I know in the past I suggested a bit of code that would shortlist all entries that contained uncertain characters, []_* etc. If that same piece of code (Dave!!) also listed entries that were out of sequence alphabetically, out of page range for the district and quarter concerned, and (finally), those records where there were too many entries on a register page...... Then that must scoop up almost all entries that are worth a second look. I would also like this to be able to be run on my own entries only, i.e., for FBMD to produce all the shortlists for each transcriber, and e-mail them to us, or make them available for downloading like scans are. Is this how you were going to do it Dave? I shall now duck my head below the parapet!! John Fairlie Mail us at ..... john@fairlie.plus.com john.fairlie@blueyonder.co.uk Home page... http://www.fairlie.plus.com -----Original Message----- From: Dave Mayall [mailto:david.mayall@ukonline.co.uk] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 12:54 PM To: FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: DOUBLE KEYING - a different point! Quoting andrewgough@ftnetwork.com: > > >>The Marriages Dec 1889 page range for Gloucester 6a is 499 to 574 > inclusive. > >>Page number 644 cannot therefore be correct. > > But 644 could be "correct" (according to the objectives of FreeBMD): if the > original index contains a typing error. Oh, indeed, but the point remains that we can analyse the data to identify the VAST majority of entries worth a second look! -- Dave Mayall ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net ============================== 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