> If you are talking about " accurate transcription " then why does WinBMD > change the surnames from UPPER case to LOWER case ? Thus changing the EXACT > copy of what is transcribed. Er... it doesn't. That is a variable option you can set. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Davison <andrew.davison@blueyonder.co.uk> To: 'Steve Gaunt' <steve@email.hinet.hr> Cc: <FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 1:21 PM Subject: RE: fullstops. > If you are talking about " accurate transcription " then why does WinBMD > change the surnames from UPPER case to LOWER case ? Thus changing the EXACT > copy of what is transcribed. > > I'm not trying to be awkward or dig up old discussions, but there seems to > be a lot of confusion. 6 months ago (fter transcribing for nearly 2 years), > I started putting in full stops after JOHN P. as I thought that is what was > required, now I'm being told differently. > > > Andrew > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Gaunt [mailto:steve@email.hinet.hr] > Sent: 06 September 2003 12:03 > To: FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: re: fullstops. > > The only reasons for putting the fullstops as far as I know are: > 1. Something to do with consistancy in transcribing and the software at > FreeBMD and double keying. > 2. A promise to transcribe the data as is. > > If the software is based an the accurate transcription of every fullstop, > comma, etc, then there is the need to transcribe as is, though I am told > that double keying would involve different source, which may not even carry > the full stop, though I may have that wrong (David, refresh my memory) > Other than the two reasons stated above, there is no reason at all to > transcribe full stops. The original handwritten scans didn't carry them; > they were put there in later versions. > So: > perhaps the software can be "rewired" so that full stops have no > significance? Then it wouldn't matter if they were transcribed or not. > > As for the second reason, I doubt if whoever the promise was made to would > care in the slightest about full stops. Perhaps they should be approached? > We have already broken from the promise to reproduce as is by the insertion > of surnames where duplicate surnames are indicated by a line. > Perhaps also the software can be "rewired" so that full stops have no > significance? Then it wouldn't matter if they were transcribed or not. It > would also stop these discussions popping up every six month or so. > Steve Gaunt > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >