"Roger J. Legg" wrote: > I checked with my syndicate organizer after reading the above. My > syndicate organizer disagreed with Dave Mayall and told me not to enter > the period after forenames when transcribing the deaths index. > > With tongue in cheek I would urge all transcribers to check with their > syndicate organizer before making any decision as to the merits of Your syndicate co-ordinator is quite at liberty to disagree with the official line, but he must not instruct people to disregard it. Decisions upon what should be transcribed are taken centrally and apply, without exception, to all syndicates. We have gone to a great deal of trouble to ensure that FreeBMD can work round the problem caused by existing files which have failed to follow the correct rules, but for all future files, the proper method MUST be used. -- Dave Mayall