Hi All Yes it comes back very fast. then you select your syndicate and you get a fast response again "The "Login PW Panel" again !!!!!!!!!!! You have a loop somewhere. At 02:49 AM 12/01/2005, Philip Powell wrote: >In message <[email protected]>, Ted Southcombe ><[email protected]> writes >>Thanks to Dave and all others who replied. I feel better now I'm not alone ! > >I see the shoemaker's elves have been at work - just tried this morning >and it came down so fast I could hardly believe it! >-- >Philip Powell >The Fellwanderers > > >==== FREEBMD-SYNDICATES Mailing List ==== >Need to get a fast answer to your transcribing problems? Go to the >Transcribers Knowledge Base at http://FreeBMD.RootsWeb.com/vol_faq.html > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx Cheers Derek Derek C Hopkins, Phone +1(450)678-7768 6640, Biarritz, Fax +1(450)678-4252 Brossard, E-Mail [email protected] QC, Canada, J4Z-2A2. ==== FreeBMD - England and Wales - Birth - Marriage and Death Transcriptions <http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com> ==== Check out FreeBMD Scan2 Syndicate page (revised daily) Please bookmark our new home http://www.scan2.org/scan2.html ==== Check out QFHS Marriage Transcription Project page (revised daily) (Quebec Family History Society) Please bookmark our new home http://www.scan2.org/qfhs.html Check out my web page (22jan1997) Last Revised 28 May 1998 <http://www.cam.org/~hopkde/index.html> Check out Abney Park Indexing Project (revised 14 MAR 2000, 195,000 names) <http://www.cam.org/~hopkde/abney.html> Check out my web Ramsgate page <http://members.adept.co.uk/hopkde> Check out the Quebec Family History web page <http://www.cam.org/~qfhs/index.html>

Seeing if this gets through - please ignore Teri _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 11 January 2005 6:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: FREEBMD-SYNDICATES-D Digest V05 #4

Thanks to Dave and all others who replied. I feel better now I'm not alone ! Cheers, Ted

With CD burners, you can now easily copy from Outlook (or Outlook Express) direct to your CD drive, using Windows Explorer. Just drag and drop the envelopes (in groups etc) onto the CD drive as you would using two explorer windows, except that in this case one of the "windows" is Outlook. You do lose the formatting that you see in Outlook, at least you have a CD backup of the individual emails. I would then copy them back in to Outlook in the event of a Crash or Upgrade. Now I had better go and do it myself, for my backups. Regards John Bright > > From: "Allan Raymond" <[email protected]> > Date: 2005/01/11 Tue PM 12:09:42 GMT+13:00 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Lost Emails > > To Syndicate Co-ordinators > > Sugar! > > In my successful attempt a couple of hours ago to change to Broadband I > accepted the offer to download a later version of Internet Explorer/Outlook > Express. > > This had grave consequence. > > All my emails have gone walkies. > > Whilst I maintain a paper copy of allocations to Syndicate and keep > spreadsheets of some other activities I am very much at the mercy of > Co-ordinators supplying me with copy of emails which are still waiting a > response from me. > > In particular, any Co-ordinator who has requested a transfer of volunteer is > requested to resend their request to me. > > Apologies for any inconvenience but I'm totally gutted with the loss of all > my emails especially as the same problem occurred about 3 years ago when I > picked a virus. > > Regards > > Allan Raymond > > > > > > ==== FREEBMD-SYNDICATES Mailing List ==== > For those in -L mode, to unsubscribe from this mailing list please send the command UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message to - > [email protected] > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

In message <[email protected]>, Jeff Coleman <[email protected]> writes >Hi all > >Both upload report and syndicate management have been a liable to be >very slow, or to time out, for a while. > >Assume that most of the extra people searching are in UK either at work >and using their evenings/early hours/weekends for FH research, or are >at home/retired and start after breakfast. Weekdays between 7 and 8.30 >am seem to be good times (UK time), but I expect 1am to 7am would also >work. Look at http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/UsageInfo.html to see the >usage pattern - as Barrie has posted since I started this. Yes - I'd tried just before posting and gave up after several minutes. This morning, at 7.15, it came down in a couple of minutes. PS The work behind the scenes is much appreciated. -- Philip Powell The Fellwanderers

