Hi Dennis I agree with Harry - Do as you have always done and go for the original otherwise you are interpreting not transcribing. regards Heather > From: "Harry Tadd" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [WSX] Transcribing Parish Records > > Dennis > go for original spelling. Anything else is not transcribing. Let your > grateful readers make their own minds up. > Harry > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dennis White" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 9:04 AM > Subject: [WSX] Transcribing Parish Records > > > > Hello Folks, > > > > For some time now, I have been transcribing some of the old Parish > Records, so that I can look up things - for those of you who require such > lookups - easier. > > > > > > > > Being virtually housebound, I don't get to meet people very often. Hence > my asking this question here. > > > > > > > > In a file that was sent to me recently, someone had transcribed part of a > PR, using modern spelling, even for the persons name and occasionally adding > "Spelt such and such in the register." > > > > > > > > I have tended to keep strictly to the spelling as it appears in the PRs > and leave it to the reader to decide what it represents. Example: In 1561: > "John the sonne of Willyam Whighte was baptized the Seventeenth daye of > Februarye." [Wellow, Som. PRs 1561-1717, p.1, entry 5.] > > > > > > > > I believe that this Willyam Whighte could possibly be one of my ancestors. > A quick look through the rest of that particular register shows that about a > century later, the surname White is being used. > > > > > > > > Could someone please advise me as to which way is best - especially in the > light that people may wish to refer to it after I start pushing up the > daisies. > > > > > > > > Many thanks, > > > > > > > > Dennis I transcribe for FreeCen - Interested? - Check Out the Website - http://freecen.rootsweb.com __________________________________________________________________________ Join Freeserve http://www.freeserve.com/time/ Winner of the 2003 Internet Service Providers' Association awards for Best Unmetered ISP and Best Consumer Application.