Hi Teri I can't recollect mention of the following details previously. Problems regarding individual volunteer registrations are best dealt with by sending an email to: [email protected] and problems regarding Syndicates are best dealt with by an email to [email protected] . I normally deal with emails to [email protected] and Virginia deals with problems sent to [email protected] . This means that if either Virginia or yours truly are not available it is possible for another team member to pick it up if urgent. If you would like to send details of the volunteer with an incomplete registration to [email protected] either Virginia or I will sort it out for you. Cheers Allan Raymond -----Original Message----- From: Gypsy <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: 25 September 2004 03:09 Subject: Incomplete Registration Hi I have an incomplete registration that occurred during the server problems - dont know if that affected it or not Now Allan's away, who's doing this please or shall I just wait until he gets back Hooroo Teri ==== 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] ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

I would suggest 1860D1_G-P_0001_0098 I cannot find where the filename convention is defined on the website. Barrie > -----Original Message----- > From: ESSERY Clive [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 29 September 2004 16:23 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Uploaded File Naming Conventions > > > A while ago we were exhorted to change our file names so that > they included the page numbers. > > I am trying to upload a file that is of the format: > 1860D1_0001_0098 which contains the first 98 pages of the > letters G to P. > > Unfortunately somebody decided to split the March Qtr 1860 > Deaths into three sections, A-G, G-P and P-Z. They then > renumbered all the pages from 1 in each section. > > Hence there is a file in the A-G section which was called > 1860D1_0001_00098 and a file in the G-P section with the > identical name. > > How do we differentiate? I would suggest putting an A in the > first filename and a G in the second but that does not match > the file name format that has been proposed. > > Note I used to specify the first 3 letters of the first and > last surname so I have had no problems previously. With that > naming convention the second file would have been > 1860D1_GRI_HAR and would have been completely different to > the 1860D1_AAR_AYT that I have previously uploaded. > > Another problem that I have with the page number convention > is that most of our early work was typed from Fiche. The > files have the "Fiche" page number after the +PAGE > descriptor. When these files have been scanned they have > been assigned a totally different page numbering convention. > For example there are often blank pages between each letter > plus the page with the letter on that have been assigned scan > page numbers. The fiche do not include any of these pages in > their page numbering scheme. > > To convert from the fiche page numbering scheme to the scan > page numbering scheme would take a long time and would take > somebody away from transcribing and other work. > > Clive Essery > Co-ordinator for the LGC Syndicate > > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are > confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please > notify our Help Desk. Email [email protected] > immediately. You should not copy or use this email or > attachment(s) for any purpose nor disclose their contents to > any other person. > > NATS computer systems may be monitored and communications > carried on them recorded, to secure the effective operation of the > system and for other lawful purposes. > ************************************************************** > ************************************************************** > **************** > > > ==== 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 > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new > Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. > Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=> 4930&sourceid=1237 >

A while ago we were exhorted to change our file names so that they included the page numbers. I am trying to upload a file that is of the format: 1860D1_0001_0098 which contains the first 98 pages of the letters G to P. Unfortunately somebody decided to split the March Qtr 1860 Deaths into three sections, A-G, G-P and P-Z. They then renumbered all the pages from 1 in each section. Hence there is a file in the A-G section which was called 1860D1_0001_00098 and a file in the G-P section with the identical name. How do we differentiate? I would suggest putting an A in the first filename and a G in the second but that does not match the file name format that has been proposed. Note I used to specify the first 3 letters of the first and last surname so I have had no problems previously. With that naming convention the second file would have been 1860D1_GRI_HAR and would have been completely different to the 1860D1_AAR_AYT that I have previously uploaded. Another problem that I have with the page number convention is that most of our early work was typed from Fiche. The files have the "Fiche" page number after the +PAGE descriptor. When these files have been scanned they have been assigned a totally different page numbering convention. For example there are often blank pages between each letter plus the page with the letter on that have been assigned scan page numbers. The fiche do not include any of these pages in their page numbering scheme. To convert from the fiche page numbering scheme to the scan page numbering scheme would take a long time and would take somebody away from transcribing and other work. Clive Essery Co-ordinator for the LGC Syndicate ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify our Help Desk. Email [email protected] immediately. You should not copy or use this email or attachment(s) for any purpose nor disclose their contents to any other person. NATS computer systems may be monitored and communications carried on them recorded, to secure the effective operation of the system and for other lawful purposes. ********************************************************************************************************************************************

