Hi all, Typically, after 7 months of testing the program had been released for about 1 hour when someone found a problem! :o( Although in fairness to the testers this problem was only introduced in the past 2 weeks when we changed the filename format. This problem ONLY affects Film or Fiche users however for the moment could everyone please hold off downloading the program. There will be a revised version on the website tomorrow which will fix this problem and I will send another email when that is ready. People who have already downloaded and installed will be able to download an upgrade. To describe the problem:- With Fiche or Film the Batch number becomes the first +PAGE line. If this is entered as (say) 1234 then the first line will correctly show +PAGE,1234. However, if the file is saved an then re-loaded the line will have changed showing a different page number and a further save will go to a new filename. The actual file itself remains unchanged and is in fact still correct and will upload correctly. Very sorry about this. Ian

Hi All, I'm pleased to announce that WinBMD is finally released and available for use by anyone who prefers a Windows based transcription program. It is hoped that a link will soon be available from the FreeBMD site but in the meantime WinBMD can be downloaded from http://winbmd.rmhh.co.uk Important Note:- This is version 2.0.0 of WinBMD. There are a number of people who are currently using earlier versions of the program - EVERYONE is recommended to upgrade to version 2. There are a significant number of changes in this version, including a new filename format and some important bug fixes - please do not continue to use your old versions - upgrade now. For those people who already have a version of WinBMD installed there is an upgrade option available on the download site which will download version 2 directly to their WinBMD folder replacing the program file that is their already. Regards Ian

TID 1740, List syndicate members in alphabetic order, is tested and awaiting deployment. Barrie > -----Original Message----- > From: Allan Raymond [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 11 August 2001 18:56 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Syndicate Maintenance. > > > For those in the know, I initiated PTS task 1740 to cover > this work. Barrie was > looking at it the other day. > > As an administrator for two large Syndicates I would like > last name (surname) > first. > > Tony, you sent you request direct to me yesterday to split > into active and > inactive, hence reason why it never appeared on the list. > > I am not happy about splitting into active and inactive > volunteers, if I am > searching for somebody I wouldn't wish to look in two lists. > > 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: "Graham Hart" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: 11 August 2001 12:54 > Subject: Re: Syndicate Maintenance. > > > Hi, > > Tony McHugh wrote: > > > > Following on from Gypsy Teri's comments. I agree that > listing the current > > syndicate in alphabetical order would make life much > easier. I may be wrong > > but it looks as though it is sorted in ID order. I also > suggested recently, > > but it does not seem to have gone to the list, that this > box be split in to > > active and inactive members. > > To do that we would have to change the syndicate schema to be able to > mark people as inactive or active ... > > Any views on this and the list order from other syndicate > coordinators ? > > Presumably you want it sorted by Lastname, firstname ? > > cheers > > Graham > > > Teri, you must have a very slow connection, I could add or > delete my whole > > syndicate (~80 members) in 3 hours. > > Tony McHugh, > > 1864Births. > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > ============================== > 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?sourcec ode=F11HB ______________________________

Graham Um...may I suggest that Western Oz Synd would like Lastname, firstname too please. Unless you have other ideas as Co Co-Ordinator? <g> Cheers Teri

A minor suggestion for an amendment to the File Management page for transcribers. At the foot there is an option to return to the FreeBMD Main Page. I wonder how useful that is. I feel it would be more helpful to change the link to the Transcriber's Page instead, since I am more like to use one of the extensive list of links on that page (which includes Searc) rather than the Main Page options. After all we should not need 'Information' or 'Join FreeBMD' should we? Peter Hendy-Ibbs -- Researching: IBBS from Hunts/Beds and HENDY from Pembrokeshire Transcribing and reformatting for FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com)

G'day All Can anyone tell me when WinBMD will be released please. One of my transcribers is using it and thinks it's great. As I have a few new ppl struggling with DOS, I'd like to be able to offer them some light at the end of the tunnel ;) Cheers Teri

