For example, one of the Muesbeck records was transcribed as Murebeck. Found it by searching for mother's first name and surname. Mary [email protected] wrote: > Another thing to remember is that even though these records on the Familysearch website are viewed by 3 different people before they go online, the handwriting is not always that clear on the original document and could easily be misread. Try to think of possible transcription errors to look for the item you are searching for. > > It would be great if a more people would take just a few minutes to help transcribe these records. It really is very simple to do. > > > From: Mary Snow <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] Missing Birth Record > > Hundreds of volunteers are indexing and verifying information. Everyone > is free to volunteer. > Information about volunteering to help with the project is available at > the pilot site. > http://indexing.familysearch.org/newuser/nuhome.jsf?3.6.2 > >