Transcribing for FreeBMD and FreeCen and ...

[giving up for a while]

I am Just after applying I cant wait to get stuck in will keep you posted on how i get on as this is my first time doing anything like this

Love Anne

[D ap D]

For anyone interested in Wales:

http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/na.mckenzie/flintshire.html

Anglesey hasn't even got of the ground yet, Caernarfonshire needs people, Cardiganshire hasn't even got a county coordinator!

Flints & Denbs are doing well for 71 and 91, but even so are not complete.

Have fun!

D

[Cas (stallc)]

Does anyone transcribe for FreeBMD? 

Have just registered to do this, and wondered how others have found it?

Cas


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[PaulineJ]

I did it, and enjoyed it (on the whole). I find Freebmd an invaluable resource and I'm glad I contributed something in exchange. Still found doing 'deaths' a bit depressing mind.

Pauline

[Cas (stallc)]

I agree Pauline it is invaluable, and also like you, wanted to help and give something back.

Sorry Berlin Bob did not know there was already a topic discussion on this.

Cas

[exessexgirl]

This is probably going to show how stupid I am but here goes. I see on some of the sites that they need volunteers to help with transcribing. Can anyone let me know what is involved, and would it be possible to help if you are living overseas........ e.g: Australia  Lyn


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[Berlin-Bob]

Hi Lyn,

I've merged your question with some of the answers.

If you look through this topic, you will see that several of the contributors/transcribers are from outside the U.K.

As to where to transcribe, i.e. for whom, an answer from another thread is still just as valid
Topic: Proportion of death records transcribed

Hi Nick,

Perhaps somebody could post details of where volunteers are being sought to transcribe records? That would be a start.

I think you will find that everybody would like volunteers, in particular:

freeREG: http://freereg.rootsweb.com/
freeCEN: http://freecen.rootsweb.com/
freeBMD: http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/

all the "County" sites: see the full list at http://www.UK-BMD.org
or here on RootsChat:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,147605.0.html

all the "Online Parish Clerk" / OPC-Sites:

Devon: http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/DEV/OPCproject.html
Dorset : http://www.dorset-opc.com/
Kent: http://www.kent-opc.org.uk/
Lancashire: http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/
South Derby: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brett/sdindex.htm
Sussex: http://www.sussex-opc.org/
Wiltshire: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.brown6666/wiltsopc/

I am sure there are others, maybe they could be added here .......

freeReg is also soon going live (see this topic
Topic: FreeREG - is it up and running yet?
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,164081.0.html
and when people are able to use this database as well, I'm sure there will be an upsurge in the wish to transcribe.

so look through the possibilities, and get in touch with any of the co-ordinators.

Good luck,
Bob

[exessexgirl]

Thank's for that Bob. I didn't realize there was a thread already  I'll certainly give it a go. It's the least I can do considering all the help I've been given through the friendly folks on here.  Lyn

[sueky71]

is there anybody on here who is/or has been a transcriber?

whilst on a genealogy site i noticed that they were looking for volunteers to transcribe records.
oooh i thought, that's something i'd like to do (ignoring OH's reply of  " what? with your eyesight! you'd need a bifocal computer!!")
but i'm not sure what transcibing actually involves (besides the obvious ) or how it works.
does anybody know?


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