Hi All Replied with offer off list. Bob Phillips ----- Original Message ----- From: "Irene" <squidie@bigpond.com> To: <FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 11:19 PM Subject: Re: Full Stops etc. > Hello All > > Might I ask just what is entailed in becoming a transcriber please ? > > I have a well-set-up computer, spare time and an interest in helping. Could > someone please tell me if I have to have my own resources to transcribe or > would I be sent some sort of list which I would be required to put into some > sort of order or format ? > > Regards > > Irene Rees > -------Original Message------- > > From: Mervyn Wright > Date: Saturday, January 10, 2004 10:29:58 PM > To: FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Full Stops etc. > > I fully sympathise with Dave Mayall on this recurring theme. I wonder if > it might not be a good idea for new transcribers to be sent a personal > e-mail, when they sign up, emphasising some of the basic concepts of > transcribing, particularly with regard to 'Type What You See' and > punctuation. I know the information is on the web page but how many new > transcribers actually read it through and absorb it all? I think most of > us only refer to the TKB when we have a problem. > > Perhaps, then, these themes would not recur on such a regular basis, > leaving us 'old hands' tearing our hair out (if we had any!) and > despairing at 'oh no..here we go again'. > > Regards > > Mervyn Wright > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - Release Date: 08/01/2004 > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > . > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - Release Date: 09/01/2004