It happened to one of my team. Possibly she has got the first item in the Options menu - SpeedBMD filenames - ticked ? Cheers, Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Meighan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 8:54 AM Subject: SCA V BMD > Hi, > > Why do files take on the .SCA extension, when they should be .BMD? > > One of my trannies is concerned about the apparent change in her system and > wishes to change it back to .BMD, can someone assist? > > > -- > Best wishes > > Tony > > > ==== FREEBMD-SYNDICATES Mailing List ==== > Want to help FreeBMD? > Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Hi, Why do files take on the .SCA extension, when they should be .BMD? One of my trannies is concerned about the apparent change in her system and wishes to change it back to .BMD, can someone assist? -- Best wishes Tony

Tony In WinBMD go to Options and make sure the top item SpeedBMD Filenames is unchecked. Frank ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Meighan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 8:54 AM Subject: SCA V BMD > Hi, > > Why do files take on the .SCA extension, when they should be .BMD? > > One of my trannies is concerned about the apparent change in her system and > wishes to change it back to .BMD, can someone assist? > > > -- > Best wishes > > Tony > > > ==== FREEBMD-SYNDICATES Mailing List ==== > Want to help FreeBMD? > Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

AOL is scanning INSIDE your emails, blocking any with "unapproved" content The LangaList ^ | March 22, 2004 | Fred Langa http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1123490/posts Posted on 04/23/2004 6:09:07 PM PDT by Stoat This information comes from the LangaList, a GREAT, FREE computer and technology newsletter published by Fred Langa, formerly the Editor of Byte Magazine. This AOL scanning / blocking issue has been covered in two segments so far; here is the first one: AOL Madness (Warn Your Friends) AOL is at it again. This time, it's reading *inside* its members' emails, and preemptively blocking any messages that contain links to sites that AOL doesn't want you to see. Note: I'm *not* talking about simple mail blocks, where a mail is discarded if it originates from a "forbidden" address. No: AOL is parsing the content of its members' emails and blocking them even if they merely *mention* a site that AOL disapproves of. This happened to my last newsletter issue, when I mentioned a perfectly valid and inoffensive link: http://www.codeproject.com/ . It turns out that last summer, in July, AOL put that site on its naughty list for some unexplained reason, and ever since has blocked all emails that even contain a link to that address. When my list-host ( http://dundee.net ) noticed huge numbers of AOL emails bouncing back, they preemptively sought to find out why, and the folks at AOL then removed the block--- on that one address. AOL's mail system is just this side of insane. Not only does it read inside member emails for links that AOL doesn't like, but--- as we've reported before--- if AOL members get a little lazy and block a newsletter like this one, instead of unsubscribing, AOL keeps track of the blocks. Last time I looked, if as few as 10 readers took the lazy way out of stopping a mailing, AOL would assume that the mail in question was spam. In my case, if just 10 AOL users out of 160,000 readers--- that's 0.00006 of my readers--- took the lazy way off the list, all AOL subscribers would have their legitimate issues blocked for some time thereafter. AOL's user-level mail filters are nearly useless because the master filters discard emails before they ever make it to the users' mailboxes and the local filters there. That means AOL members can white-list senders to their heart's content but it will have no effect at all on the pre-filtering that's done by AOL before their mail ever gets delivered. AOL's user-level mail controls are a little like those fake thermostats you sometimes see in office buildings that are meant to give occupants the illusion of local control, when in reality, a central system is making all the real decisions. Noted tech writer Brian Livingston also has been struggling with this, as he reported in http://briansbuzz.com/w/040408/ . Just look at the jaw-dropping failure rates he found: I've written many times that Internet service providers (ISPs) are mishandling the growing menace of spam by imposing crude "junk-mail filters" that delete legitimate messages without notifying the intended recipients of that fact. ...AOL "bounced" about 88% of the newsletters that had been sent to subscribers who use aol.com e-mail addresses. The problem was also severe at subsidiaries owned by AOL, including cs.com (which bounced 88%) and netscape.net (96%). ...[AOL's] filter simply deletes huge quantities of mail without ever delivering it... (click link above for full article) If you have friends on AOL, you may wish to tell them about this ( http://www.langa.com/sendit.htm ) so they'll know why their email is so unreliable. Of course, there's no guarantee they'll see your email, just as there's no guarantee that legitimate subscribers to this newsletter on AOL will get this issue.... But there's a glimmer of hope: For the first time ever, AOL's membership has started to shrink significantly. Users are finally realizing they can get better service at lower costs from other ISPs. Perhaps if enough members vote with their dollars, AOL will wake up and meaningfully change its Big Brother-ish ways. Here is the second segment of the AOL scanning /blocking story: Just For Grins Some unintentional humor fell out of the serious discussion of AOL's antispam policies, which we discussed