Dear Allan, Looks good to me and I'm sorry about the misinformation about 1841B2-S-0726 to 1841B2-S-0899 and confirm they are all correct and begin with S as the family name initial. I confused myself with a welter of files and lost my place. Sorry Cheers John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Raymond" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 7:23 PM Subject: Re: A mystery about scans in 1841/Births/June/UKD-02/M-Z > John > > How does this grab you? > > 1841B2-R-0900 up to 1841B2-R-0929 > > rename to: > > 1841B2-S-0900 up to 1841B2-S-0929 > > should resolve the problem. > > This will bring the scans into correct sequence both numerically by file > name and alphabetically by scan surname content. > > I'm genuinely bad at reading hand-written scans however when you say > "1841B2-S-0726 to 1841B2-S-0899 > inclusive are shown on the download site as having an S in their name when > they all contain surnames beginning with R" is perhaps not quite correct. > To > me it looks as if the surnames begin with "S" rather than "R". > > If you could have another check and let me know if you agree/disagree with > my suggested rename of scans 0900 to 0929 I will put a task on the system > to > have them changed > > Allan Raymond > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Slann <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: 03 December 2004 16:52 > Subject: A mystery about scans in 1841/Births/June/UKD-02/M-Z > > > Please could I report a mystery with this group of scans? > > The sequence of scans on the site suggest a block of missing scans are > between 1841B2-R-0714.tif to 1841B2-R-0900.tif , both of which are > present. > > 1841B2-R-0714 ends with Catherine Ryton, from Camberwell and 1841B2-R-0900 > starts with Sophia Smithhurst who hailed from Leicester. > > However they are not missing because lower down when we get to > 1841B2-R-0929.tif it is followed immediately by 1841B2-RS-0715-blank.tif > . > > 1841B2-R-0929 ends up with someone whose name appears to be Squires and > 1841B2-RS-0715 is a blank. As 0714 ended with Catherine Ryton this looks > right > > And lower down again we come to 1841B2-S-0899.tif which is followed > immediately by 1841B2-S-0930.tif . > > 0899 has an indecipherable bottom line and the penultimate on is not much > better, but the one before that is Sophia Smithers from Dorchester which > looks consistent with 1841B2-R-0900 which started Sophia Smithhurst. > > 1841B2-S-0930 has a William Burgess Squires as it's first line, which is > consistent with 1841B2-R-0929 ended up with another Squires > > This means that scans 1841B2-R-0900 to 1841B2-R-0915 inclusive should > have > an initial S in the name. Similarly 1841B2-S-0726 to 1841B2-S-0899 > inclusive are shown on the download site as having an S in their name when > they all contain surnames beginning with R. > > Pending a ruling from the gurus I am not allocating any of the affected > scans and am leaving a gap and recommencing with 1841B2-S-0930.tif > > Your advice would be appreciated > > I do hope I am not going to be taken to task for not providing enough > detail > (vbg) > > John > > > > > > > ==== FREEBMD-SYNDICATES Mailing List ==== > Want to help FreeBMD? > Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >