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:*Mary Bell wrote an excellent chapter called “Transcripts and Abstracts” in ''Professional Genealogy, a Manual for Researchers, Writers, Editors, Lecturers and Librarians''. | :*Mary Bell wrote an excellent chapter called “Transcripts and Abstracts” in ''Professional Genealogy, a Manual for Researchers, Writers, Editors, Lecturers and Librarians''. | ||
:*See also the “[http://www.bcgcertification.org/ Test Your | :*See also the “[http://www.bcgcertification.org/ Test Your Skills]” section. | ||
A transcript or transcription is a true word-for-word rendering of a document with the original punctuation and spelling. All notes and marks on any page are copied as faithfully as possible in the presented formatting. Depending on the condition and legibility of an old document, it may require considerable concentration and perhaps comparison with another in the same scribe’s hand. Whether a document was created or hand-copied for legal purposes (e.g. wills, deeds), or written by an agent on behalf of an uneducated party (e.g. letters, petitions, applications), does not necessarily guarantee that it will be literate or easy to read. Particular points to note are: | A transcript or transcription is a true word-for-word rendering of a document with the original punctuation and spelling. All notes and marks on any page are copied as faithfully as possible in the presented formatting. Depending on the condition and legibility of an old document, it may require considerable concentration and perhaps comparison with another in the same scribe’s hand. Whether a document was created or hand-copied for legal purposes (e.g. wills, deeds), or written by an agent on behalf of an uneducated party (e.g. letters, petitions, applications), does not necessarily guarantee that it will be literate or easy to read. Particular points to note are: | ||
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:... north by northwest measuring [sixteen?] chains to the next marker ...<br> | :... north by northwest measuring [sixteen?] chains to the next marker ...<br> | ||
:... north by northwest measuring s[----]en chains to the next marker ...<br> | :... north by northwest measuring s[----]en chains to the next marker ...<br> | ||
:Written signed sealed [__3 | :Written signed sealed [__3 words___] by the said testator in our pre[sence?] at his request ... | ||
==== Comments and Interpretation ==== | ==== Comments and Interpretation ==== | ||
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'''Sample Document of a Land Petition''' | '''Sample Document of a Land Petition''' | ||
[[Image:Land Petition4F.jpg|center|Land Petition4F. | [[Image:Land Petition4F.jpg|center|Land Petition4F.jpg]]<br> | ||
'''Transcription of the Sample Document''' | '''Transcription of the Sample Document''' | ||
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James Rayen petition, Upper Canada Land Petitions, RG 1, L 3, vol. 446, R Miscellaneous/131; microfilm C-2804, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa. | James Rayen petition, Upper Canada Land Petitions, RG 1, L 3, vol. 446, R Miscellaneous/131; microfilm C-2804, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa. | ||
[[Image:Upper Canada Land Petition4F.jpg|center|Upper Canada Land Petition4F. | [[Image:Upper Canada Land Petition4F.jpg|center|Upper Canada Land Petition4F.jpg]]<br> | ||
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