last issue: AOL blocks emails that merely contain a link to sites AOL doesn't approve of. ( http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2004/2004-04-19.htm#2 ) Many AOL subscribers were incensed and asked AOL tech support for an explanation. Reader "Ray" for example, got this immediate reply from AOL: ...I assure you that AOL is not blocking emails of any sort from arriving on your mailbox.... Ray sent that to me, not knowing whom to believe. But at almost the same moment Ray's mail arrived, I also got this: Dear Fred, I just thought that I would let you know that I forwarded your [send to a friend] letter to all my friends on aol. Guess what, aol bounced everyone of them. This is the reason they gave: "(reason: 554-: (HVU:B1) The URL contained in your email to AOL members has generated a high volume of complaints... AOL will no longer accept email with the URL contained in your message. 554 TRANSACTION FAILED" ---Kris Then I got a note from Fred and Anne Weaver: After reading your recent newsletter on AOL I tried to send it to an AOL friend. Your URL caused it to be rejected by AOL! Why anyone uses AOL is beyond me. ---Fred and Anne Then a note from Diane H Kuhn: I tried to email the latest newsletter to 2 of my family members with AOL address. Both were returned to me within minutes of sending...the reason? It contained a link to a Malicious site....hmmmmm. I guess I better print it and mail it!! Thanks, Diane It went on all day--- notes from AOL members telling me that AOL techs swore that AOL would *never* block email... followed by mail from readers outside of AOL who tried send to AOL members, and got their mail blocked. The amusing thing, aside from AOL's blatant duplicity in telling its customers one thing while simultaneously doing the opposite (ok, I have a dark sense of humor), is that the only link in the "send to a friend" letter was a link to the current LangaList issue on Langa.Com--- there was no ad link, no spam link, no tracking link, nothing but a link to a newsletter that criticized AOL. But that was enough for AOL to install a block on Langa.Com email. (Or, as AOL might say: "Block? What block? We'd never do that...!" )

BMDVerify is an excellent aid to 'reducing' errors. I have used it to check hundreds of pages from transcribers and I have only done three pages in which I did not find at least one error. (That's not to say there weren't errors!) It reduces errors in the transcriptions before uploading because they compare the typed transcription with the image line by line and any differences can be corrected there and then on the transcription using WinBMD. It does not help where the scan is indecipherable but it enables anyone to pick up errors where the wrong key has been pressed, where the wrong district has been entered, where misspellings have been made etc., etc.. BMDVerify also helps transcribers learn where they are prone to making errors, e.g. alternative district spellings, missed punctuation marks etc. and thus avoid making them in the first place. We have transcibers who made over 100 errors in their first transcription (The record is 147!) and we do not allow them to do more than one scan at a time without their work being checked by me until they produce two consecutive files with 5 or fewer errors, that I find, on the page. (0.26% error rate on fields). This has taken as many as 8 transcriptions with a couple of people but most only need 3 to 5 pages to get there. We have had a few people who have given up after 1 or 2 attempts but most persevere. I have found that continued encouragement and an emphasis on what they are doing well, rather than just saying what they have done wrong, works better than bald lists of errors. The other thing is that everything they do finishes up on FreeBMD in it's corrected form - we do not use 'practice' pages - and this appears to motivate them to get things right. I suggest that three pages with errors is not too bad and at least a couple more be allocated before poltely suggesting that their abilities are not suited to transcribing. Steve Gaunt wrote: >>The main problem is that it is is very obvious BMD Verify has not been >> >> >used (although they have said it has) due to the high number of errors >present on the page. > >How would Verify help reduce errors, except that they're looking at the >entry more than once? Verify is mainly to spot what you may have missed and >any missing lines. There are aids available but no wonder tools; you can >either do the job or you can't. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Chris Mahoney" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 9:26 AM >Subject: Advice requesedt on person > > > > >>Hi >> >>I have a person in the syndicate who has just completed their third >> >> >practice page, which is still unsatisfactory. > > >>Whilst their third page is a definite improvement on their first certain >> >> >problems still remain. > > >>The main problem is that it is is very obvious BMD Verify has not been >> >> >used (although they have said it has) due to the high number of errors >present on the page. > > >>I am beginning to think that I should drop this person, and not let them >> >> >continue. > > >>If I should drop them, how should I say this to them as this is the first >> >> >time I have had to think about doing it. > > >>Or if they should continue, how should I explain the use of the BMD Verify >> >> >Program as it appears my efforts on this have not been successful (they >have been referred to the site where the BMD Verify instructions are >located). > > >>Any suggestions on what I should do with this person are welcome. >> >> >>Thanks >> >> >> >> >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > >

