Part 4 - Reading Old Handwriting - Transcribe 5 Year Celebration - 2019 Aug. 24 - Richmond, Virginia
Channel: Silver Persinger
Date: 02/10/2019

Anna Moulis  and John Deal from Library of Virginia discussed some of the common writing conventions of earlier times, abbreviations, and variants used in writing to help transcribers more accurately capture what was written.  

For more information on the Transcribe Project, https://www.virginiamemory.com/transcribe/

From event description, "Help Us Celebrate Our Transcribe-aversary

Saturday, August 24, 2019 | 10:00 AM–2:00 PM
Library of Virginia Lobby & Conference Rooms

All participants in the Library of Virginia's Making History: Transcribe project are invited to join us for a day of archival insights, tips on reading old handwriting, and information about the Virginia Untold Collection, including documents from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture’s Unknown No Longer project. Coffee and lunch are provided--and birthday cake too! These hours can be counted as community service through the HandsOn platform. 

Making History: Transcribe invites the public to help enhance access to collections documenting more than 400 years of Virginia history, people, and culture. Volunteers transcribe pages—mostly handwritten—by reading text and typing it into digital form to make our collections more visible, accessible, and searchable. "

Facebook event page, https://www.facebook.com/events/495316857895847/