On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 11:04:47 +0100, you wrote: >I'm sure this has been said before, and I understand that FreeBMD is doing >an EXACT transcription of the indexes, but are FULL STOPS really that >important ? Joe Public who is searching the index for a name won't care if >there is a full stop or not, and the full stop isn't relevant in the >searches. I'm sure the GRO won't care if a full stop is there or not when >the someone requests a certificate, so why is there such a big fuss about >them ? *PLEASE* go back and read my EXCRUCIATINGLY detailed explanation of why it is important, because having spent several hours that I could ill afford typing it out, I'm not about to do it again. Of course it doesn't matter to the searcher whether there is a full stop or not. It does, however matter to our matching process which compares double keyings. -- Dave Mayall