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| Rev. David McDonald, CG* |
Thursday, 8:00 a.m., T201–“Transcription, Abstraction & the Records,” BCG Skillbuilding Track
In an era of “online this” and “digital that,” documents can be had in multiple formats and full copies by hitting “save” on a computer keyboard. A researcher might be tempted to simply grab-and-run with the scan and file away the digital image.
STOP! Don’t file it away until you’ve done your homework!
Transcription and abstraction are two analysis tools that any genealogist can, and frankly must, master. We’ll take a thoughtful look at material and engage in a collective effort to read, manually copy, evaluate and analyze the contents. In so doing, we’ll pull important clues about how to proceed with research after the abstraction is complete, thereby developing strategies to continue the information quest. Attendees should bring along their writing implement of choice—be it pen, pencil, marker, crayon, stylus and slate, Etch-a-Sketch or favorite digital device—and be ready to work through an 18th century handwritten document. Magnifiers, reading glasses and the like may also prove useful!
Rev. David McDonald, CG, a native Midwesterner, has been engaged in genealogical research for nearly 40 years. He lectures throughout the country on methods and approaches to research, as well as religions and their records in genealogical endeavors.
David will also be presenting twice on Wednesday: 11:00 a.m.,W124–“The Draper Manuscripts,” and 4:00 p.m.,W154–“Territorial Papers of the US: Inward Ho!”
In an era of “online this” and “digital that,” documents can be had in multiple formats and full copies by hitting “save” on a computer keyboard. A researcher might be tempted to simply grab-and-run with the scan and file away the digital image.
STOP! Don’t file it away until you’ve done your homework!
Transcription and abstraction are two analysis tools that any genealogist can, and frankly must, master. We’ll take a thoughtful look at material and engage in a collective effort to read, manually copy, evaluate and analyze the contents. In so doing, we’ll pull important clues about how to proceed with research after the abstraction is complete, thereby developing strategies to continue the information quest. Attendees should bring along their writing implement of choice—be it pen, pencil, marker, crayon, stylus and slate, Etch-a-Sketch or favorite digital device—and be ready to work through an 18th century handwritten document. Magnifiers, reading glasses and the like may also prove useful!
Rev. David McDonald, CG, a native Midwesterner, has been engaged in genealogical research for nearly 40 years. He lectures throughout the country on methods and approaches to research, as well as religions and their records in genealogical endeavors.
David will also be presenting twice on Wednesday: 11:00 a.m.,W124–“The Draper Manuscripts,” and 4:00 p.m.,W154–“Territorial Papers of the US: Inward Ho!”
*CG or Certified Genealogist is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by Board-certified genealogists after periodic competency evaluation, and the board name is registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office.
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