Hi Teri Just out of interest a similar discussion has taken place on the FreeBMD-Syndicate list within the last day or so. I'll leave Ian to respond to your actual query, but it may be worthwhile you subscribing to the Syndicates mailing list if you haven't done so already. The Syndicates list is primarily for Syndicate co-ordinators and looking through my emails there have been quite a lot of discussions on WinBMD which as a co-ordinator you may have found useful. 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: "Gypsy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 12 August 2001 10:13 Subject: WinBMD G'day All Can anyone tell me when WinBMD will be released please. One of my transcribers is using it and thinks it's great. As I have a few new ppl struggling with DOS, I'd like to be able to offer them some light at the end of the tunnel ;) Cheers Teri ============================== Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate your heritage! http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog

> > >Any views on this and the list order from other syndicate coordinators ? > > >Presumably you want it sorted by Lastname, firstname ? > > >cheers > > >Graham Scan2 Syndicate would like your choice (Lastname, Firstname) Please. Cheers Derek Derek C Hopkins, Phone +1(450)678-7768 6640, Biarritz, Fax +1(450)678-4252 Brossard, E-Mail [email protected] QC, Canada, J4Z-2A2. ==== FreeBMD - England and Wales - Birth - Marriage and Death Transcriptions <http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com> ==== Check out FreeBMD Scan2 Syndicate page (revised weekly) <http://www.cam.org/~hopkde/scan2.html> Check out my web page (22jan1997) Last Revised 28 May 1998 <http://www.cam.org/~hopkde/index.html> Check out Abney Park Indexing Project (revised 14 MAR 2000, 195,000 names) <http://www.cam.org/~hopkde/abney.html> Check out my web Ramsgate page <http://members.adept.co.uk/hopkde> Check out the Quebec Family History web page <http://www.cam.org/~qfhs/index.html>

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I was thinking more about those who have said they do not want to be involve any further. I would include those who are having a rest as still active. That said it was only a suggestion - I would be more interested in having everyone in alpha (surname) order. Tony McHugh. -----Original Message----- From: Ian Brooke [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, 12 August 2001 12:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Syndicate Maintenance. Hi Graham, *Many* of my syndicate members seem to jump back and forth between being active and inactive - sometimes a few months in each state, sometimes a few weeks. It's impossible to tell how long they are going to remain in each state and I can't see how I could classify them as one or the other. I have my own records which show when each person last uploaded and when they got their last allocation and that's all I really need. I would have no use for a division such as the one proposed and I would probably find it more confusing than useful. I would however like to see the list in alphabetical order of surname. Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Hart" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2001 5:54 AM Subject: Re: Syndicate Maintenance. > Hi, > > Tony McHugh wrote: > > > > Following on from Gypsy Teri's comments. I agree that listing the current > > syndicate in alphabetical order would make life much easier. I may be wrong > > but it looks as though it is sorted in ID order. I also suggested recently, > > but it does not seem to have gone to the list, that this box be split in to > > active and inactive members. > > To do that we would have to change the syndicate schema to be able to > mark people as inactive or active ... > > Any views on this and the list order from other syndicate coordinators ? > > Presumably you want it sorted by Lastname, firstname ? > > cheers > > Graham > > > Teri, you must have a very slow connection, I could add or delete my whole > > syndicate (~80 members) in 3 hours. > > Tony McHugh, > > 1864Births. > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > ============================== > 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 > > ============================== 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

Following on from Gypsy Teri's comments. I agree that listing the current syndicate in alphabetical order would make life much easier. I may be wrong but it looks as though it is sorted in ID order. I also suggested recently, but it does not seem to have gone to the list, that this box be split in to active and inactive members. Teri, you must have a very slow connection, I could add or delete my whole syndicate (~80 members) in 3 hours. Tony McHugh, 1864Births.

