Allan Are you referring to the typed/printed pages where there are two columns of data, such as in the 1839 Marriages, or are you referring to scans where both the left and the right hand side pages have been scanned as one entity? Clive Essery -----Original Message----- From: Allan Raymond [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 09 July 2004 14:47 To: [email protected] Subject: +PAGE's for double page scans To Co-ordinators I thought I would run this past you before I arrange for either "Hints and Help Guide" or "Transcriber's Knowledge Base" to be changed, comments or suggested improvements to the wording is appreciated? The query revolves around double page scans (i.e. two Index pages to a scan). I've just noticed that some volunteers are not inserting a +PAGE to separate the two pages within the transcription. If the decision is taken to go down "Transcriber's Knowledge Base" route, I'm proposng the following addional Q & A. Q. What is the process for transcribing a double page scan (i.e. two index pages to a scan) A. You transcribe the scan as one file and name the file exactly as if was a one page scan. For example, the double page scan 1874b4-520 would have a file name 1874B4W0520. You also need to add three +PAGEs, one at the start of the entries, one at the end of the entries and a further one in the middle of the entries to denote the end of the first index page and the start of the second. For example, the file for the double page scan 1874b4-520 would contain the following +PAGEs +PAGE,0520 WAKEFIELD,Henry John,Coventry,6d,516 other entries on first page down to WALGROVE,John William,"Bradford, Y",9b,258 +PAGE,0521 WALKER,Charles,W. Bromwich,6b,849 other entries on second page down to WALKER,Martha Ann,Medway,2a,493 +PAGE,0522 Allan Raymond I th Sorry for the delay. > > You upload as one file with the appropriate +PAGE, to separate the actual > two pages of the Index. > > Thus, if you were transcribing a double page scan such as 1871B4-342.tiff. > > File name would be similar to 1871B40342. > > The file +PAGE's would be: > > +PAGE,0342 > Owens,John etc > ... (other page 342 entries) > Page,Herbert Frank etc > +PAGE,0343 > Page,Horace Archibald etc > ... (other page 113 entries) > Palmer,Emma etc > +PAGE,0344 > > To add to the confusion the two page scan which I choose at random also has > Surnames "Page". > > How does my suggestion sound to you? > > To my recollection, we haven't given any advice on how to deal with two page > scans. I'll see of I can put some words together within the next day or so > Co-ordinators can thrash out by best approach. > ********************************************************************** 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. ********************************************************************************************************************************************