Dave The good news is that your extremely detailed and useful expose on full stops was added yesterday to the Transcribers Web Page. Chances it is just waiting for one kind person (nod, nod, wink, wink) to press the appropriate button for it to go live. Allan Raymond -----Original Message----- From: Dave Mayall <david.mayall@ukonline.co.uk> To: FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com <FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 07 September 2003 09:32 Subject: Re: Fullstops in the Forename column. >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 > > >============================== >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 >

On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 10:39:09 +0100, you wrote: >Dave > >The good news is that your extremely detailed and useful expose on full >stops was added yesterday to the Transcribers Web Page. > >Chances it is just waiting for one kind person (nod, nod, wink, wink) to >press the appropriate button for it to go live. I shall press some buttons. -- Dave Mayall