Can anyone enlighten me on how to get emails through to AOL addresses Thanks Debbie Valentine ____________________________________________________ IncrediMail - Email has finally evolved - Click Here

Hi Has anyone come across a situation where a trannies file is up there to view in "show file" but not showing on an Upload Report? Either my eyes are playing tricks or it isn't there I've checked the Header details and they seem fine Must be me??? Cheers Teri

Hi I have an incomplete registration that occurred during the server problems - dont know if that affected it or not Now Allan's away, who's doing this please or shall I just wait until he gets back Hooroo Teri

Sadly AOL seems to block all email from some email addresses and Internet Service Providers. Whether this is AOL centrally or some feature unwittingly set by AOL users I don't know. If you look at http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/list-synd.pl?reader=0 you will almost always see one or two syndicates whose description includes something to the effect that they cannot support AOL transcribers. If you have a first expression of interest from an AOL email address, and your mail gets bounced, you may like to contact another syndicate co-ordinator looking for volunteers and ask that syndicate to contact the prospective transcriber, explaining the problem and offering to take them on. Some other ISPs also seem tricky to get messages to, as they bounce messages over a certain very modest size, or only allow users a very small mailbox which soon becomes full. Jeff > Can anyone enlighten me on how to get emails through to AOL addresses > Thanks > Debbie Valentine --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.769 / Virus Database: 516 - Release Date: 24/09/2004

The header of the upload report page says "Unless Report recent is checked only files that are included in the lastest update of the database are shown." Could this be the answer? Barrie > -----Original Message----- > From: Gypsy [mailto:[email protected]et.au] > Sent: 25 September 2004 03:12 > To: [email protected] > Subject: File Missing in Upload Report > > > Hi > > Has anyone come across a situation where a trannies > file is up there to view in "show file" but not > showing on an Upload Report? > > Either my eyes are playing tricks or it isn't there > > I've checked the Header details and they seem fine > > Must be me??? > > Cheers > Teri > > > ==== 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 > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new > Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. > Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=> 4930&sourceid=1237 >

> The main problem is that it is is very obvious BMD Verify has not been used (although they have said it has) due to the high number of errors present on the page. How would Verify help reduce errors, except that they're looking at the entry more than once? Verify is mainly to spot what you may have missed and any missing lines. There are aids available but no wonder tools; you can either do the job or you can't. Is the new transcriber testing with a typed, printed or handwritten page? I have two transcribers who cannot do a hand written scan yet they turn out thousands of entries a month of the printed stuff. If your transcriber is making errors on clear printed scans that's another matter and I wish you good luck in "dropping" him/her. Steve Gaunt Croscan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Mahoney" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 9:26 AM Subject: Advice requesedt on person > Hi > > I have a person in the syndicate who has just completed their third practice page, which is still unsatisfactory. > > Whilst their third page is a definite improvement on their first certain problems still remain. > > The main problem is that it is is very obvious BMD Verify has not been used (although they have said it has) due to the high number of errors present on the page. > > I am beginning to think that I should drop this person, and not let them continue. > > If I should drop them, how should I say this to them as this is the first time I have had to think about doing it. > > Or if they should continue, how should I explain the use of the BMD Verify Program as it appears my efforts on this have not been successful (they have been referred to the site where the BMD Verify instructions are located). > > Any suggestions on what I should do with this person are welcome. > > > Thanks > > > ==== FREEBMD-SYNDICATES Mailing List ==== > Want to help FreeBMD? > Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ >

