Genealogy Chat

Sylvia Once you have sent your test back to be checked you should then get another Email stating any things you did wrong.... how you should do it in future transcriptions and providing there was nothing seriously wrong you should get CONGRATULATIONS you are a fully fledged transcriber and it has all the instructions you need in the email....telling you how to upload your pages to copy etc.... Lesley :~)

just realised DOH!! got my congrats last night and all the details are on there hang on ...........dont think its gone through yet as it doesnt recognise me so i guess it will be tomorrow now......boo hoo;-( I thought it would be quicker than that.........BOO HOO!!

Sylvia I can see your name in the members Page in Scan2..you have 18 pages waiting for you lol Lesley :~)

Tell me about it....lol..........just got it now....and i have just seen the state of of the first one.......LOL...........i think i need a fresh pair of eyes... i'll start it tomorrow now as i am already stressed...lol just looked at the first one and it doesnt give you the page number .........i think it might be births doesnt say....just says name of parents surname and registration

Lol Sylvia Once you get used to the writing it is easy you start to understand the letters better....lol Probably best to leave it til tomorrow though lol Have fun let us know how you get on Lesley :~)

sussed it.........yeah i will definitely leave it until tomorrow....tempting though

Sylvia If you look on your members page then look at your open assignments list. The first column is what info it is eg your first one is 58 = Year 1858 b = Births 1 = !st Quarter (march) T = Surnames First letter 0099 = Page number or Batch Number. On the left hand side of the screen is a Main Menu screen click on Help Menu then click on No.30 in list training instructions for Scan2 and Print it off...it is 6 pages long but worth while printing then you can look at it anytime for reference... Lesley :~)

Im logging off now Good luck Sylvia let us know how you get on Goodnight Lesley :~)

have done it ............thanks lesley and goodnight..xx

OK Lesley, You started all this, so where does one find where you are in the 'top of the cops' (short for copiests ..... it was the best I could do:-!). Thanks again for giving me another reason to ignore housework. Mavis

Have just successfully uploaded my first transcribed page. Great feeling! Now I have another one to do. I think I am going to get addicted to this just as I am to Geneology. Wendy

Hi ALL Glad you all decided to follow me into this Freebmd stuff lol Lesley :~)

Sylvia How are you doing? have you started your page yet? Let me know... Lesley :~)

MAVIS Make sure you are on Freebmd Scan2 Syndicate HomePage. then On Main Menu thats on the left side of page...click on Project Graphs....at the bottom of that page you will see a scroll line starting with Front Page...Births(1) Births(2) etc Infront of Front Page are arrows click on the 2 little arrows on the right and this scrolls it along ...at the bottom on the right you will see Ranking...Click on that and then look through the list and see where you are if your there yet...I am 19 in top 100 for last 7 days and 88 in top 100 for last 56 days....WOOHOO me lol Hope this makes sense let me know if you dont understand me.. Lesley :~)

Wendy Well Done YEAhhhhhhh :~)))) Yep it is very addictive when you start just like GR is lol Its nice to have a break from your own tree for a while and do the transcribing :~) Although Now I have another reason to not do any more housework not as if I was doing much anyway since joining GR lmao Have fun Lesley :~)

hi Lesley I'm in work at the moment..but just a quick line...i couldnt resist starting last night although it was a bit late i nearly finished the first page..........but i will definitely be at it this evening sylvia:-) see its starting to affect my work.....lol speak laterxx

lmao Sylvia Its not just work it affects lol....Housework...Kids....Pets...garden...Eating...Sleeping....lmao I am so glad I started this thread and I plucked up courage to start....if only everyone realised how easy it is to do it would get completed so much quicker.....even if they only did a page a night....although I find it too addictive to just do 1 Page lol Have fun....chat to you later...NOW get back to doing some work lol Lesley :~)

HI ANYONE I Have another Problem.....can any1 help please? On a transcription I have the surname and then 3 names in the Forename column....Frederick William and the 3rd name is barely readable...it looks like ?O?A?D I cant tell how many letters are between the readable ones what do I type? If any one is actually with Freebmd Scan2 can you take a look for me please and see if you can read it for me.... Pm here and I will give you my info to my file in question.... Thanxs Lesley :~)

NUDGING UP FOR HELP PLEASE

I sent a similar query to in just after I started, I thought I could read every letter, but they didn't spell anything at all like a name and was told just put * Mavis Going to see if I can find 'top of the cops' now.