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 >