Hi all Both upload report and syndicate management have been a liable to be very slow, or to time out, for a while. Assume that most of the extra people searching are in UK either at work and using their evenings/early hours/weekends for FH research, or are at home/retired and start after breakfast. Weekdays between 7 and 8.30 am seem to be good times (UK time), but I expect 1am to 7am would also work. Look at http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/UsageInfo.html to see the usage pattern - as Barrie has posted since I started this. Jeff -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.10 - Release Date: 10/01/2005

Ian, Yes, I came across Kat4 as a Christian name back on 23 March ! In the end I had to leave it as Kat_ because I was unable to upload or edit it to a 4.

Depending on the report, Upload Report can be quite expensive on resources and tends to suffer more if the system is heavily loaded. From http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/UsageInfo.html you can see that we are performing very high levels of searches and at times about 25% of these are failing due to the heavy load. As you may be aware further servers will be added shortly which should help the situation. Nevertheless, I have done some optimisations on the syndicate database which may help a bit. Barrie > -----Original Message----- > From: Ted Southcombe [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 10 January 2005 15:20 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Upload Report slow > > > Is anyone else having problems with Upload Report ? I can > get most other > programs - Show File, Scan Source, Syndicate management (a > bit slow), etc. - > OK. Upload Report entry page comes fast enough but I never > get the reports > (Download) even after 5 minutes. Used to be OK even with my > dial-up and 40 > year old phone lines. > > Cheers, Ted > > > > ==== FREEBMD-SYNDICATES Mailing List ==== > Thank you Rootsweb for hosting the FreeBMD project and its > mailing lists. See http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for > your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family > and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sou rceid=14599&targetid=5429

To Syndicate Co-ordinators Sugar! In my successful attempt a couple of hours ago to change to Broadband I accepted the offer to download a later version of Internet Explorer/Outlook Express. This had grave consequence. All my emails have gone walkies. Whilst I maintain a paper copy of allocations to Syndicate and keep spreadsheets of some other activities I am very much at the mercy of Co-ordinators supplying me with copy of emails which are still waiting a response from me. In particular, any Co-ordinator who has requested a transfer of volunteer is requested to resend their request to me. Apologies for any inconvenience but I'm totally gutted with the loss of all my emails especially as the same problem occurred about 3 years ago when I picked a virus. Regards Allan Raymond

In message <[email protected]>, Ted Southcombe <[email protected]> writes >Is anyone else having problems with Upload Report ? I can get most >other programs - Show File, Scan Source, Syndicate management (a bit >slow), etc. - OK. Upload Report entry page comes fast enough but I >never get the reports (Download) even after 5 minutes. Used to be OK >even with my dial-up and 40 year old phone lines. Good - it's not just me )-: -- Philip Powell The Fellwanderers

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:20:28 -0000, you wrote: >Is anyone else having problems with Upload Report ? I can get most other >programs - Show File, Scan Source, Syndicate management (a bit slow), etc. - >OK. Upload Report entry page comes fast enough but I never get the reports >(Download) even after 5 minutes. Used to be OK even with my dial-up and 40 >year old phone lines. So far as I can see, it's just down to heavy load on the site. The site loading is becoming increasingly critical, a situation which will be resolved once we get the additional capacity on-line. -- Dave Mayall

Hi folks, A few weeks (?) ago I saw a posting on Admins where someone was asking how to transcribe/upload names with numbers in them. I didn't however see a reply and I now have a similar name and am stumped how to twys it. Did anyone see the reply or does anyone have a suggestions? Thanks Ian

