you had one, I haven't! > >My changes will incorporate a log of corrections so in the future we will > >have some information to go on. > > > >Barrie > > Couldn't the paragraph be simplified to:- > > "Please do NOT report errors unless you have evidence that the entry > in FreeBMD differs from that in the GRO indexes at the Family Records > Centre, London." > -- > > Best regards > Dick Jones Leigh-on-Sea Essex UK > mailto://[email protected] > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > >

<snipped> > >"Please note that FreeBMD transcribes the entries in the indexes and has a >policy of transcribing the data *exactly* as it appears in the indexes. >Corrections should therefore be based on substantive evidence and this must >be given in the Source field. Many districts in the indexes have variant >spellings. These are transcribed in FreeBMD exactly as they appear in the >indexes and are then linked to the correct district. Please do *not* report >a misspelt district unless what is in FreeBMD is different from what is in >the index." > >I will also be allowing transcribers to say they don't want to receive >corrections, but his just means they will get sent to someone else, yet to >be decided! > >One issue we have at the moment is that we don't know how many people send >correction emails. I suspect it is very low - have you had one, I haven't! >My changes will incorporate a log of corrections so in the future we will >have some information to go on. > >Barrie Couldn't the paragraph be simplified to:- "Please do NOT report errors unless you have evidence that the entry in FreeBMD differs from that in the GRO indexes at the Family Records Centre, London." -- Best regards Dick Jones Leigh-on-Sea Essex UK mailto://[email protected]

Sue, I have moved this to Discuss. Well, I wasn't making it up, just quoting! The submitter page says "N.B. The vast majority of records have been transcribed by people with _no research interest_ in the names they have transcribed. Please do _not_ mail the transcribers with research questions. This email address is provided for the purpose of correcting errors in the transcription." I am currently making changes to this page and have included the following, which is along the same lines but more explicit about the kind of changes: "Please note that FreeBMD transcribes the entries in the indexes and has a policy of transcribing the data *exactly* as it appears in the indexes. Corrections should therefore be based on substantive evidence and this must be given in the Source field. Many districts in the indexes have variant spellings. These are transcribed in FreeBMD exactly as they appear in the indexes and are then linked to the correct district. Please do *not* report a misspelt district unless what is in FreeBMD is different from what is in the index." I will also be allowing transcribers to say they don't want to receive corrections, but his just means they will get sent to someone else, yet to be decided! One issue we have at the moment is that we don't know how many people send correction emails. I suspect it is very low - have you had one, I haven't! My changes will incorporate a log of corrections so in the future we will have some information to go on. Barrie > -----Original Message----- > From: Sue Burton [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 21 August 2001 20:07 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Incorrect Surname > > > Hi Barrie > > I'm going to query your reply here!! I think it needs discussion! > > We are transcribing the indexes by what we see and if the original > transcription is wrong then what we type will be wrong! > I don't think I want people emailing me and telling me they > have a certain > certificate and what I transcribed was wrong. I could end up > with several > thousand entries to amend! And certificates are known to be > wrong anyway. > > Sue > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Archer Barrie" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: 21 August 2001 17:17 PM > Subject: RE: Incorrect Surname > > > > If you do a FreeBMD Search for the entry, the identifier of the > transcriber > > will be given as the last item on the line. If you click on > this you will > > get details of the transcriber, including email address. > Send an email > > explaining the correction. > > > > If by "the second keying" you mean that there is an entry > for GOOD and an > > entry for GOOCH then I suspect that there are two such > entries in the > index. > > This can occur where the original scribe of the index > couldn't read the > > certificate they had. The transcriber has therefore > probably transcribed > the > > index correctly. > > > > Barrie > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Max & Carol Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: 20 August 2001 18:57 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Incorrect Surname > > > > > > > > > Because I have a copy certificate, I know that a BMD marriage > > > entry has been > > > entered incorrectly by one transcriber as GOOD, (the second > > > keying of GOOCH > > > being correct). > > > > > > What is the proper and polite way of making this known and > > > having the entry > > > corrected. Your advice, please. > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > Carol Scott > > > > > > ______________________________ > > > > > > > > > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > > Want to help FreeBMD? > > Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. > > > > ============================== > > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & > Celebrate > > your heritage! > > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > > > > > ______________________________ >

