I have a couple of docs with difficult script, but there are, so far, a few that were transcribed and I haven't found access to the newspaper or original document (yet). So I'm not sure if the news article or the transcriber mispelled and used incorrect punctuation. It just feels sloppy to me to leave it that way. It's already in an image form, but I like to also have a transcription of the image. I would likely be attaching it as the image in the sources. The transcription if for my own use in narratives and notes. I still am uneasy about changing the transcriber's worth though.
The same problem is found on Ancestry.com transcriptions. When they are wrong, because you know it by your research, or, worse, you can see in the image it was wrongly transcribed, then I'm not as hesitant to correct it. >________________________________ > From: CE WOOD <wood...@msn.com> >To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 3:46 PM >Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transcribing > > > >I have many, very old and even mediaeval documents, and I always transcribe >exactly what was written because they are primary sources. Spelling was not >standardized even in the American Colonies. My biggest problem is that Legacy >does not support manny of the older letter forms that were used. That's why I >often use PDFs or JPGs instead of transcribing. > > >CE > > >________________________________ >Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:35:27 -0700 >From: tiny...@yahoo.com >Subject: [LegacyUG] Transcribing >To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > > > I don't know if "transcribe" is the correct term. I gathered many >photocopies of documents on a recent trip and would like to "transcribe" them >into text files. I've tried Windows Voice Recognition but it takes longer than >typing (though I'm concrned about carpal tunnel ?)). > >My question: When you transcribe, do you enter the spelling and grammar errors >in the original or correct the obvious ones? If the document is old, do you >use the old language or update it for modern readers? (adding a note to that >effect)? > >Thank you. >Peggy > >Legacy User Group guidelines: >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
