A volunteer in my Syndicate, SubmitterID hinkley, is transcribing the 'O' surnames from 1839 June Deaths, and reports that some of the scans are duplicates of some of the others. And indeed, I see from the list of scans that the contents of four of them - 1839D2-C-P-1225 (and the three pages following) are then repeated in the next four scans in the list, that is, 1839D2-C-P-1229 (to 1232 inclusive). I couldn't find a clear and unambiguous instruction on how to handle this situation - obviously, it would be silly to transcribe each page twice, but equally, wouldn't it be a problem to leave four files out of the numerical sequence, starting (say) File 1839D2O1225 with +PAGE,1225 but ending it with +PAGE,1233 ??? I advised him to raise four phantom files with the +PAGE items as usual but with no content between, or perhaps just a #COMMENT to explain the absence of records. But no, it appears the database has refused them, so please, what should my advice have been? Richard Oliver Madrid, Spain richol@arrakis.es

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/vol_faq.html#6aa and http://www.freebmd.org.uk/vol_faq.html#10b seem to be the nearest advice. Just ignore the second run of scans seems to be what comes from TKB 10(a) Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Oliver" <richol@arrakis.es> To: <freebmd-syndicates@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 9:33 PM Subject: Duplicated scan pages >A volunteer in my Syndicate, SubmitterID hinkley, is transcribing the 'O' > surnames from 1839 June Deaths, and reports that some of the scans are > duplicates of some of the others. And indeed, I see from the list of > scans > that the contents of four of them - 1839D2-C-P-1225 (and the three pages > following) are then repeated in the next four scans in the list, that is, > 1839D2-C-P-1229 (to 1232 inclusive). > > I couldn't find a clear and unambiguous instruction on how to handle this > situation - obviously, it would be silly to transcribe each page twice, > but > equally, wouldn't it be a problem to leave four files out of the numerical > sequence, starting (say) File 1839D2O1225 with +PAGE,1225 but ending it > with > +PAGE,1233 ??? I advised him to raise four phantom files with the +PAGE > items as usual but with no content between, or perhaps just a #COMMENT to > explain the absence of records. But no, it appears the database has > refused > them, so please, what should my advice have been? > > Richard Oliver > Madrid, Spain > richol@arrakis.es > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEBMD-SYNDICATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Jeff has answered the question but also the error that caused the the "phantom" files to be rejected has been corrected. The gap will be handled by instructing the system that page 1233 follows page 1228. Barrie On 19:59, Richard Oliver wrote: > <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed">A > volunteer in my Syndicate, SubmitterID hinkley, is transcribing the > 'O' surnames from 1839 June Deaths, and reports that some of the scans > are duplicates of some of the others. And indeed, I see from the > list of scans that the contents of four of them - 1839D2-C-P-1225 (and > the three pages following) are then repeated in the next four scans in > the list, that is, 1839D2-C-P-1229 (to 1232 inclusive). > > I couldn't find a clear and unambiguous instruction on how to handle > this situation - obviously, it would be silly to transcribe each page > twice, but equally, wouldn't it be a problem to leave four files out > of the numerical sequence, starting (say) File 1839D2O1225 with > +PAGE,1225 but ending it with +PAGE,1233 ??? I advised him to raise > four phantom files with the +PAGE items as usual but with no content > between, or perhaps just a #COMMENT to explain the absence of > records. But no, it appears the database has refused them, so please, > what should my advice have been? > > Richard Oliver > Madrid, Spain > richol@arrakis.es > > > > </div> --Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified Scanner--

Hello Barrie, I have had many examples over the years where a scan has been duplicated. If I have been satisfied that a scan is not missing as a result of the duplication, I have always ignored the duplicate. This has never been raised as an issue but statement that the gap will be handled...... seems to suggest that something should have been done about it. Regards Brian Smart -----Original Message----- From: freebmd-syndicates-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:freebmd-syndicates-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Barrie Sent: 01 August 2010 08:47 To: freebmd-syndicates@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Duplicated scan pages Jeff has answered the question but also the error that caused the the "phantom" files to be rejected has been corrected. The gap will be handled by instructing the system that page 1233 follows page 1228. Barrie On 19:59, Richard Oliver wrote: > <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed">A > volunteer in my Syndicate, SubmitterID hinkley, is transcribing the > 'O' surnames from 1839 June Deaths, and reports that some of the scans > are duplicates of some of the others. And indeed, I see from the > list of scans that the contents of four of them - 1839D2-C-P-1225 (and > the three pages following) are then repeated in the next four scans in > the list, that is, 1839D2-C-P-1229 (to 1232 inclusive). > > I couldn't find a clear and unambiguous instruction on how to handle > this situation - obviously, it would be silly to transcribe each page > twice, but equally, wouldn't it be a problem to leave four files out > of the numerical sequence, starting (say) File 1839D2O1225 with > +PAGE,1225 but ending it with +PAGE,1233 ??? I advised him to raise > four phantom files with the +PAGE items as usual but with no content > between, or perhaps just a #COMMENT to explain the absence of > records. But no, it appears the database has refused them, so please, > what should my advice have been? > > Richard Oliver > Madrid, Spain > richol@arrakis.es > > > > </div> --Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified Scanner-- ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEBMD-SYNDICATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Barrie, I have had many examples over the years where a scan has been duplicated. If I have been satisfied that a scan is not missing as a result of the duplication, I have always ignored the duplicate. This has never been raised as an issue but statement that the gap will be handled...... seems to suggest that something should have been done about it. Regards Brian Smart -----Original Message----- From: freebmd-syndicates-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:freebmd-syndicates-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Barrie Sent: 01 August 2010 08:47 To: freebmd-syndicates@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Duplicated scan pages Jeff has answered the question but also the error that caused the the "phantom" files to be rejected has been corrected. The gap will be handled by instructing the system that page 1233 follows page 1228. Barrie On 19:59, Richard Oliver wrote: > <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed">A > volunteer in my Syndicate, SubmitterID hinkley, is transcribing the > 'O' surnames from 1839 June Deaths, and reports that some of the scans > are duplicates of some of the others. And indeed, I see from the > list of scans that the contents of four of them - 1839D2-C-P-1225 (and > the three pages following) are then repeated in the next four scans in > the list, that is, 1839D2-C-P-1229 (to 1232 inclusive). > > I couldn't find a clear and unambiguous instruction on how to handle > this situation - obviously, it would be silly to transcribe each page > twice, but equally, wouldn't it be a problem to leave four files out > of the numerical sequence, starting (say) File 1839D2O1225 with > +PAGE,1225 but ending it with +PAGE,1233 ??? I advised him to raise > four phantom files with the +PAGE items as usual but with no content > between, or perhaps just a #COMMENT to explain the absence of > records. But no, it appears the database has refused them, so please, > what should my advice have been? > > Richard Oliver > Madrid, Spain > richol@arrakis.es > > > > </div> --Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified Scanner-- ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEBMD-SYNDICATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message