Hi All No its not just you. I have given up on "Syndicate Management" First Panel OK then getting the next panel after selecting the Syndicate Sat there for 30 minutes and I cancelled it twice that is just tooooo Much. At 03:42 PM 10/01/2005, Philip Powell wrote: >In message <[email protected]>, Ted Southcombe ><[email protected]> writes >>Is anyone else having problems with Upload Report ? I can get most other >>programs - Show File, Scan Source, Syndicate management (a bit slow), >>etc. - OK. Upload Report entry page comes fast enough but I never get >>the reports (Download) even after 5 minutes. Used to be OK even with my >>dial-up and 40 year old phone lines. > > >Good - it's not just me )-: >-- >Philip Powell >The Fellwanderers > > >==== FREEBMD-SYNDICATES Mailing List ==== >Want to help FreeBMD? >Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. > >============================== >Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >New content added every business day. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx Cheers Derek Derek C Hopkins, Phone +1(450)678-7768 6640, Biarritz, Fax +1(450)678-4252 Brossard, E-Mail [email protected] QC, Canada, J4Z-2A2. ==== FreeBMD - England and Wales - Birth - Marriage and Death Transcriptions <http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com> ==== Check out FreeBMD Scan2 Syndicate page (revised daily) Please bookmark our new home http://www.scan2.org/scan2.html ==== Check out QFHS Marriage Transcription Project page (revised daily) (Quebec Family History Society) Please bookmark our new home http://www.scan2.org/qfhs.html Check out my web page (22jan1997) Last Revised 28 May 1998 <http://www.cam.org/~hopkde/index.html> Check out Abney Park Indexing Project (revised 14 MAR 2000, 195,000 names) <http://www.cam.org/~hopkde/abney.html> Check out my web Ramsgate page <http://members.adept.co.uk/hopkde> Check out the Quebec Family History web page <http://www.cam.org/~qfhs/index.html>

Is anyone else having problems with Upload Report ? I can get most other programs - Show File, Scan Source, Syndicate management (a bit slow), etc. - OK. Upload Report entry page comes fast enough but I never get the reports (Download) even after 5 minutes. Used to be OK even with my dial-up and 40 year old phone lines. Cheers, Ted

Hi This a simple request to Co-ordinators to let me know if they have requested a Scan Allocation from me but are still waiting a response. As far as I am aware I am now up to date with all requests but there may some I have overlooked. If this applies to your Syndicate could you please let me know off list with the date the request was sent to me. Thanks Allan Raymond

Hi Jeff & Dave, I have forwarded Jeff's message to the lady asking her to do as suggested by Jeff and to inform me of the outcome, I will in turn, keep you advised of the situation. Tony Aussie Scribe Tribe. JC> Hi Tony JC> this has happened to some of mine when they have not received, or not dealt JC> properly with, the 'challenge' email. JC> The transcriber should go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/bmd-files.pl JC> and enter their submitter-id, then follow the 'Forgotten your password' JC> route. The transcriber will get a new 'challenge' email. JC> Reasons for not getting the 'challenge' email include misspelling the email JC> address, and possibly spam-trapping by ISPs. JC> If the email address was mis-spelled, the 'challenge' email will not reach JC> them. You can check this by comparing the email address used in contacting JC> you with that on Syndicate Maintenance, letter by letter if necessary. If JC> the email address was mis-spelled the transcriber either needs to adopt the JC> misspelled address, even if only to get the automatic challenge email, or, I JC> suspect, re-register with a different submitter-id. JC> I am open to correction on this. JC> Otherwise contact Allan or Virginia from links on JC> http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ctroles.html JC> Jeff -- Regards, Tony

Friday, January 7, 2005, 6:43:48 PM Hi, A new transcriber has submitted her details to http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/join?coord=TMeighan but as yet I have not received confirmation. She sent in her registration on 9th Dec 2004 approx. I found her name on the Syndicate Maintainence page http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/admin-cgi/bmd-add-synd.pl on the 5th January 2005 and I have added her to my Syndicate, but now when she has tried to upload a file she has been instructed that her registration has not been completed. She is able to download, so I'm keeping her busy :o) Can someone please cure this problem or make suggestion how it can be cured? -- Regards, Tony