My thanks to the several folk who have pointed out that repetitive forenames can be entered by using the zero key. My request to Ian was in effect, that repetitive forenames be treated the same as for repetitive Surname and District entries. I am accustomed to hitting the tab key to repeat the previous entry. It is confusing (and potentially likely to result in incorrect data entry) to use a different key to repeat an entry in one field only, when the default for other fields is to use the tab key. It is standard programming practice to use a common key stroke/sequence to achieve a standard outcome. Ian has acknowledged that there is a discrepancy and that it will be rectified in a future update to WinBMD. Geo. A supporter of the Archive CD Books project. Why? See for yourself at http://www.archivecdbooks.com

Many thanks, Ian, for your explanation on the different versions. Audrey

Hi everyone, I am using SpeedBMD, and very happy with it too. However I looked at the site for the downloads of WinBMD. Could someone please explain the difference between the Single File download and the Multiple Files download? In the event of changing to WinBMD I should like to know which download is the best. Thanks Audrey

Hi Audrey, There is no real difference between them - they both do the same job and install the same program. There are two because some people had problems downloading a single large file and find it easier split into 4 smaller downloads. Likewise the single file version is there because people using Netscape had difficulties downloading the 4-file version (something to do with the filenames). You can download either - you will end up with the same version of WinBMD no matter which route you take. What you can't do is download the Upgrade version unless you already have an earlier version of WinBMD installed on your PC. Regards Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Audrey Clarke" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 11:12 PM Subject: WinBMD > Hi everyone, I am using SpeedBMD, and very happy with it too. > However I looked at the site for the downloads of WinBMD. > Could someone please explain the difference between the Single File > download and the Multiple Files download? > In the event of changing to WinBMD I should like to know which > download is the best. > Thanks > Audrey > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > >

In message <[email protected]>, George Spooner <[email protected]> writes >Ian, > >Having become thoroughly familiar with SpeedBMD I have now changed to WinBMD >and am having a problem with forenames that is really slowing me down. >In SpeedBMD if I tab from the Surname field and then tab again the previous >forename(s) is auto-entered. When I know that the next forename is the same >as the previous one I tend to tab twice automatically. In WinBMD when I tab >from the forename field the first name on the picklist (Ann) is >auto-entered. That's OK if I need to repeat Ann but if I am inputting a >series of any other name, for instance 'Mary', I find that I am continuously >backing-up to change the forename from Ann to whatever. Can you change the >forename field so that on hitting tab it defaults to the last entered name >rather than to the first name on the picklist please? ( la the Surname and >Districts fields). I believe that the present situation is conducive to >incorrect data input because I found that I had incorrectly entered three >records before I noticed what was happening. This obviously would not be a >problem for anyone who is not familiar with SpeedBMD but *I* am finding it a >*real* pain in the posterior. Just press 0 [zero]. Philip Powell Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland to The Cheviot

Ian, Having become thoroughly familiar with SpeedBMD I have now changed to WinBMD and am having a problem with forenames that is really slowing me down. In SpeedBMD if I tab from the Surname field and then tab again the previous forename(s) is auto-entered. When I know that the next forename is the same as the previous one I tend to tab twice automatically. In WinBMD when I tab from the forename field the first name on the picklist (Ann) is auto-entered. That's OK if I need to repeat Ann but if I am inputting a series of any other name, for instance 'Mary', I find that I am continuously backing-up to change the forename from Ann to whatever. Can you change the forename field so that on hitting tab it defaults to the last entered name rather than to the first name on the picklist please? (à la the Surname and Districts fields). I believe that the present situation is conducive to incorrect data input because I found that I had incorrectly entered three records before I noticed what was happening. This obviously would not be a problem for anyone who is not familiar with SpeedBMD but *I* am finding it a *real* pain in the posterior. Geo.

