Transcribing, Abstracting, Extracting & Indexing » Guidelines, Standards, and How-To

Producing Quality Research Notes

From the Board for Certification of Genealogists - Skill Building - January 1997.

The Genealogy Reporter - Transcribing Genealogy Records Correctly Helps Find New Clues

Transcribing – Let’ s Be Accurate

Transcribing Sources - Terry Cole's Genealogy Research & Tips

Transcribing Sources (Terry Cole's Genealogy Research & Tips)

Transcribed records are very important to genealogists. In this modern digital age, we have access to literally millions of images of records on-line. But we still depend on transciprtion to effectively share and search for records. However, when we transcribe it's helpful to do so with some uniformity and guidelines. Hence these templates and rules developed by the author.

UpFront with NGS: Extract or Abstract? Both Are Vital Skills

Why Transcription Errors Occur in Genealogy Records