Genealogy Chat

Well done Maureen - Mail your syndicate asking for another page.. Carol, if they don't get back to you, I'd just try another syndicate - when you start it's useful to have someone that replies quickly to all your queries.... Sarah :-)

I've sent my -mail address and details off twice and haven't heard anything,,am I doing something wrong--bad smell or something !! lol

Whoopeee just finished and uploaded my first transcription. Do they automatically send you another one or do you have to request it?

Sarah Cant you pop round to my house and help me out with this, iv just read the e-mail again,,,,and realised that i only have to do the one page given to me,,,,not the whole list,,,,gawd,,,,what a t** head,,, by the way,,,it was a picture of Wayne Rooney,, Brian must think im a right noodle..No wonder i thought i wouldnt get it all done by the end of the month..

Hi Claire, lol! THE Wayne Rooney?? or one of his gggggrellies? Where did you get your page from? My syndicate sends mine as email attachments & then I put them in a folder I created for them (so I can find them later!) Sarah :-)

Iv downlaoded WINBMD and also the pages to be transribed but the first one i opened had Wayne Rooney on it, Iv e-mailed Brian and he seems to think iv downloaded something else.but didnt say what i should do next, I will have to wait for my hubby to sort it out when he gets home at the weekend Therer's no hope of me transribing everything by the end of the month,

Claire, just email your syndicate and thye should help you, I've had to do that a few times because I couldn't get things working, was about to give up but Sue who runs mine is very helpful Linda

Hi Claire, DON'T GIVE UP - the hardest bit is getting the programmes set up then it's easy! I downloaded 'IRFAN VIEW' to be able to see the scans & WINBMD (never touched the 'winspeed' or whatever it's called) and BMDVERIFY & that's all I've needed. I'm not very compuer minded (- it's a bit the same as me & cars - if it gets me from A to B then that's all that matters!!) You need to go to IRFANVIEW & open the scan then open WINBMD at the same time (a small window that floats on the Irfan one) then you can get started. As you get on you'll find the picklists more & more useful...(they come up automatically when you're in WINBMD.) Your syndicate leader should be able help with any problems. Good luck Sarah :-)

Hi Sarah Well Im stuck already,,Brian has sent ,me the pages he wants me to do and Iv downloaded the entry page thingy but it says that before i start entering info i must dowload the Speed thing, My pc says its downloaded it but it wont open, Im getting to feel like i shoueldnt have started all this,,,im no computer virgin but im no genius either, I thought it would be easy,

Hi Claire, Well done for joining! You'll be fine, if your syndicate works the same as mine you'll do a column & send it to the syndicate for checking then s/he'll tell you it's ok & you can do the rest of the page - there's another programme to download too called 'bmdverify' which will line up the original document scan & your transcription so that you can check line by line for any errors you've made. When you've done that you just click on the 'send file to freebmd' thingy & it's gone. Contact your syndicate to say it's done & they'll send you another page. The best bit is that there's no time commitment - you just do it as quick as you can & if you go on holiday or have the in-law's/grandchildren/the Pope to stay, so have no time, it doesn't matter - you're not letting anyone down... Every page is transcribed twice by different transcribers - entries in BOLD on the site have been entered identically twice by different people so are probably correct. enjoy it! Sarah :-)

Iv just joined Brian's group and am to be transcribing typed births from 1901. What happens next? Im keen to help as iv got a lot out of FREE BMD and I'd like to give something back,,,,I just dont want to make any mistakes and Im nervous about mucking it up.

Elizabeth the syndicate I am transcribing for are based in Australia, you can do it from anywhere Bren I have no idea how your family became Y's. The programme I use tells you straight away if someone is out of sync.maybe someone with more experience can tell you Linda

Do you think you could do this from Australia?

Hi all,could someone tell me if as Kate says they are done in alphabetic order why a very high amount of mine are in the Gs. I have seen some of the hand written documents and yes they do some times look like that and thats just the first letter but if all the others in the list are Ys how does it get to be a G. As Linda said about not complaining, i wouldn't, just curious. Makes it harder because there are families with that name and tend to use the same bloomin christian names etc etc, even my sister is in the Gs (1942) and the latest one so far is in the sixties, a 2nd cousin. Anyhow keep up the good work, we would be lost without you, thank you. Bren

Yes, and don't forget Linda, we have the advantage that the names we do are in alphabetical order, unlike the census! Kate.

quick update, have done 2 pages of 1907 births from typed scans had a bit of trouble with a couple of names, am never going to moan about those that do the census ones with that awful handwriting again Linda

Anyone else part of Scribe Scan syndicate?

Just registered with Brians Scan syndicate. Gloria :-)))))

Doh! Checked back and found out how to get on there. Think I am going to give it a go :) Lyn x

Just had a look on BMD for syndicates and info on getting started as amember of a syndicate. Can't seem to find out houw to do this. any suggestions? Lyn x