There was a query on the Admin list recently (see below), which raises the question whether we should really type what we see or what we ought to see!! The transcriber thought she saw "_ _ OL A" for a page number. TWYS says this is what she should type! Allan with his vast experience (and I mean that) knew darn well that it must be a page number and he saw "_ _ 06 A" Someone may then decide to look at the page range for Burnley and discover that the first digit had to be "2". On return to the scan EVERYONE CAN SEE that it's "206A" with a white line dividing the 2. The question is: do we really type what we see, or type what we see by deduction? All answers, with and without insults, shall be read circumspectly!! Best wishes Chris Barossa South Oz > ---------- > From: Allan Raymond[SMTP:allan_raymond@btinternet.com] > Sent: 21 March 2004 01:48 > To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: QUERY - PAGE NUMBER > > I assume it's Page 247 rather than 277? > > I also think it's Burnley 8c (rather than 8e). > > My interpretation of the page number is that there are 5 characters. > > The first character is a blob followed by a squiggly vertical line, after > which comes possibly a 0 (zero rather letter O) followed by possibly a 6 > (rather than letter L) followed by an A. > > In this uncertain situation I would insert " _{0,1}_{0,1}[0O}[6L]A. > > I'm sure somebody will come up with a less complicated and more feasible > interpretation of the page number? > > Allan Raymond > > -----Original Message----- > From: Henry & Linda Dueck <hldueck@mb.sympatico.ca> > To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 20 March 2004 14:16 > Subject: QUERY - PAGE NUMBER > > > >Hello all! I'm transcribing 1879 B2 Page 277 and have a handwritten entry > at the bottom of column 3. > > > >HIGGS, Rowland Taylor > >Burnley 8e > > > >The page number looks like something OLA - should I transcribe it as > "_OLA"? > > > >Linda Dueck > >Manitoba, Canada > > > > > > > >==== 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 > > > >============================== > >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > ______________________________ >