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1. Latest update [1]
The latest update shows an increase of 2,191,063 in the number of unique records. There are 1,241,112 more Births. The big increases are for 1890 (241,505); 1870 (237,844); 1891 (182,142); 1907 (155,137) and 1874 (97,549) but there are 5 other years with increases over 20K: 1889 (61,5360; 1849 (42,947); 1865 (31,881); 1842 (30,695) and 1892 (21,854) There are 123,442 more Marriages. There are just 5 years with increases over 10K: 1890 (21,533); 1897 (20,917); 1908 (17,050); 1891 (11,391) and 1849 (10,57
2. RE: Changes to upload format checking [1]
This has now been corrected. [W_]*liton is now accepted. Barrie > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Dauncey [mailto:peter@dauncey54.freeserve.co.uk] > Sent: 22 November 2003 20:29 > To: FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Changes to upload format checking > > > One of the new checks is meant to be that "asterisk is not adjacent to > underscore". However, it also rejects the following format: > [W_]*liton > > I've replaced it with *liton, but I was trying to indicate > that although the
3. Unusual Forenames [1]
Hi I often wonder what parents of today were thinking when they named their children, i.e. after football Teams or Pop Singers but the mind can only boggle at this one I just found while Transcribing 1874 Births : Sexy Elizabeth One thing is certain it was a memorable event. henry
4. Re: Unusual Christian name [1]
We'll have to agree to disagree about this, Peter. The word "forename" is indeed a lot older than the C19, but I still believe that it didn't come into general use (on application forms, etc.) until about 20 years ago. (I was wrong to say 10 years.) I even found it on my Church in Wales parish electoral roll form recently, though it was changed after I protested. The proportion of non-Christians in the period of our GRO transcriptions was miniscule, and the term "Christian name" would, I'm sure, have be
5. Re: Unusual Christian name [1]
Certainly the term 'forename' has been in common use since I was a child several decades ago. A Christian name is that 'given' through baptism and has little to do with the secular process of civil registration. Even in the nineteenth century there were many people who did not follow a Christian faith. The term forename is therefore much more accurate rather than a gesture of political correctness. It also contrasts with those societies where the family name is placed first. An even more accurate ter
6. Re: New hardware and source. [1]
Yes regarding the source. Some of the films are with me ready to be personally handed to the volunteer Scanning Organisation next week. Allan Raymond -----Original Message----- From: John Fairlie To: FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com Date: 11 November 2003 20:07 Subject: New hardware and source. >Back in September it was said...... > >>The plan is; > >>1) Install additional hardware to handle the extra scans >>2) Complete scanning o
7. Re: Unusual Christian name [1]
I agree with John, and I know that Peter feels the same. "Name" is indeed better than both "Christian name" and "Forename", and would be more appropriate for the FreeBMD project. But that won't stop me from carrying on transcribing! Barry Johnson Monmouthshire ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Parker" To: Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 4:14 PM Subject: Re: Unusual Christian name > I believe that the practice in past times w
8. Re: Statistics for 2 Page Scans [1]
I politely pointed out that queries about a specific Syndicate should be take up with that Co-ordinator, this has nothing to do about finger pointing and should not be misconstrued as such.. The Syndicate Co-ordinator is the individual who can deal first hand with queries about his/her Syndicate. I can understand your comments about how do newcomers know who is responsible for what, but I assumed any visitor to Derek's site would appreciate it was all about Scan2 volunteers. Allan Raymond -----Original
9. Re: Unusual Christian name [1]
I would wholeheartedly agree that we should not apply current values on our ancestors. But by the same token we should not apply a religious, and specifically Christian, term on the entire population just because the country was/is a Christian nation. The fact is that registration is a secular process and baptism a religious one. An analogy may be the comparison between 'wife' and 'partner' where both occupy the same position but not all partners are wives. Peter Barry and Mary Johnson wrote: >The
10. Re: Statistics for 2 Page Scans [1]
Hi All I am fully aware of this and plan to fix it to count the double pages correctly rather than allocations. BUT there are only 24 hours in a day, and it is not at the top of my priorities. At 06:05 PM 16/11/2003 +0000, L Hambling wrote: >I know about the graphs on the file management page, but I am not concerned >with those. I am talking about the statistics on the Scan2 home page, the >column headed "Typ" is supposed to show how many pages I have transcribed, >but it counts a double page
11. Re: Unusual Forenames [1]
My personal favourites have been: Contents Increase Gratrix (March 1900 Marriages) and Easy Pease (March 1889 Deaths) These should be compiled into a book! Donna (dyb) Mt Lawley, Western Australia henry griffiths wrote: >Hi > >I often wonder what parents of today were thinking when they named their children, i.e. after football Teams or Pop Singers but the mind can only boggle at this one I just found while Transcribing 1874 Births : > >Sexy Elizabeth > >One thing is certain it was a memorable event.