To Syndicate Co-ordinators The latest update (05/01/2005) of the Suspect Report at: http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/SuspectFiles.html shows a further reduction in the number of Suspect Files. We are now down to 25 Suspect Files and any help you can give in reducing this still further would be appreciated? All 25 files in the latest Suspect Report are due to "Too many entries between +PAGE". These files are mainly transcribed from fiche rather than Scans and it makes it more difficult for me to do a hands on approach with helping to correct the files. Any help Co-ordinators can give regarding their volunteers who appear in the Suspect Report would be appreciated. I have corresponded with some Co-ordinators and volunteers regarding these 25 files but currently have not had any success in getting the suspect files corrected. Some Co-ordinators maybe waiting for me supply them with "Challenge" details for their volunteers to enable them to take over ownership of the volunteers File Management to correct Suspect Files. I hope to complete any outstanding requests later today. Thanks Allan Raymond -----Original Message----- From: Allan Raymond <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: 07 January 2005 13:44 Subject: Re: Suspect files To Transcribers and Co-ordinators (an update to my email of 31 March 2004) Since 23 February 2003 and as part of the ongoing process of validating the data in FreeBMD we have been able to identify files uploaded to FreeBMD which for a variety of reasons are suspect. Transcribers and Co-ordinators are requested to check the Suspect Report page at: http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/SuspectFiles.html at regular intervals to see if they have files listed. If so please follow the instructions at the head of that page. No action is required by volunteers if their files do not appear in the Suspect Report. I have been actively involved with the cooperation of others to eliminate all the suspect files. Particular thanks to Co-ordinators who have taken a proactive role in identifying and correcting suspect files uploaded by their volunteers. There were lots of suspects file way back on 23 February 2003 which was whittled down to about 400 by 8 Oct 2003. The number of suspect files was reduced down 31 as at 30 March 2004 and was going down on a daily basis. Refinements were made to the Suspect Report criteria which increased the number of suspect files to 88 as at 31 July 2004. Further refinements were made to the Suspect Report criteria which identified some files which unfortunately did not conform to our highly recommended naming convention and therefore weren't being picked up the Suspect Report. This refinement caused the number of suspect files to increase to 650 as at 1 October 2004 but was reduced to 286 by 6 October 2004. With a lot of work by Co-ordinators the number of suspect files has been reduced down 25 as at 5 January 2005. *** To be forewarned - the Suspect Report criteria will be continually modified to pick up more suspect files *** I monitor the number of suspect files on a daily basis and my aim is to get the list down to zero figures by the end of March 2005. Regards Alan Raymond

Hi Jeff The best course of action regarding any problems regarding volunteers registration should be an email to the Volunteer Co-ord at: [email protected] . If either Virginia or me are not available it allows other team members to intercede if of an urgent nature. A brief detail of the problem together with the SubmitterID and name of the Volunteer will enable the problem to resolved very quickly. Some of your suggestions are quite valid and will assist some volunteers completing their registration. However, never request a volunteer to re-register with a different SubmitterID. This only serves to generate another unwanted SubmitterID on the system which has to be deleted at some stage. Regards Allan Raymond -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Coleman <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: 07 January 2005 08:39 Subject: Re: Registration problem Hi Tony this has happened to some of mine when they have not received, or not dealt properly with, the 'challenge' email. The transcriber should go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/bmd-files.pl and enter their submitter-id, then follow the 'Forgotten your password' route. The transcriber will get a new 'challenge' email. Reasons for not getting the 'challenge' email include misspelling the email address, and possibly spam-trapping by ISPs. If the email address was mis-spelled, the 'challenge' email will not reach them. You can check this by comparing the email address used in contacting you with that on Syndicate Maintenance, letter by letter if necessary. If the email address was mis-spelled the transcriber either needs to adopt the misspelled address, even if only to get the automatic challenge email, or, I suspect, re-register with a different submitter-id. I am open to correction on this. Otherwise contact Allan or Virginia from links on http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ctroles.html Jeff

Hi Tony For any problems regarding volunteers registration the first port of call should be an email to the Volunteer Co-ord at: [email protected] A brief detail of the problem together with the SubmitterID and name of the Volunteer will enable the problem to resolved very quickly. Allan Raymond -----Original Message----- From: Tony Meighan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: 07 January 2005 07:57 Subject: Registration problem Friday, January 7, 2005, 6:43:48 PM Hi, A new transcriber has submitted her details to http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/join?coord=TMeighan but as yet I have not received confirmation. She sent in her registration on 9th Dec 2004 approx. I found her name on the Syndicate Maintainence page http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/admin-cgi/bmd-add-synd.pl on the 5th January 2005 and I have added her to my Syndicate, but now when she has tried to upload a file she has been instructed that her registration has not been completed. She is able to download, so I'm keeping her busy :o) Can someone please cure this problem or make suggestion how it can be cured? -- Regards, Tony