Forum: FreeREG

Hello Scribes,this makes a change from Latin translations,my Winreg has kicked the bucket,cocked it's clogs,call it what you will,I left it for a week or so to carry my tree a bit further back and when I tried to access the programme the other day i got the picture of the church,a "doeing" from the...

Hello Does anyone know if Freereg are looking for transcribers? Thanks

8 Apr 1663 Joseph Sands fil. Samuell ibm Hello Scribes, Can anyone help me with what looks like a Latin abreviation,its a burial entry,and its the ibm at the end which is a problem. A thought did flash through my mind....................but no,no electricity in 1663 we won't go there. ...

Can't read this at all Margareta hutchinson virgo aetate integra quae abhinc biennieum ex oppidulo proximo commigravit huic viciniae supremo obiens diem and Maria hutchinson vidua Is it Latin?? or what

To Free REG boffins,help,please, I have uploaded file LANKIRBA3 to the main d/base,and then gone to Freereg to start a new file which I expected to be named LANKIRBA4,this did not happen all I got was LANKIRBA.This last named file I uploaded on Jan 3 2011. How do I change it please?,or do I...

Hello Scribes,more help with Latin please, 1626 in Kirkham,Lancashire, doing Baptisms and have come across the following entry. Joha f Arther vir quis ecleho (or eclcho) et Issabell Greenacres. I have tried on line translations one of which came up with "man who is ecleho" which could mean...

I've noticed that the new version of WinREG has a field called "File/Fiche" for baptisms, information being "Fiche or Film number" (which makes me wonder whether it should be called Film/ Fiche, but that's not my question.) There is no such field for marriages or burials as far as I can see,...

I am currently entering early records for Mirfield and there are many forename variations eg. Anthony, Anthonie, Anthonye. I have several times checked the advice on entering forenames and this says "We are encouraging transcribers to enter the name as they are actually written in the...

I've just tried to do a search on FreeReg, and find that Montgomeryshire is no longer listed, and that there are no place names listed at all. I've already done successful searches in that county, so it should be there. Is this something to do with the latest update to records?

Hello fellow scribes,I look for assurance that I am on the right track. The date is around 1630 and I am transcribing Kirkham,Lancashire Parish Reg.,Marriages. I have started to come across what appears to be the Latin "hujuis",which is appearing directly after a surname,somtimes only one...

Hello Scribes,can anyone help with advice on saving to a flash drive. I have to go dog sitting for 8 days and would like to take my wifes laptop with FreeREG loaded, with me. I am working with a disk of Kirkham Lancs,so all to now causes me no problem. How do I get the laptop to save...

For anyone who is interested, I have, today, made version 3.1.4 available for use. You can get the updated software by using the 'Check for Updates' option under the Help menu. The following is just some of the things that have been changed and/or corrected. Version 3.1.4 ------------- Many...

Can WinREG3 be installed alongside WinREG2? Is there an option in the installation process to put it in a different directory from WinREG2 and not to delete WinREG2? I do not want to lose WinREG2 until I am happy with WinREG3. JohnE

Hello Scribes, Can anyone help with thoughts on this burial entry Martha Lawson died in chidbirth,reg no 5589,in the margin is the note "Twin children buried with mother in one coffin", the questions are,as Martha,Wilfed and Lily are in the same coffin can this be one entry in the d/base,with...

Hello everyone, I'm a new transcriber. I started doing 50 records and then noticed I'd picked the wrong county. So the file name contains the chapman code LEI and should have RUT. Is there any way to change this? I've read through the FAQ's on FreeReg and apparently if I hit F6 when the...

Can you please include Oxfordshire in the list of County's on Free Reg. Thanks

:1eye: Hello Folks,could some fine person help me with a FreeREG problem? Since Aug last I have been plodding along entering the bmd's for Upholland,I have saved all my transcripts to a floppy disc,uploading each 500,no problems. when I had finished I reformatted my floppy ( to empty it)...