{"id":86,"date":"2020-03-18T01:22:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T01:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2022-05-17T06:00:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T06:00:54","slug":"getting-started-with-transcribing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/getting-started-with-transcribing\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Started with Transcribing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Philadelphia Congregations project is excited to invite volunteers to help us transcribe our amazing historic records, so that they will be more accessible to researchers, genealogists, and people who aren&#8217;t able to read the originals. Here&#8217;s what you need to know to get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Find a resource to transcribe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Start at the <a href=\"https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\">PhiladelphiaCongregations.org<\/a> website. We recommend that you start with registers and other items that have lots of names and genealogical significance, but you can transcribe anything you like. If you browse all the items or browse a particular congregation&#8217;s records, you&#8217;ll see a &#8220;Transcription Status&#8221; note on each record. Find one that isn&#8217;t complete, and click &#8220;Help transcribe this work&#8221; to get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"793\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screenshot-philadelphiacongregations.org-2020.03.17-21_01_52.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screenshot-philadelphiacongregations.org-2020.03.17-21_01_52.png 793w, https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screenshot-philadelphiacongregations.org-2020.03.17-21_01_52-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screenshot-philadelphiacongregations.org-2020.03.17-21_01_52-768x476.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Login or Register Your Account<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Next you will be prompted to login or register a new account with our partner website, PhilaGeoHistory.org. After entering your information, you will be taken directly to the transcription editor for the item you selected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screenshot-www.philageohistory.org-2020.03.17-21_05_46-1024x714.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screenshot-www.philageohistory.org-2020.03.17-21_05_46-1024x714.png 1024w, https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screenshot-www.philageohistory.org-2020.03.17-21_05_46-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screenshot-www.philageohistory.org-2020.03.17-21_05_46-768x536.png 768w, https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screenshot-www.philageohistory.org-2020.03.17-21_05_46.png 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Find a Page and Begin Transcribing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the top of the screen, you can click the &#8220;Find Unfinished Transcription Page&#8221; link (#1) to go to the first page that needs transcription. Or you can scroll through the document to find a page you want to work on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you have found a page to transcribe, click the &#8220;edit&#8221; link (#2) in the text section of the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"811\" src=\"https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screenshot-www.philageohistory.org-2020.03.17-21_09_35-1024x811.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screenshot-www.philageohistory.org-2020.03.17-21_09_35-1024x811.png 1024w, https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screenshot-www.philageohistory.org-2020.03.17-21_09_35-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screenshot-www.philageohistory.org-2020.03.17-21_09_35-768x608.png 768w, https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screenshot-www.philageohistory.org-2020.03.17-21_09_35.png 1090w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Transcribe and Save Your Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When you click the &#8220;edit&#8221; link, you will be presented with an edit box where you can type the transcription. If the transcription for the page is complete, check the &#8220;Transcription is complete&#8221; box (#1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"573\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screenshot-www.philageohistory.org-2020.03.17-21_17_23-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screenshot-www.philageohistory.org-2020.03.17-21_17_23-1.png 573w, https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screenshot-www.philageohistory.org-2020.03.17-21_17_23-1-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When you have transcribed a bit of the manuscript, make sure to save your changes by clicking the &#8220;Save&#8221; button (#2). It&#8217;s ok if the transcription takes some time to get right, but make sure you save from time to time so your work isn&#8217;t lost. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Follow the Transcription Guidelines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve put together a simple set of guidelines for transcribing materials so they will be most useful in the future. Most formatting is not required, but we use special editors tags to indicate text that has been crossed out, to provide correct name spellings, or indicate that something can&#8217;t be made out. The <a href=\"https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/transcription-guidelines\/\">Transcription Guidelines<\/a> are available at the top of every screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"643\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screenshot-www.philageohistory.org-2020.03.17-21_15_39.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screenshot-www.philageohistory.org-2020.03.17-21_15_39.png 643w, https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screenshot-www.philageohistory.org-2020.03.17-21_15_39-300x135.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. Join the Transcribers&#8217; Coffee Hour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A Zoom gathering of transcription volunteers meets every other Tuesday at 11:00am. We discuss the process of transcribing the historic records, and share our discoveries. If you are interested in joining us, please contact Carol Smith at <a href=\"mailto:csmith@christchurchphila.org\">csmith@christchurchphila.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia Congregations project is excited to invite volunteers to help us transcribe our amazing historic records, so that they will be more accessible to researchers, genealogists, and people who aren&#8217;t able to read the originals. Here&#8217;s what you need to know to get started. 1. Find a resource to transcribe Start at the PhiladelphiaCongregations.org &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/getting-started-with-transcribing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Getting Started with Transcribing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-86","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Getting Started with Transcribing - Philadelphia Congregations Early Records<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/getting-started-with-transcribing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Getting Started with Transcribing - Philadelphia Congregations Early Records\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Philadelphia Congregations project is excited to invite volunteers to help us transcribe our amazing historic records, so that they will be more accessible to researchers, genealogists, and people who aren&#8217;t able to read the originals. 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