Hi Ian Thanks for your reply, my comments on yours below are as follows ;- 1) Yes It is a page number that I was entering as it would then be reproduced in the filename so that it would be unique. I'm also entering the page number in the batch number field. I'm a little confused here as it seems to me that one of the fields is superfluous. 2) My mistake here, I did not realise that when you tab out the fields that the data was then capitalised, so this is ok. 3) I have just discovered that I also get an illegal operation if I select save. regards eddie [email protected] South coast of Hampshire, England ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Brooke" <[email protected]> To: "FreeBMD Discuss-List" <[email protected]>; "eddie allen" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 5:41 PM Subject: Re: winbmd help > Hi Eddie, > Many thanks for your comments. To reply to your items:- > > 1. This looks like an error and I will look at it. Originally WinBMD > only accepted a Film Year in that box (to be honest I hadn't come across > Film References at that time!) but was later changed - it looks as though > the change wasn't quite right. However - I may be wrong but it looks like > the value you are inputting is a Page Number - if that is the case then you > should really put this in the "Batch Number" field as it will then be > promulgated to the +PAGE line. That is, if you enter 0401 in the Batch > field then your first line will read +PAGE,0401 which I think is what you > want. > 2. Surnames etc will ONLY be capitalised if they are entered in the same > case (ie all lower case or all upper case) if you type any capital letters > then WinBMD will think you are entering a name in the correct case and will > not change it. Please let me know if this isn't happening for you. > Districts are a funny thing and WinBMD is trying not to impose a particular > case on you (ie it is trying to let you "Type what you see") - this may not > be the best option though. I do have a Wish List going for the next version > which I shall publish on this list and allow people to add to it and finally > vote on what's wanted. If you or anyone wants a change in the way districts > are handled then please send a suggestion and I will add it to the list. > 3. Sorry about the Cancel error - I will fix it and publish an upgrade > shortly. > Regards > Ian > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "eddie allen" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 8:20 AM > Subject: winbmd help > > > > Hi list and particularly Ian Brooke > > > > I am just trying out the latest version of winbmd (first time I've tried > winbmd at all). > > > > Three things that I'd like comment / help with. > > > > 1) In the header details I selected FILM for the source, for page I then > entered a 3 digit number, in this case 401 which was accepted, however if I > enter a 4 digit number - 0401 then I get an error messge which says number > must be in the range 1837 to 2001. > > > > 2) When entering data, speedbmd automatically capitalised the first letter > of surname, forname and district, winbmd does not appear to do this unless I > have not set something correctly, if it does not do this then I'm finding > that it is slowing me done somewhat. > > > > In the district case the first letter is automatically capitalised but in > cases such as St. Austell the S will be automatic but not the A of Austell. > > > > 3) when the warning came up to remind me to save, I selected cancel which > resulted in an illegal operation message. OS is win 98. > > > > > > all help appreciated > > > > regards > > > > eddie > > [email protected] > > > > South coast of Hampshire, England > > > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > >

