forward to the discuss list. PLEASE keep it on the right list. Cheers Graham Brian Smart wrote: > > The explanation I was given regarding the need for +PAGE,???? on the end of > a file was as follows. > The data compiler looks for the +PAGE entry to know which is the next file > in the sequence. I had no problems with that, and it seems perfectly > logical. > > How is the following explained? > > In the 1845 births there are three strands of numbers all starting from 1. > Thus unless action is taken to avoid it, there will be three files with the > same +PAGE number at the end of the file. Although at present +PAGE has not > been added, two files that show this are 45B3A002 and 45B3J002. > > If the data compiler can overcome this, is +PAGE really needed? > > For my own reasons I did not use the numbering system as in the September > quarter, thus the March quarter has unique numbers for each file. > > Regards > > Brian Smart > > ==== 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

Dear Allan, Thanks for your help with this. I have visited your +PAGE page. Please could we have four more rules rather than questions and answers. The rules should address 1 known blank pages, eg where a transcriber reports a blank tiff or tiffs. 2 the treatment of single giant initial pages 3 that +PAGE is obligatory at the end of the transcription of a complete tiff as a single file. 4 a clear statement of where the +PAGE should be typed. One of my transcribers tried everywhere but the surname field! If one is difficult to reconcile "It is highly desirable that...." with "but this is not obligatory". I would opt not to do it with given the choice, please omit from the rules or make it obligatory. Should we make clear that the rules only apply to scans? There is a general point in all this that we have to take great care to be sure we all share the same concept of what we mean by a page. I have deliberately started to use "tiff" when I am speaking of blanks. From a transcribers point of view it is the tiff that is blank. Hope this helps John

Hi John, the comments are all valuable and the page Allan has put up is a starting point for defining things... we will try tobe as explicit as we can ... Cheers Graham John Slann wrote: > > Dear Allan, > > Thanks for your help with this. I have visited your +PAGE page. > > Please could we have four more rules rather than questions and answers. > > The rules should address > > 1 known blank pages, eg where a transcriber reports a blank tiff or > tiffs. > 2 the treatment of single giant initial pages > 3 that +PAGE is obligatory at the end of the transcription of a > complete tiff as a single file. > 4 a clear statement of where the +PAGE should be typed. One of my > transcribers tried everywhere but the surname field! > > If one is difficult to reconcile "It is highly desirable that...." with "but > this is not obligatory". I would opt not to do it with given the choice, > please omit from the rules or make it obligatory. > > Should we make clear that the rules only apply to scans? > > There is a general point in all this that we have to take great care to be > sure we all share the same concept of what we mean by a page. I have > deliberately started to use "tiff" when I am speaking of blanks. From a > transcribers point of view it is the tiff that is blank. > > Hope this helps > > John > > ============================== > 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/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237