Hi I have a person in the syndicate who has just completed their third practice page, which is still unsatisfactory. Whilst their third page is a definite improvement on their first certain problems still remain. The main problem is that it is is very obvious BMD Verify has not been used (although they have said it has) due to the high number of errors present on the page. I am beginning to think that I should drop this person, and not let them continue. If I should drop them, how should I say this to them as this is the first time I have had to think about doing it. Or if they should continue, how should I explain the use of the BMD Verify Program as it appears my efforts on this have not been successful (they have been referred to the site where the BMD Verify instructions are located). Any suggestions on what I should do with this person are welcome. Thanks

Please could you let me know what the user name is and when she registered. I suspect that doing the lost password process before having completed registration may have caused problems. Barrie > -----Original Message----- > From: Debs [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 23 September 2004 20:17 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Unable to complete registration > > > I have a new transcriber who has not received her email for > confirmation of registration. She has gone into file > management and done the lost password request twice with her > email filter on low and still nothing. Her email address has > not changed. What action do we take to correct this please > Debbie Valentine > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.767 / Virus Database: 514 - Release Date: 21/09/04 > > > ==== 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] > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new > Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. > Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=> 4930&sourceid=1237 >

I have a new transcriber who has not received her email for confirmation of registration. She has gone into file management and done the lost password request twice with her email filter on low and still nothing. Her email address has not changed. What action do we take to correct this please Debbie Valentine --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.767 / Virus Database: 514 - Release Date: 21/09/04

Debs This also happened to one of my new recruits. In my welcome message I tell them to contact me if the registration hasn't worked properly or if they haven't heard from me within 24 hours of registration. You should find if you go to syndicate maintenance that this transcriber is available there to add to your syndicate. You can start them off transcribing. I don't think a problem arises when they try to upload, but face that one when it arises. Allan Raymond is away at present. When this has happened in the past I have simply told him about it. I don't know whether he has then done anything behind the scenes to the submitter database. I think the problem arises because anti-spam functions on their computer or ISP detect that the reply to registration is from an automated source, and reject it. Jeff PS Why the sudden influx of new volunteers in last few days? Has everyone had them? Has there been a big publicity on FreeBMD somewhere? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debs" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 8:17 PM Subject: Unable to complete registration >I have a new transcriber who has not received her email for confirmation of > registration. > She has gone into file management and done the lost password request twice > with her email filter on low and still nothing. Her email address has not > changed. > What action do we take to correct this please > Debbie Valentine --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.767 / Virus Database: 514 - Release Date: 21/09/2004

23 September 2004 18:05:43hrs Hi, A previously registered transcriber has recently joined my syndicate after an enforced break of two years & she has just told me that she can't remember her personal password. What action does she take to get another password? -- Best wishes Tony Syndicate Co-ordinator "The Aussie Scribe Tribe" Transcribing 1908 Deaths All Incoming and Outgoing mail is scanned by Trend Micro Internet Security 2004

Go to File Management (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/bmd-files.pl) and click on "Forgotten your password? Go and get a new one." Barrie > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Meighan [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 23 September 2004 09:06 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Transcriber can't remember password > > > 23 September 2004 > 18:05:43hrs > > Hi, > > A previously registered transcriber has recently joined my > syndicate after an enforced break of two years & she has > just told me that she can't remember her personal password. > > What action does she take to get another password? > > -- > Best wishes > > Tony > Syndicate Co-ordinator "The Aussie Scribe Tribe" > Transcribing 1908 Deaths > All Incoming and Outgoing mail is scanned by > Trend Micro Internet Security 2004 > > > ==== 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] > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new > Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. > Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=> 4930&sourceid=1237 >