G'day Graham It may well have been over an hour each session...I was actually there around 3 hours! It's no big deal. I just wondered why I got thrown out 3 times - now I know ;) I seem to have a problem with that whole page. To add 4 new people can take me at least half an hour as it's the slowest working page on FreeBMD for me! Never mind, I can live with it. If you want to change something, how about making that horrible little box where all my transcribers names are a bit bigger and that the names list in alphabetical order...please? Cheers Ever hopeful Teri ;) ps what happens if I set my browser to not accept cookies - would I still get thrown out? Graham Hart wrote: > > Hi Teri, > > Yes the syndicate maintainance pages are controlled by a cookie we set > when you login. It contains a time which we check for. If that has > expired then we will throw you back to the login page. > > We could look at setting a refresh on it .. I didn't realise we didn't > have it, it was so long ago we wrote that code ! .. I don't think I have > had anyone else have the problem, I guess you are just doing a lot of > work on the screen... The timeout seems to be set to 1 hour . > > Are you getting timeouts after an hour or after less than an hour. There > could be a bug in there ... > > Cheers > > Graham > > Gypsy wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > Is there a time limit on a Syndicate's Add Users page? I'm > > trying to add transcribers (that I naughtily deleted - I will > > never delete a transcriber again, I will never delete a > > transcriber again X 100) but after a while I get thrown back to > > the login page. > > > > AAArrrrrrrgh! > > Teri > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

Another co-ordinator was having problems because he had his cookies disabled (through choice), I did mention to the team on 7 August for some advice. Perhaps the Syndicate login screen should mention that cookies must be enabled. Showing my age, mention of cookies takes me back to 77 Sunset Strip and Eddie Byrnes (or whatever his name was). 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: "Gypsy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 11 August 2001 12:20 Subject: Re: Time Out? G'day Graham It may well have been over an hour each session...I was actually there around 3 hours! It's no big deal. I just wondered why I got thrown out 3 times - now I know ;) I seem to have a problem with that whole page. To add 4 new people can take me at least half an hour as it's the slowest working page on FreeBMD for me! Never mind, I can live with it. If you want to change something, how about making that horrible little box where all my transcribers names are a bit bigger and that the names list in alphabetical order...please? Cheers Ever hopeful Teri ;) ps what happens if I set my browser to not accept cookies - would I still get thrown out? Graham Hart wrote: > > Hi Teri, > > Yes the syndicate maintainance pages are controlled by a cookie we set > when you login. It contains a time which we check for. If that has > expired then we will throw you back to the login page. > > We could look at setting a refresh on it .. I didn't realise we didn't > have it, it was so long ago we wrote that code ! .. I don't think I have > had anyone else have the problem, I guess you are just doing a lot of > work on the screen... The timeout seems to be set to 1 hour . > > Are you getting timeouts after an hour or after less than an hour. There > could be a bug in there ... > > Cheers > > Graham > > Gypsy wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > Is there a time limit on a Syndicate's Add Users page? I'm > > trying to add transcribers (that I naughtily deleted - I will > > never delete a transcriber again, I will never delete a > > transcriber again X 100) but after a while I get thrown back to > > the login page. > > > > AAArrrrrrrgh! > > Teri > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com