Hi Eddie and All, 1. There was a lot of confusion in the early days of WinBMD over page numbers/Fiche numbers/Film numbers etc etc. For a number of reasons there was a need to have a different value entered in the Page field than was shown on the +PAGE line and the decision was taken to have the Batch field as the page number for Fiche and Film. It's not a decision that I'm particularly happy about but having gone that route I don't think there is much we can do now (if we do then the headers will be wrong in those files already produced) although personally I would have liked to reverse it and have Page as always the Page number and leave Batch for the Fiche/Film number. The only problem that I can think of is that the Batch number is incremented by one when the menu item Start New Batch is selected but this could be fixed. It's not so much that there is a redundant field though - I still suspect there is a need to be able to enter a reference number for Fiche/Film although I'm unsure what that need is. In early version of WinBMD these fields used to rename themselves so that the top-right box was labelled "Fiche or Film Number" rather than "Page" and this may be worth re-introducing in the next version. Whatever we do - I think we should do something because the current situation can be confusing. 2. Yes - there is a difference here with SpeedBMD which capitalises immediately forcing it to be changed if it was really wanted in a different case. WinBMD allows you to enter it in mixed case which it doesn't change but then if you enter in all one case it will 'fix' it when you've finished in the field. 3. If you download the Upgrade on the website it should fix the problems with Cancel and Save in that the AutoSave reminder should not appear while there is another question outstanding. Regards Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: "eddie allen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 3:07 PM Subject: Re: winbmd help > Hi Ian > > Thanks for your reply, my comments on yours below are as follows ;- > > 1) Yes It is a page number that I was entering as it would then be > reproduced in the filename so that it would be unique. I'm also entering the > page number in the batch number field. I'm a little confused here as it > seems to me that one of the fields is superfluous. > > 2) My mistake here, I did not realise that when you tab out the fields that > the data was then capitalised, so this is ok. > > 3) I have just discovered that I also get an illegal operation if I select > save. > > regards > > eddie > [email protected] > > South coast of Hampshire, England > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian Brooke" <[email protected]> > To: "FreeBMD Discuss-List" <[email protected]>; "eddie allen" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 5:41 PM > Subject: Re: winbmd help > > > > Hi Eddie, > > Many thanks for your comments. To reply to your items:- > > > > 1. This looks like an error and I will look at it. Originally WinBMD > > only accepted a Film Year in that box (to be honest I hadn't come across > > Film References at that time!) but was later changed - it looks as though > > the change wasn't quite right. However - I may be wrong but it looks like > > the value you are inputting is a Page Number - if that is the case then > you > > should really put this in the "Batch Number" field as it will then be > > promulgated to the +PAGE line. That is, if you enter 0401 in the Batch > > field then your first line will read +PAGE,0401 which I think is what you > > want. > > 2. Surnames etc will ONLY be capitalised if they are entered in the > same > > case (ie all lower case or all upper case) if you type any capital letters > > then WinBMD will think you are entering a name in the correct case and > will > > not change it. Please let me know if this isn't happening for you. > > Districts are a funny thing and WinBMD is trying not to impose a > particular > > case on you (ie it is trying to let you "Type what you see") - this may > not > > be the best option though. I do have a Wish List going for the next > version > > which I shall publish on this list and allow people to add to it and > finally > > vote on what's wanted. If you or anyone wants a change in the way > districts > > are handled then please send a suggestion and I will add it to the list. > > 3. Sorry about the Cancel error - I will fix it and publish an upgrade > > shortly. > > Regards > > Ian > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "eddie allen" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 8:20 AM > > Subject: winbmd help > > > > > > > Hi list and particularly Ian Brooke > > > > > > I am just trying out the latest version of winbmd (first time I've tried > > winbmd at all). > > > > > > Three things that I'd like comment / help with. > > > > > > 1) In the header details I selected FILM for the source, for page I then > > entered a 3 digit number, in this case 401 which was accepted, however if > I > > enter a 4 digit number - 0401 then I get an error messge which says number > > must be in the range 1837 to 2001. > > > > > > 2) When entering data, speedbmd automatically capitalised the first > letter > > of surname, forname and district, winbmd does not appear to do this unless > I > > have not set something correctly, if it does not do this then I'm finding > > that it is slowing me done somewhat. > > > > > > In the district case the first letter is automatically capitalised but > in > > cases such as St. Austell the S will be automatic but not the A of > Austell. > > > > > > 3) when the warning came up to remind me to save, I selected cancel > which > > resulted in an illegal operation message. OS is win 98. > > > > > > > > > all help appreciated > > > > > > regards > > > > > > eddie > > > [email protected] > > > > > > South coast of Hampshire, England > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >

Hi list and particularly Ian Brooke I am just trying out the latest version of winbmd (first time I've tried winbmd at all). Three things that I'd like comment / help with. 1) In the header details I selected FILM for the source, for page I then entered a 3 digit number, in this case 401 which was accepted, however if I enter a 4 digit number - 0401 then I get an error messge which says number must be in the range 1837 to 2001. 2) When entering data, speedbmd automatically capitalised the first letter of surname, forname and district, winbmd does not appear to do this unless I have not set something correctly, if it does not do this then I'm finding that it is slowing me done somewhat. In the district case the first letter is automatically capitalised but in cases such as St. Austell the S will be automatic but not the A of Austell. 3) when the warning came up to remind me to save, I selected cancel which resulted in an illegal operation message. OS is win 98. all help appreciated regards eddie [email protected] South coast of Hampshire, England

