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As I have just started to transcribe I am having trouble finding the page number for the header can anyone help me Where will I find this? I have read that it is on the scanned page but I cant find one! Any help would be great Thanks

Gill Are you using WinBMD? I use WinBMD and take the page number from the file name, not the scanned image. For instance on a straight forward file with no special instructions the file name might be 1852D3-YZ-0492.tif, so 0492 is the page number. Some batches of file names have to be changed slightly. These are listed on the website. If you go to the FreeBMD website and click on the transcribers page there are some instructions for newbies. Below I have listed instructions given to me when I first started transcribing. These were issued by my Sydicate manager so please check that your syndicate doesn't do thinks differently. Also of course the sydicate name fields etc will need changing to your own. I would suggest emailing your syndicate manager and double checking. Hope it helps though. Good Luck Kate :) Brian's Scan Syndicate: How to complete WinBMD header fields? Please note: Not following these instructions is the biggest single cause of transcribed scans needing correction. Please follow them line by line until you are certain of the correct action. The header entry page is automatic if you do not choose to continue with a previous batch. Event Type = Marriages Births or Deaths. Year = four numbers e.g. 1845. Quarter March, June, September, December as required. Select Scan from the options provided.. Page: This is often the last four numbers of the scan file name. e.g. If the scan filename is 41M4-B-0026.gif then 0026 is added to make 41M40026. If the scan has only 3 digits add a leading zero. Some scans filenames are grouped on separate web pages according to the first letter of the surname. Where this is the case special action is required to adjust the 'Page' number according to the group the scan is listed in. As an example March 1840 scans are in three groups A-C, C-N, and O-Z. If your allocation comes from this type of web page then you must check the Special Instructions Web Page before you start. Letter: If using Version 4... or below : Do not add a letter to this field. if using Version 5... or above : You must add the first letter of the first surname of the data. (Note: Version 5 is not yet generally available) Volume number format Use 99 for 1837, 1840, 1841, 1842 Marriages and 1843 Deaths. Use 9z for 1852, 1856,1859,1865,1866 and 1888 Deaths, 1859,1860, 1862 and 1910 Births, 1863 and 1890 Marriages. Use XX for 1844, 1845. 1847 and 1849 Births, 1840, 1841 and 1851 Deaths. Source/Scan Ref Enter the Source, as provided in the allocation email and as shown below. Source details: 1837, 1840,1841 and 1842 Marriages, the source is 'ONS-MyFamily' 1890 Marriages the source is ' DB-01' 1840, 1841, 1843, 1851, 1852 and 1856 Deaths plus 1845, 1859, 1860 and 1862 Births the source is 'UKD-01' 1844 and 1849 Births plus 1859 and 1865 Deaths the source is 'UKD-02' 1863 Marriages, the source is ACDB-03 1866 Deaths the source is LDS-211-000-0951786 1888 Deaths the source is LDS-211-000-0951330 1910 Births the source is ACDB-01 Comments: No comment is required Your Name: Add your name. Syndicate (or country): add this syndicate name i.e. Brian's Scan Syndicate. Do not add your country. Email Address = [email protected] ( whatever is your E-Mail address ) Submitter ID and Password : These are used to allow uploading of files direct to the FreeBMD site. The entries are those you selected when you registered with FreeBMD. They are not added in any way to the files created by WinBMD. *****When the 'OK-Start Transcribing' is button is selected please go to Options and select 'SpeedBMD Filenames, 'Auto Surnames in All-Caps'. Other options may be selected to suit your way of working. ***** Return to Instructions Page. Updated on 2nd January 2005. First Created on 5 March 2001 Copyright © 2001-2003, B.M.Smart