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Family search transcribers wanted this weekend

  • 16-07-2016 11:18pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 370 ✭✭


    I'm a little late posting this but this weekend familysearch.org have made scanned records available in the hopes they will be transcribed.

    There are Irish records in there for anyone interested.

    I've transcribed as many as I could fit in, and will continue to up to the deadline tomorrow.

    You download their software and then pull down the records in batches.

    To see the Irish records, set the batch download to "show all projects" as otherwise you will only see some American records they most need transcribed.

    There are Irish civil registrations for births, deaths, marriages. I'm finding many of the Irish ones are very difficult to read (compared to the American records I've been transcribing), though the records are described as intermediate level.


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,316 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    I was merrily transcribing army enlistments from Wyoming, when I saw the Irish records on the list. I thought I'd give them a go. That idea didn't last long and I had to return my batch after only one entry. I decided to stick to the soldiers. I found the Irish ones quite hard to read too.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    I have a busy week ahead but I will try to catch up on this next week. Why is it saying '15 hours' on FS website? Is there a deadline?


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,316 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Yes for some reason it's just for 72 hours.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 175 ✭✭Tychoo


    Nice cheap way of doing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 370 ✭✭R0C


    spurious wrote: »
    I was merrily transcribing army enlistments from Wyoming, when I saw the Irish records on the list. I thought I'd give them a go. That idea didn't last long and I had to return my batch after only one entry. I decided to stick to the soldiers. I found the Irish ones quite hard to read too.

    Yes, same as that. I've decided to stick with Alabama soldiers. Which is a pity as I came across records local to me in the Irish births but just couldn't read the handwriting.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 175 ✭✭Tychoo


    R0C wrote: »
    Yes, same as that. I've decided to stick with Alabama soldiers. Which is a pity as I came across records local to me in the Irish births but just couldn't read the handwriting.

    I've done a few but the hand writing is very hard to decypher. It's a pity u can't pick your own area. I'm getting Brandon and banbridge as areas.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 683 ✭✭✭KildareFan


    I've fallen at the first hurdle. I can't manage to download the indexing programme. I click on the box and save a .exe file, but then I can't find it on my PC.... any ideas?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 370 ✭✭R0C


    Tychoo wrote: »
    I've done a few but the hand writing is very hard to decypher. It's a pity u can't pick your own area. I'm getting Brandon and banbridge as areas.

    Try checking in or returning that batch and downloading a new batch. I got Antrim the first time but later got an area relevant to me (Galway). I had hoped I'd manage to read local records easier as I ought to recognise townlands and surnames but the handwriting was that cryptic, I had to give up on that batch too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 370 ✭✭R0C


    KildareFan wrote: »
    I've fallen at the first hurdle. I can't manage to download the indexing programme. I click on the box and save a .exe file, but then I can't find it on my PC.... any ideas?

    Try a search for the file type? Mine went straight to desktop, but maybe check your downloads folder.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    spurious wrote: »
    Yes for some reason it's just for 72 hours.

    Doesn't make sense really. Oh well, if its not there by next weekend then I'll check out other records.


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,316 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Jellybaby1 wrote: »
    Doesn't make sense really. Oh well, if its not there by next weekend then I'll check out other records.

    I wonder do they have a permanent volunteer group and this is a way of getting people into it?

    I went back and got a different Irish record and it's not as bad as the others, though the scans seem quite poor quality ro me.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 175 ✭✭Tychoo


    R0C wrote: »
    Try checking in or returning that batch and downloading a new batch. I got Antrim the first time but later got an area relevant to me (Galway). I had hoped I'd manage to read local records easier as I ought to recognise townlands and surnames but the handwriting was that cryptic, I had to give up on that batch too.

    Its back to school for us so. I was hoping for records for the Kilkenny:confused: area.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    spurious wrote: »
    I wonder do they have a permanent volunteer group and this is a way of getting people into it?

    I went back and got a different Irish record and it's not as bad as the others, though the scans seem quite poor quality ro me.

    I haven't done any as yet mainly because I need time to focus on it and don't always get the time I want, or when I want it. Hoping to do it soon though.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,316 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    KildareFan wrote: »
    I've fallen at the first hurdle. I can't manage to download the indexing programme. I click on the box and save a .exe file, but then I can't find it on my PC.... any ideas?

    It's called Indexing_windows.exe
    It should be in your downloads folder.
    Usually C:\users\YourName\Downloads


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,288 ✭✭✭mickmackey1


    I did 10 before giving up due to bad handwriting (despite the included 'handwriting guide'). Ended up having to use the 'blank' option and may even have returned some wrong details :eek::o Why the authorities didn't insist on block capitals I'll never know.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,316 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    I can still access it. Doing a few more tonight.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 175 ✭✭Tychoo


    Same here. Doing some Donegal records. One has suck with me, a girl no first name lived only for one hour.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,316 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Tychoo wrote: »
    Same here. Doing some Donegal records. One has suck with me, a girl no first name lived only for one hour.

    Oh some of them are terrible. Poor fathers coming into town and registering the deaths of three children.
    I had one child was down as living for 3 minutes. So sad.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,490 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    It's the nature of genealogy that we record the deaths of so many but as you say some of them are terrible.
    What I find very sad are those newspaper birth notices which are published the day after the infant has died.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,316 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    It's still allowing me download batches. Was getting Ballymena and Ballymoney, now getting Dublin North - mostly from the NDU and various asylums.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,943 ✭✭✭tabbey


    What period are you getting? 1864 - 1881, or early twentieth century?


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,316 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    tabbey wrote: »
    What period are you getting? 1864 - 1881, or early twentieth century?

    1864 and sometimes 1870.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 175 ✭✭Tychoo


    spurious wrote: »
    1864 and sometimes 1870.

    Same here. I'm in Sligo and Omagh at the moment. Getting better at reading the names town lands I use wiki for for reference.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,316 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    I was using John Grenham's site for places. I notice on 'arbitration' they do not retain the street addresses on the Dublin entries which is a pity.


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