Extractions
By Shannon Bennett, Student In modules 5 and 6 of Skills: Transcribing, Abstracting & Extracting we learned about extractions. It is a similar concept to an abstraction but not…
The Down-Low on Abstracting
By Shannon Bennett, Student This next section, Modules 3 and 4, of the course Skills: Transcribing, Abstracting & Extracting was a close-up look at creating an abstract. For those…
Do you Really Know Transcribing?
By Shannon Bennett, Student Well, this course didn’t dally around; it jumped straight into the nuts and bolts of creating a good transcription. While several of the courses I…
New Course Announced: Research African American Ancestors
Researching African American genealogy can be difficult but it is not impossible. The new National Institute for Genealogical Studies course Research: African American Ancestors focuses on three aspects of genealogical research and…
Next Course: Transcribing, Abstracting & Extracting
By Shannon Bennett, Student The next required course I am taking for the National Institute is Skills: Transcribing, Abstracting & Extracting. If you have followed my journey so far you…