I think I may regret setting this one loose, especially as Allan Raymond quickly pointed out that my own example was actually a true duplicated upload following a warning from FreeBMD that the file did include an error which I then corrected - I'm afraid my memory does let me down these days. I get the information from the standard Upload Reports - using Report recent. I only know the dates, not the times. Trying to analyse a full report on my current batch of scans - 1942M1 - I can see that it is in the block of uploads after the update, as signalled by the line "The following entries were added since the last update......" where these apparent duplicates appear, which makes sense. There are two issues - one where transcribers have clearly made corrections, usually at a later date. A number of examples of this probably come from a warning I sent out to my team recently when I realised that several were not treating alternative spouse names correctly with a comment line (despite my regularly reissued Transcriber's Notes which cover that point). The second (probably unimportant) issue is where the Upload Report contains (after the update line) several examples from a number of different transcribers of duplicate or even triplicate entries for the same file with the same upload date. I'm sure they can't all be uploading twice, can they ? As I said, it is probably not very important as FreeBMD takes the latest version of the file, but I do find it rather curious. Ted Southcombe . ----- Original Message ----- From: "david mayall" <david.mayall@googlemail.com> To: <freebmd-syndicates@rootsweb.com> Cc: "FreeBMD Syndicates" <FREEBMD-SYNDICATES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 10:22 PM Subject: Re: Repeated uploads > > 2009/6/9 Ted Southcombe <ted@southcombe1.freeserve.co.uk> > >> I have often noticed over the years that many uploads seem to be >> repeated, >> sometimes on the same day, often up to 10 days apart. eg >> jango/1942M1K0240 >> to K0244 >> >> Transcribers I have queried about this don't seem to be able to explain >> it. >> And it has recently happened to me although I know I only clicked once on >> the 'Send file to FreeBMD' menu item, but the file is there twice on the >> database. eg TedS/1935D1G0318 both with the same date 25/05/2009. >> >> I realise that only the latest upload is used by FreeBMD, but any >> explanations anyone ? >> > > Where are you getting the file date and time information from? > > -- > Dave Mayall > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > This message has been processed by Firetrust Benign. >

One possibility is that a transcriber is not sure whether the file has been received by FreeBMD and sends it again. Another is that the transcriber remembers something that should have been corrected, and sends a revised version. One of my transcribers puts several pages into one file, and uploads it each time he adds another page to it (a habit he acquired in another syndicate). That gives an interesting pattern of upload dates for the first file in the series. Jeff