12. Re: Changes to upload format checking [1]
In message <000501c3b1b0$46dc29a0$6601a8c0@JohnFairlie>, John Fairlie writes >Surely you must know what the first letter is, as all records are listed >alphabetically?? > >If you were doing a section of W's, then the first letter can only be a "W" >???? Not if it is in the district column. -- Philip Powell Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland to The Cheviot
13. Re: Statistics for 2 Page Scans [1]
Hi, John Fairlie wrote: > If one syndicate has a whizzo system, why don't other syndicates adopt it? > Surely the syndicate leader who developed the whizzo system isn't against > others adopting that system. After all, we are all on the FreeBMD project > working for the benefit of a wider group are we not??? Yes, of course we are... however, I am sure you wouldn't expect syndicate coordinators to keep changing their working practices whenever another syndicate coordinator comes up with a different way
14. Re: Statistics for 2 Page Scans [1]
Why, o, why does a simple request/question get so quickly tangled. I as a humble transcriber just see ONE organisation - i.e. FreeBMD. When I joined I was asked to work within one syndicate - but as I understand (understood?) it this was under the 'FrreBMD' banner. When I see statistics & methods of processing I assume they are on behalf of FreeBMD. What is all this discussion about 'concerns regarding a SPECIFIC syndicate' (my emphasis, not shouting!!)? How is the h. transcriber to know how all this wo
15. RE: Courtesy [1]
Well ....!!! I've seen some ignorant posting on these lists this year, but this one really takes the biscuit. To publicly insult someone you don't know, whilst openly admitting you haven't got a clue who they are, is in my view, the height of discourtesy. More so when Dave's name is on most (if not all) FreeBMD pages, therefore easy to research. I think that it is to Dave's credit that he has not responded to your comments - if someone were to post defamatory comments about me on the internet, I'm not sure
16. submitting 1837 online data to freebmd [1]
Once again the question of submitting work transcribed from the 1837 online database to FreeBMD has raised its head on the London list. I replied quoting from one of Daves previous correspondences on this, as follows:- If FreeBMD were to put > transcriptions from 1837online scans onto the site, they would be open to > legal action (including personal liability for the four "owners" of the > FreeBMD project). In consequence, they will remove any transcriptions that > they become aware of that are taken from
17. Re: submitting 1837 online data to freebmd [1]
Ben Laurie wrote: > Allan Raymond wrote: > >> Sheelagh >> >> The definitive answer is given in the Terms and Conditions of 1837online, >> accessible via their Web Page: http://www.1837online.com/Trace2web/ >> >> I'm not a lawyer, but the restrictions in Para 4 of the Terms and >> Conditions >> precludes the use of the Material accessed from 1837online, other than >> for >> "personal family research". It is entirely up to 1837online to set >> their own >> restrictions and very important that FreeBMD is s
18. Re: Statistics for 2 Page Scans [1]
I'm sure you wont mind me pointing out that comments about the workings of an individual Syndicate should be taken up with the Co-ordinator and not via the Discuss List. Allan Raymond -----Original Message----- From: L Hambling To: FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com Date: 16 November 2003 18:13 Subject: Re: Statistics for 2 Page Scans >I know about the graphs on the file management page, but I am not concerned >with those. I am talking about the st
19. Re: Unusual Christian name [1]
I believe that the practice in past times was to use just "name" for what would now be specified as "christian name", "forename", or "given name". The Census books for the 1851 Census (which any serious family historian will get to sooner or later) instruct the enumerator to enter the "Name and Surname" of each individual. Looking at my own birth certificate (not quite that old but less than 100 years after 1851!), I see that column 2 (headed "Name, if any") has just my christian names (ie "John Stephen")
20. Changes to upload format checking [1]
One of the new checks is meant to be that "asterisk is not adjacent to underscore". However, it also rejects the following format: [W_]*liton I've replaced it with *liton, but I was trying to indicate that although the first part of the word was obscured (by dirt on the fiche), the first letter looked likely to be "W". (I know the missing letters are likely to be "il", but they were not visible.) If I'd used the format [_W]*liton, would that have been accepted (even though it doesn't convey exactly what
21. RE: New hardware and source. [1]
Don't tell me..... We don't have the hardware to load the scans onto???????? John Fairlie Mail us at ..... john@fairlie.plus.com john.fairlie@blueyonder.co.uk Home page... http://www.fairlie.plus.com -----Original Message----- From: Allan Raymond [mailto:allan_raymond@btinternet.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 8:23 PM To: john.fairlie@blueyonder.co.uk; FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: New hardware and source. Yes regarding the source. Some of the films are wit
22. RE: Unusual Christian name [1]
I'm confused (for a change): Does this debate refer to the FreeBMD site? Because the search page doesn't say either "Forename" or "Christian name". It says "first name(s)" Which seems pretty appropriate to me...? Angie Scan2 > -----Original Message----- > From: Barry and Mary Johnson [mailto:saint.cybi@virgin.net] > Sent: 06 November 2003 12:49 > To: FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Unusual Christian name > > > I agree with John, and I know that Peter feels the same. "Name" is indeed > bet
23. Re: Statistics for 2 Page Scans [1]
I have to agree, but as some pages have less entries and others have more, it would seem fair to base it on entries. As Dick says quote > If it is worth compiling statistics, then it is also worth having them correct. (Or should we be recording 'submissions' rather than 'pages')< Lucille Scan2 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick Bond" To: Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 3:29 PM Subject: Statistics for 2 Page Scans > Having just completed my fi
24. Re: submitting 1837 online data to freebmd [1]
Thanks for that Allan - that is how I read it, and I am glad to know that I did get it right - I experienced a moment of panic that I might have got it wrong. It would be good to have something in the Q and A's that I can refer to in future as it is one of those that likes to rear its head every so often. Regards Sheelagh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Raymond" To: Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:10 PM Subject: Re: submitting 183
25. Re: submitting 1837 online data to freebmd [1]
Allan Raymond wrote: > Sheelagh > > The definitive answer is given in the Terms and Conditions of 1837online, > accessible via their Web Page: http://www.1837online.com/Trace2web/ > > I'm not a lawyer, but the restrictions in Para 4 of the Terms and Conditions > precludes the use of the Material accessed from 1837online, other than for > "personal family research". It is entirely up to 1837online to set their own > restrictions and very important that FreeBMD is seen to be adhering to these > restriction.
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