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Les de B
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Am I able to post copies of old documents for the purpose of having some of the old style handwriting transcribed by other researchers? This may help with some Wills, or difficult words contained in BMD Certificates.
I know you have a policy about about copyright, but maybe if only a few of the hard words were photographed from the original and then then attached to a posting, no copyrights would be infringed.
Next, if allowed, what topic would they be posted under - photographs?
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Les
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Hi Les,
I know you have a policy about about copyright, but maybe if only a few of the hard words were photographed from the original and then then attached to a posting, no copyrights would be infringed.
Yes, that would be okay.
The best way is to crop the complete image (wills and other documents) just to show a sentence (or 2) with the word in question.
This gives us both the context of the word, and some more handwriting to compare with.
For certs. then a box around the word, so there are a few other words, too; again, for comparison
Where ?? the Common Room is probably the best place; we can always move it if necessary.
Good luck,
Bob
ps: ignore this if you already know how, otherwise, this might help
Topic: Adding images to Posting & Profiles
1) Resizing and cropping your image file:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,130922.0.html
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Hi Les, I know you have a policy about about copyright, but maybe if only a few of the hard words were photographed from the original and then then attached to a posting, no copyrights would be infringed.
Yes, that would be okay. The best way is to crop the complete image just to show a sentence (or 2) with the word in question. This gives us both the context of the word, and some more handwriting to compare with. Where ?? the Common Room is probably the best place; we can always move it if necessary. Good luck, Bob
Thanks for that quick response. I did say photograph, but just as posted this message, I knew I should have said scanned/cropped. Anyway, it was just a spur of the moment idea. I have a few documents that I have had problems with over the years, I just thought there may be some researchers "out there" who would have a better idea than me trying work out some of the hard words. I have a Will at the moment with a few 'tricky ones" in it.
I'll try and post it within the next few days, and see what response I get. I've never seen it done before on this site, though that is not to say it hasn't been done before. I've seen people request identification of old photo's, uniforms etc, so if it hasn't been done before, hopefully it may help others with the same problem regarding transcribing old handwriting.
Les
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Thanks for the site. Had a quick look, but will need to spend some time there to fully appreciate it. I'll put it on the list.
Les
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From someone who knows  there are loads of rootschatters just dying to help with transcribing old documents. I have had help now with about 5 wills that had words I just could not read and I needed help with some of the jargon. I now have a much better understanding thanks to RC.
I usually stick them on the Common Room with cropped images of the words I cannot read plus a few other sentences to give context and and idea of the writing.
I look forward to maybe giving you a hand. 
Kerry
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Les From someone who knows there are loads of rootschatters just dying to help with transcribing old documents. I have had help now with about 5 wills that had words I just could not read and I needed help with some of the jargon. I now have a much better understanding thanks to RC. I usually stick them on the Common Room with cropped images of the words I cannot read plus a few other sentences to give context and and idea of the writing. I look forward to maybe giving you a hand. Kerry
Thanks Kerry. I've got to go through all my transcripts to see what words I'm missing. The majority of them are 90%-100% complete. Hopefully, I'll get them all to 100%, but there are few "tricky ones" amongst them. It will probably be a few days before I get to them.
Les
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Les Having spent a lot of time lately trying to decipher old handwriting, I can recommend this page for starters http://www.freereg.org.uk/howto/transcribe.htmAbout half way down there is a grid giving all the letters of the alphabet in loads of different scripts. I've found it to be a really helpful crib-sheet and starting point. Angela
Thanks Angela. I had glanced at that site sometimes ago. Perhaps I should've spent more time there!
Les
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