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of help is the
FreeCEN Manual. Please use the following web pages and files as a
supplement to this manual. All new volunteers should read the
Copyrights & Ownership
section.
1. Volunteer Help
Volunteer Mailing List Subscription and Archives
Transcriber User Guide V7 (Zip -
158kb)
Transcriber User Guide V7
(self extracting zip - 220kb)
FreeCEN Software
1. Transcription -
SSCENS
2. Checking -
WINCC
3. Validating -
VALDREV
JPEG Viewer - Free
2. Coordinator Help
Scottish Coordinators User Guide
V5 (August 2005) (Zip -
131kb)
Scottish Coordinator User Guide V5
(self extracting zip - 199kb)
FcTools Tutorials - Use in addition to the Scottish Coordinator
User Guide
1. Set Up (1.8 MB)
2. Converting a
Transcription File (359 KB)
3. Zipping a File for
Checking (422 KB)
Coordinator Mailing List Subscription-This is a closed list
intended for county coordinator's only and you must be subscribed by the
Scotland Coordinator. Please make sure you are subscribed as there are important
updates and information posted here.
Parms File Example-Please read the Coordinators
guide to further understand how to create a parms file.
Fctools Download Page-Last
update was June 5 2005
Parms - When your parms file is
completed and uploaded to the database you will be able to download it from
here. Right Click on the appropriate file and choose to Save Link As.
3. Useful Links
Old occupations (Scot
Roots)
Old Occupations
1841 Occupational Abbreviations -
These are a guideline ONLY, with occupations pulled from the 1841 census. There
is no guarantee the abbreviation means what is in this file, only that it was
found in the context.
Victorian Servants
Genuki
Genuki Gazetteer
British Colonies: Census Confirmed
Places (Download .xls 20kb)
British Colonies Links:
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http://www.britishempire.co.uk/maproom/maproom.htm
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http://pages.britishlibrary.net/empirehist/history.htm
- http://www.anglik.net/empire.htm
TalkingScot
Scottish Forenames
Dictionary of Scots Language
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