Further to my previous post: I have now looked more closely at our two current quarters 1859B2 and 1859B3, for which I understood we were doing the second transcription, where it would seem that many syndicates have had a go at the same quarter. On closer inspection it seems that if a transcriber like Charlotte (one of the best by the way) who transcribes for Allan's orphans, then takes on all the B surnames for us - the syndicate doing the second transcription - whatever she uploads that might have been already done by another transcriber who has worked for several syndicates as well as ours, is flagged. And the problem them snowballs through every syndicate that is orphaned and every transcriber who has worked on gaps in every quarter that Allan has assumed. Charlotte must be listed against at least half a dozen syndicates and maybe more. I have been away for several weeks, but seem to recall picking up some webmail that indicated duplicate syndicate transcribers and apparent duplicate transcriptions within the same syndicate are a known issue and the problem is being worked upon. Is this the answer to my former question? Melda Brunette, Brunette Syndicate