Starting the US Census Records Course
By Shannon Bennett, Student One of the main go-to sources for genealogical information in American research are the federal census records. Within the first few days or weeks of…
On the Road to Midwestern Roots 2014
What are you doing this weekend? We are on the road to the Midwestern Roots 2014 conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. If you’re there, stop by our booth (#66) and talk…
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…