Hi Jeff: I like your list of revised district names. I believe that I _was_ suggesting we provide modified pick lists for transcribers, not just new ones, whenever they move to a different quarter. It's easier to change a complete file than to ask each transcriber to add modified names as they come across them. This should reduce the "error rate" quite a bit. Coordinators just need to know ahead of time what the new list should contain. Cheers, Peter On Sun, 6 Jun 2004, Jeff Coleman wrote: > > While typing this I have just had the idea of tagging the district names in > my page-range that are not the same as the default picklist, and extracting > them to issue as a list for all new transcribers. > > For those dealing with 1900s printed lists, you may find this collection of > common district versions which may not match the default picklist useful. It > may not be complete, and may not match all 1900s quarters. > > Jeff > > St. Geo. H. Sq. 1a > St. Giles 1b > London C. 1c > Bethnal G. 1c > St. Geo. East 1c > Mile End 1c > St. Olave 1d > Richmond, S. 2a > W. Ashford 2a > E. Ashford 2a > Romney M. 2a > E. Grinstead 2b > E. Preston 2b > I. Wight 2b > N. Forest 2b > S. Stoneham 2c > Hartley W. 2c > Whitchurch, H. 2c > B. Stortford 3a > H. Hempstead 3a > Newport P. 3a > Chipping N. 3a > Wellingbro' 3b > Peterbro' 3b > St. Ives 3b > St. Neots 3b > Leighton B. 3b > N. Witchford 3b > Whittlesey 3b > Wisbech 3b > W. Ham 4a > Saffron W. 4a > Bury St. E. 4a > Stow, S. 4a > St. Faiths 4b > Freebridge L. 4b > King's L. 4b > Marlbro' 5a > Bradford on A. 5a > Westbury, W. 5a > St. Thomas 5b > Newton A. 5b > E. Stonehouse 5b > S. Molton 5b > St. Germans 5c > St. Columb 5c > St. Austell 5c > Wellington, Som. 5c > Shepton M. 5c > Chipping S. 6a > Westbury S. 6a > Stow on W. 6a > Cleobury M. 6a > Whitchurch, S. 6a > Wellington, Sh. 6a > Newport, Sh. 6a > Newcastle L. 6b > Stoke T. 6b > Burton 6b > W. Bromwich 6b > Upton 6c > King's N. 6c > Stratford 6d > Mt. Harbro' 7a > Mt. Bosworth 7a > Ashby Z. 7a > Loughbro' 7a > Barrow S. 7a > Melton M. 7a > Bourn 7a > Glanford B. 7a > Gainsbro' 7a > Chapel le F. 7b > W. Derby 8b > Barton I. 8c > Ashton 8d > Ulverston 8e > Barrow F. 8e > Sedburgh 9a > Pateley B 9a > Gt. Ouseburn 9a > Knaresbro' 9a > N. Bierley 9b > Ecclesall B. 9c > Scarbro' 9d > Guisbro' 9d > Middlesbro' 9d > Richmond, Y. 9d > Chester le S. 10a > S. Shields 10a > Newcastle T. 10b > E. Ward 10b > W. Ward 10b > Bedwellty 11a > Newport, M. 11a > Merthyr T. 11a > Newcastle E. 11b > St. Asaph 11b > > > > > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.699 / Virus Database: 456 - Release Date: 04/06/2004 > > > ==== 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 > >

Hi Peter I try to imagine explaining to some of my transcribers how to load a new and different picklist into the correct folder to be picked up by WinBMD. The mind boggles a bit. Worth talking to Ian Brooke about how to do it, maybe. But I still think the TWYS approach, perhaps indicating what you are likely to find as district names and how to add them to your personal picklist, is probably best. On Mary's point, this list came out of a page-range list built from 57 transcription files, a bit under 20% of the quarter in question, but I suspect it could be done on a lot less. The page ranges would not be so useful, but a list of non-standard districts probably would be. Jeff --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.699 / Virus Database: 456 - Release Date: 04/06/2004

