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From: J Wostal <>
Subject: Re: [TXCem] Transcribers
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 16:18:04 -0500
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I don't know what other's do, but here is what I do.

I've photograph headstones in small cemeteries. Then use NOTEPAD and I
transcribe the inscriptions, indicating which photo-file goes with
which inscription. I make sure the name and location or address of the
cemetry is at the top of the page. I, then, zip the photo files and the
text file together. I usually do them in groups of ten. I submit them to
Teri Brown at the Historic Texas Cemeteries website at
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~txcemeteries/. Teri does a very
good job of setting them up and it's quick and easy.

I also upload them to http://www.findagrave.com, but that is a much
slower process and must be done one at a photo at a time.

Some of my cemetery photos are located at:

http://www.historictexas.net/cemeteries/2p/parker-goshen/1-photos.htm

In addition to the headstones, I try to get a photo of the entrance to
the cemetery, any Texas Historic Markers, and then a scenic/landscape
shot of several of the graves.

In addition to still photos, I now set a video camera on a tripod and
video each headstone as I read instcriptions out loud. Playing the
video tape back really helps when I am trying to transcribe the
inscriptions.

I sometimes give a copy of the video to what ever little society or
museum is associated with the upkeep and preservation of the cemetery.
On the project I am currently working on, I may also put the
information and photos into a doc file or pdf file, store them on a CD,
and give that to them also. It's not that much more work.


>>>My husband and I are interested in learning how to transcribe some
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>cemeteries. Can someone give us some tips on the do's and don'ts and how to
>keep the information we collect?
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>>>Patricia McCurry Atwood
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