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From: Ray Beere Johnson II <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Re: transcribing names
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:35:33 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <20051202154931.8664.fh039.wm@smtp.sc0.cp.net>


Richard;
I am late to notice your message, since my
life has been on overload the past few months.
However, I couldn't help noting one point. I DO
know how to read, and realise the "long s" is
actually an s, and not an f. I do not transcribe
it as an f, but I do transcribe it as a long s,
and reproduce it as such whenever I can find a
font to do so. I find this a preferable method
for two reasons: first, anyone 'following' the
transcript in the original record will be less
confused. Second, the fact that the long s was
used is a valuable internal clue to the
approximate age of the document. The same goes
for the characters we think appear like "ye" - I
know this is actually 'the', but the use is a
clue to the age of the document or stone...
Ray




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