Hello All, I have received a total of 31 emails on this subject and it is driving me mad. If a rule is made everybody should stick to it. As a coordinator I check and reject any file that does not comply with this rule. This is the obvious way forward. Brian Smart -----Original Message----- From: John Ellwood [mailto:john.gw4jlk@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: 06 September 2003 09:49 To: FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Fullstops in the Forename column. With great trepidation I want to comment on fullstops in the forename column. Entering this vital information has slowed down my input and not made me a happy bunny. So... I have added a fullstop to every name in the bmdname 2 file (accessed through Windows Explorer). This saves me some backspacing and fullstopping! Obviously if there multiple names I lose out, but I do have an overall gain I have install a copy of my BMD system, without my modification, on a separate drive. So if I am lucky enough to get pages without the dreaded fullstops I can get back to normality. Obviously there must be millions of transcribed entries without the stops so surely a bulk entry system is going to be needed. Could I pleaded with the authorities for this to be done sooner rather than later and be made available to necessary evils like myself? John Ellwood ============================== 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