Hi Peter Catch-22 - until a large enough number of transcriptions have been done there is no knowing ahead of time what should be on the list! And in case there is any doubt, I have nothing against picklists - just against those transcribers who would rather pick something from the list than appreciating that they should be still typing what they see for the district name and volume number rather than adding the TWYS variants to their own picklists an using them. I know that St Olave vs St Olave Bermondsey vs St Olave Southwark has been given the most prominence on the lists, but there are more than a handful of cases that I've come across where transcribers are happy to pick Barnsley from the list when they should be typing something like B*y since looking at the scans show that they have picked Barnsley for entries that actually read Burnley or Bury! Regards Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Adams" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 11:38 PM Subject: Re: Advice about a Member of my Syndicate - district abbreviations > Hi Jeff: > I like your list of revised district names. > > I believe that I _was_ suggesting we provide modified pick lists > for transcribers, not just new ones, whenever they move to a different > quarter. It's easier to change a complete file than to ask each > transcriber to add modified names as they come across them. This should > reduce the "error rate" quite a bit. > Coordinators just need to know ahead of time what the new list should > contain. > > Cheers, > Peter > > On Sun, 6 Jun 2004, Jeff Coleman wrote: > > > > > While typing this I have just had the idea of tagging the district names in > > my page-range that are not the same as the default picklist, and extracting > > them to issue as a list for all new transcribers. > > > > For those dealing with 1900s printed lists, you may find this collection of > > common district versions which may not match the default picklist useful. It > > may not be complete, and may not match all 1900s quarters. > > > > Jeff > > > > St. Geo. H. Sq. 1a > > St. Giles 1b > > London C. 1c > > Bethnal G. 1c > > St. Geo. East 1c > > Mile End 1c > > St. Olave 1d > > Richmond, S. 2a > > W. Ashford 2a > > E. Ashford 2a > > Romney M. 2a > > E. Grinstead 2b > > E. Preston 2b > > I. Wight 2b > > N. Forest 2b > > S. Stoneham 2c > > Hartley W. 2c > > Whitchurch, H. 2c > > B. Stortford 3a > > H. Hempstead 3a > > Newport P. 3a > > Chipping N. 3a > > Wellingbro' 3b > > Peterbro' 3b > > St. Ives 3b > > St. Neots 3b > > Leighton B. 3b > > N. Witchford 3b > > Whittlesey 3b > > Wisbech 3b > > W. Ham 4a > > Saffron W. 4a > > Bury St. E. 4a > > Stow, S. 4a > > St. Faiths 4b > > Freebridge L. 4b > > King's L. 4b > > Marlbro' 5a > > Bradford on A. 5a > > Westbury, W. 5a > > St. Thomas 5b > > Newton A. 5b > > E. Stonehouse 5b > > S. Molton 5b > > St. Germans 5c > > St. Columb 5c > > St. Austell 5c > > Wellington, Som. 5c > > Shepton M. 5c > > Chipping S. 6a > > Westbury S. 6a > > Stow on W. 6a > > Cleobury M. 6a > > Whitchurch, S. 6a > > Wellington, Sh. 6a > > Newport, Sh. 6a > > Newcastle L. 6b > > Stoke T. 6b > > Burton 6b > > W. Bromwich 6b > > Upton 6c > > King's N. 6c > > Stratford 6d > > Mt. Harbro' 7a > > Mt. Bosworth 7a > > Ashby Z. 7a > > Loughbro' 7a > > Barrow S. 7a > > Melton M. 7a > > Bourn 7a > > Glanford B. 7a > > Gainsbro' 7a > > Chapel le F. 7b > > W. Derby 8b > > Barton I. 8c > > Ashton 8d > > Ulverston 8e > > Barrow F. 8e > > Sedburgh 9a > > Pateley B 9a > > Gt. Ouseburn 9a > > Knaresbro' 9a > > N. Bierley 9b > > Ecclesall B. 9c > > Scarbro' 9d > > Guisbro' 9d > > Middlesbro' 9d > > Richmond, Y. 9d > > Chester le S. 10a > > S. Shields 10a > > Newcastle T. 10b > > E. Ward 10b > > W. Ward 10b > > Bedwellty 11a > > Newport, M. 11a > > Merthyr T. 11a > > Newcastle E. 11b > > St. Asaph 11b > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.699 / Virus Database: 456 - Release Date: 04/06/2004 > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > > > ==== FREEBMD-SYNDICATES Mailing List ==== > For those in -L mode, to unsubscribe from this mailing list please send the command UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message to - > [email protected] > > ============================== > 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 >