No Question - Want to report a city listing site for New York Birth Index

cacoethes scribendi

For those indexing or reviewing New York Birth Indexes, there is a alphabetical city listing at <https://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/publication/orpts/swis-alpha>, or it may be easier to do as I do, google search or search engine search "new york town listings" and the site should show in the listings and the title will have "tax" in title name

PattiG36021

Full link https://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/publications/orpts/swis_alphaorder.pdf

cacoethes scribendi

It wasn't a question, I only reported a place to look for towns and cities listed alphabetically in the State of New York as an aid in indexing or reviewing New York Birth Indexes - which indexes are difficult reading and the cities are abbreviated and the indexer is to expand the abbreviation, according to birth index instructions.

maryellenstevensbarnes1

@cacoethes scribendi - Since many NY birth indexes are from the1880's, I find it easier to use wikipedia for small villages/towns, rural areas

erutherford

Google and Wikipedia are great for a lot of things, but when it comes to indexing, we are to type what we see. The Field Help (purple question mark) states the following:

Suggested localities may appear as you type. If the suggestions do not match the image, type what you see, and press Tab. 

I have one right now with the abbreviation of "Sch". That could be anything from Schaghticoke to Schermerhorn Landing to Schenectady, but since I'm not for certain, I follow the field help, enter "Sch" and press tab.

Susan Stutz

The drop down menu for the New York Birth Indexes drives me a little bonkers! I type fairly rapidly and the drop down index will then select something I have not even typed. Suddenly it has added to the name or changed it completely - this happens when I am reviewing batches also. Is there some way to turn this off?

Thanks, Susan

erutherford

In your data entry screen, click Batch

Click on Settings

A dialog box will open. Go to Auto Complete and select Turn OFF for all fields, then Apply. You're all set.

John Empoliti

Also, if you want to keep what you type, use a Tab instead of Enter when you encounter a field with that behavior . Sometimes even with Auto Complete OFF, certain fields persist in showing values . I haven’t figured out it’s a bug or if drop-downs are outside Auto Complete’s purview, but Tab should still overcome and accept what you type.

From the Indexing Keyboard Shortcuts. It uses the term “auto-suggest”

“Since 12/07/2017 (“Universal Input”).

Enter and Tab are the biggest differences:

• Enter accepts the highlighted auto-suggest value, if one exists, and advances to the next field.
• Tab keeps only what you typed and ignores the auto-suggested values and advances to the next field.
• Right Arrow accepts the auto-suggested value and keeps you on the same field so you can keep typing. Auto-suggest continues to make suggestions as you type.”