It does support multiple additions, we need to change our instruction thingy to mention the facility. 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: "Graham Hart" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 11 August 2001 12:46 Subject: Re: Time Out? Hi, Gypsy wrote: > > G'day Graham > > It may well have been over an hour each session...I was actually > there around 3 hours! It's no big deal. I just wondered why I > got thrown out 3 times - now I know ;) ok :) that explains it .. > I seem to have a problem with that whole page. To add 4 new > people can take me at least half an hour as it's the slowest > working page on FreeBMD for me! That's because it keeps having to get a list of all transcribers which, with the database as busy as it is, takes quite a long time. Maybe we should look at changing it to only show you your transcribers unless you are specifically adding some You do know that you can add multiple at the same time by using the ctrl button while selecting ?? (At least, i am pretty sure I wrote it to support multiple additions .. ) > Never mind, I can live with it. If you want to change > something, how about making that horrible little box where all > my transcribers names are a bit bigger and that the names list > in alphabetical order...please? :) We can look at that .. I seem to remember specifially changing the order to what it is .. but that was a long time ago and syndicates were smaller... > Cheers > Ever hopeful Teri ;) > ps what happens if I set my browser to not accept cookies - > would I still get thrown out? You would never get in ! :) you must have cookies set on for synd maintainance to work Chers Graham > Graham Hart wrote: > > > > Hi Teri, > > > > Yes the syndicate maintainance pages are controlled by a cookie we set > > when you login. It contains a time which we check for. If that has > > expired then we will throw you back to the login page. > > > > We could look at setting a refresh on it .. I didn't realise we didn't > > have it, it was so long ago we wrote that code ! .. I don't think I have > > had anyone else have the problem, I guess you are just doing a lot of > > work on the screen... The timeout seems to be set to 1 hour . > > > > Are you getting timeouts after an hour or after less than an hour. There > > could be a bug in there ... > > > > Cheers > > > > Graham > > > > Gypsy wrote: > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > Is there a time limit on a Syndicate's Add Users page? I'm > > > trying to add transcribers (that I naughtily deleted - I will > > > never delete a transcriber again, I will never delete a > > > transcriber again X 100) but after a while I get thrown back to > > > the login page. > > > > > > AAArrrrrrrgh! > > > Teri > > > > > > ============================== > > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp ============================== Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

For those in the know, I initiated PTS task 1740 to cover this work. Barrie was looking at it the other day. As an administrator for two large Syndicates I would like last name (surname) first. Tony, you sent you request direct to me yesterday to split into active and inactive, hence reason why it never appeared on the list. I am not happy about splitting into active and inactive volunteers, if I am searching for somebody I wouldn't wish to look in two lists. 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: "Graham Hart" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 11 August 2001 12:54 Subject: Re: Syndicate Maintenance. Hi, Tony McHugh wrote: > > Following on from Gypsy Teri's comments. I agree that listing the current > syndicate in alphabetical order would make life much easier. I may be wrong > but it looks as though it is sorted in ID order. I also suggested recently, > but it does not seem to have gone to the list, that this box be split in to > active and inactive members. To do that we would have to change the syndicate schema to be able to mark people as inactive or active ... Any views on this and the list order from other syndicate coordinators ? Presumably you want it sorted by Lastname, firstname ? cheers Graham > Teri, you must have a very slow connection, I could add or delete my whole > syndicate (~80 members) in 3 hours. > Tony McHugh, > 1864Births. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp ============================== 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

Hi Is there a time limit on a Syndicate's Add Users page? I'm trying to add transcribers (that I naughtily deleted - I will never delete a transcriber again, I will never delete a transcriber again X 100) but after a while I get thrown back to the login page. AAArrrrrrrgh! Teri

Hi, Tony McHugh wrote: > > Following on from Gypsy Teri's comments. I agree that listing the current > syndicate in alphabetical order would make life much easier. I may be wrong > but it looks as though it is sorted in ID order. I also suggested recently, > but it does not seem to have gone to the list, that this box be split in to > active and inactive members. To do that we would have to change the syndicate schema to be able to mark people as inactive or active ... Any views on this and the list order from other syndicate coordinators ? Presumably you want it sorted by Lastname, firstname ? cheers Graham > Teri, you must have a very slow connection, I could add or delete my whole > syndicate (~80 members) in 3 hours. > Tony McHugh, > 1864Births. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