Hi Eddie, Many thanks for your comments. To reply to your items:- 1. This looks like an error and I will look at it. Originally WinBMD only accepted a Film Year in that box (to be honest I hadn't come across Film References at that time!) but was later changed - it looks as though the change wasn't quite right. However - I may be wrong but it looks like the value you are inputting is a Page Number - if that is the case then you should really put this in the "Batch Number" field as it will then be promulgated to the +PAGE line. That is, if you enter 0401 in the Batch field then your first line will read +PAGE,0401 which I think is what you want. 2. Surnames etc will ONLY be capitalised if they are entered in the same case (ie all lower case or all upper case) if you type any capital letters then WinBMD will think you are entering a name in the correct case and will not change it. Please let me know if this isn't happening for you. Districts are a funny thing and WinBMD is trying not to impose a particular case on you (ie it is trying to let you "Type what you see") - this may not be the best option though. I do have a Wish List going for the next version which I shall publish on this list and allow people to add to it and finally vote on what's wanted. If you or anyone wants a change in the way districts are handled then please send a suggestion and I will add it to the list. 3. Sorry about the Cancel error - I will fix it and publish an upgrade shortly. Regards Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: "eddie allen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 8:20 AM Subject: winbmd help > Hi list and particularly Ian Brooke > > I am just trying out the latest version of winbmd (first time I've tried winbmd at all). > > Three things that I'd like comment / help with. > > 1) In the header details I selected FILM for the source, for page I then entered a 3 digit number, in this case 401 which was accepted, however if I enter a 4 digit number - 0401 then I get an error messge which says number must be in the range 1837 to 2001. > > 2) When entering data, speedbmd automatically capitalised the first letter of surname, forname and district, winbmd does not appear to do this unless I have not set something correctly, if it does not do this then I'm finding that it is slowing me done somewhat. > > In the district case the first letter is automatically capitalised but in cases such as St. Austell the S will be automatic but not the A of Austell. > > 3) when the warning came up to remind me to save, I selected cancel which resulted in an illegal operation message. OS is win 98. > > > all help appreciated > > regards > > eddie > [email protected] > > South coast of Hampshire, England > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >

I thought you might be as interested and intrigued as I was to see the following contribution to the KFHS List:- Quote >>>> '' Anyone on the list who reads Family Tree magazine will be aware of the campaign to secure easier and cheaper access to the older records of births, marriages and deaths. The following job advertisment for the ONS appeared in the Health Service Journal (it probably appeared in other publications as well though) on 9 August 2001. It would seem that things are happening at long last! I have abridged the text and can naturally supply details of the (very attractive) salaries on offer and how to apply if anyone wishes to do so! "The Office for National Statistics is embarking on a major programme to modernise the Civil Registration Service in England and Wales. ........... Civil registration started in the 1830s. It was designed for the needs and expectations of society at that time. The underlying principals of accessibility, having good quality information and preventing abuse remain. However, many of the reasons for the design of the system no longer apply, and so the system increasingly fails to deliver. The make-up of society it seeks to serve has changed. There have also been advances in technology to which it is not able to respond. Delivering the required changes to the current system will be challenging as it involves significant legislative, organisational and IT development. Success in doing so will provide a civil registration service fit for the 21st century. The programme team needs additional staff and experience. ONS is seeking individuals who can offer experience in any of the following fields:- Knowledge of Local Government finance Knowledge of health service records management Experience of legislative or policy work Procurement of a major IT system Project management of a major programme particularly if it involved the development and implementation of a large IT system with significant organisational change. .......... The programme will start late in 2001 and run through to implementation during 2005...............>>>> Unquote The obvious cynical response is that we've heard this sort of thing before, 2005 is a long way off, the legislative programme can't accommodate it and we don't know exactly what is proposed. But it does sound rather purposeful. Does anyone out there have any background information on this?? Phil Down, Chichester

Hi, I am off on hols in a sec ... I'll be back in a couple of weeks :) See you all then :) Cheers Graham

Hi All, The problem with WInBMD that I described the other day is now fixed and the new version (2.0.1) is available from http://winbmd.rmhh.co.uk This version is only different from 2.0.0 if you are transcribing from Fiche or Film - there is no change for Scan Users. Anyone who has already installed WinBMD can upgrade to 2.0.1 by following the "Upgrade" button on the website. This will download you a new file called "winbmd.exe" which should be placed directly into your WInBMD folder (normally C:\Program Files\WinBMD) replacing the file with the same name that is already there. If anyone is unclear what to do then please drop me a line. As an aside there has been some discussion recently regarding square brackets. It is my understanding that square brackets are intended to present a choice and that there must be at least 2 characters within the brackets and WinBMD enforces this rule - it will not allow square brackets containing less than 2. The description that Graham gave of [_9] is as far as I know correct except that I always arrange the characters within the brackets such that the first is the most likely and therefore [9_] is perhaps better. Cheers Ian