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From: "Allan Raymond" <>
Subject: +PAGE's for double page scans
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 14:47:13 +0100


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.
>



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