Hi, Gypsy wrote: > > G'day Graham > > It may well have been over an hour each session...I was actually > there around 3 hours! It's no big deal. I just wondered why I > got thrown out 3 times - now I know ;) ok :) that explains it .. > I seem to have a problem with that whole page. To add 4 new > people can take me at least half an hour as it's the slowest > working page on FreeBMD for me! That's because it keeps having to get a list of all transcribers which, with the database as busy as it is, takes quite a long time. Maybe we should look at changing it to only show you your transcribers unless you are specifically adding some You do know that you can add multiple at the same time by using the ctrl button while selecting ?? (At least, i am pretty sure I wrote it to support multiple additions .. ) > Never mind, I can live with it. If you want to change > something, how about making that horrible little box where all > my transcribers names are a bit bigger and that the names list > in alphabetical order...please? :) We can look at that .. I seem to remember specifially changing the order to what it is .. but that was a long time ago and syndicates were smaller... > Cheers > Ever hopeful Teri ;) > ps what happens if I set my browser to not accept cookies - > would I still get thrown out? You would never get in ! :) you must have cookies set on for synd maintainance to work Chers Graham > Graham Hart wrote: > > > > Hi Teri, > > > > Yes the syndicate maintainance pages are controlled by a cookie we set > > when you login. It contains a time which we check for. If that has > > expired then we will throw you back to the login page. > > > > We could look at setting a refresh on it .. I didn't realise we didn't > > have it, it was so long ago we wrote that code ! .. I don't think I have > > had anyone else have the problem, I guess you are just doing a lot of > > work on the screen... The timeout seems to be set to 1 hour . > > > > Are you getting timeouts after an hour or after less than an hour. There > > could be a bug in there ... > > > > Cheers > > > > Graham > > > > Gypsy wrote: > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > Is there a time limit on a Syndicate's Add Users page? I'm > > > trying to add transcribers (that I naughtily deleted - I will > > > never delete a transcriber again, I will never delete a > > > transcriber again X 100) but after a while I get thrown back to > > > the login page. > > > > > > AAArrrrrrrgh! > > > Teri > > > > > > ============================== > > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

Hi Teri, Yes the syndicate maintainance pages are controlled by a cookie we set when you login. It contains a time which we check for. If that has expired then we will throw you back to the login page. We could look at setting a refresh on it .. I didn't realise we didn't have it, it was so long ago we wrote that code ! .. I don't think I have had anyone else have the problem, I guess you are just doing a lot of work on the screen... The timeout seems to be set to 1 hour . Are you getting timeouts after an hour or after less than an hour. There could be a bug in there ... Cheers Graham Gypsy wrote: > > Hi > > Is there a time limit on a Syndicate's Add Users page? I'm > trying to add transcribers (that I naughtily deleted - I will > never delete a transcriber again, I will never delete a > transcriber again X 100) but after a while I get thrown back to > the login page. > > AAArrrrrrrgh! > Teri > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

Hi Graham, *Many* of my syndicate members seem to jump back and forth between being active and inactive - sometimes a few months in each state, sometimes a few weeks. It's impossible to tell how long they are going to remain in each state and I can't see how I could classify them as one or the other. I have my own records which show when each person last uploaded and when they got their last allocation and that's all I really need. I would have no use for a division such as the one proposed and I would probably find it more confusing than useful. I would however like to see the list in alphabetical order of surname. Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Hart" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2001 5:54 AM Subject: Re: Syndicate Maintenance. > Hi, > > Tony McHugh wrote: > > > > Following on from Gypsy Teri's comments. I agree that listing the current > > syndicate in alphabetical order would make life much easier. I may be wrong > > but it looks as though it is sorted in ID order. I also suggested recently, > > but it does not seem to have gone to the list, that this box be split in to > > active and inactive members. > > To do that we would have to change the syndicate schema to be able to > mark people as inactive or active ... > > Any views on this and the list order from other syndicate coordinators ? > > Presumably you want it sorted by Lastname, firstname ? > > cheers > > Graham > > > Teri, you must have a very slow connection, I could add or delete my whole > > syndicate (~80 members) in 3 hours. > > Tony McHugh, > > 1864Births. > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > ============================== > 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 > >