After you find a genealogical document, how do you determine what that document says? You extract, transcribe and/or abstract it! Learn how and what those terms mean and how to do it right in this video. Good transcription skills are an important part of becoming an advanced genealogist. Knowing these skills can help you in your research and in your quest to become a credentialed professional.
Chapter Markers:
0:18 Extraction
1:08 Transcription
4:51 Square Brackets
6:49 [sic]
7:44 Obsolete Letterforms
9:26 Forms of Abbreviations and Contractions
14:29 Superscripts, Underlined, Crossed Out, and Inserted Text
15:55 Diacritical Marks
16:54 Punctuation Marks
17:52 Seals
18:17 Dates
20:13 Handwriting
24:12 Abstraction
29:14 The Process of Abstraction
32:28 Review
This presentation was given by Mindy Taylor, AG(R). Learn more about Mindy at
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