DAH! The struggle is real! I’ve been reviewing my “My Sixteen” list (a list of my 16 great grandparents, something many of us here have been sharing… more on that in the comments,) but I discovered three date muffs only by putting them all onto a timeline 🤦♀️. Yep looking at date several ways and questioning everything is the only way to stay on your toes.
Wow! Great idea. Using digital tools to aid us with things like transcription gives us more time to do the good stuff. Btw, a 40 page will? He must have had a big estate!!
I love using my AI squad of tools for genelaogy tasks. One simple and quick method of transcribing a handwritten letter or memoir from an ancestor - read it aloud in a Word document using the Dictate tool.
I did this recently for a handwritten family history from my Uncle Bill and this worked quite well. I could then post images of each handwritten page with the transcription alongside in my WeAre.xyz archive.
DAH! The struggle is real! I’ve been reviewing my “My Sixteen” list (a list of my 16 great grandparents, something many of us here have been sharing… more on that in the comments,) but I discovered three date muffs only by putting them all onto a timeline 🤦♀️. Yep looking at date several ways and questioning everything is the only way to stay on your toes.
It’s a delight to have you here.
Here’s one of the first of these “My Sixteen” posts that started… enjoy https://mightieracorns.substack.com/p/families-reunions?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=nvpzo&triedRedirect=true
Wow! Great idea. Using digital tools to aid us with things like transcription gives us more time to do the good stuff. Btw, a 40 page will? He must have had a big estate!!
He was a lawyer and had a lot of children - and yes a reasonably large estate probably - I need to read that will https://anneyoungau.wordpress.com/2014/03/18/philip-champion-de-crespigny-1738-1803/
Welcome to Substack Anne. I have this tool on my list to try out. Thanks for the tech advice.
Oh my goodness Anne - yes! That is a very useful tip indeed. Go you! Now, will I remember to do it? I will endeavour to give it a go before I forget.
Brilliant and perfectly timed as a long will is waiting for me to transcribe - thanks.
I love using my AI squad of tools for genelaogy tasks. One simple and quick method of transcribing a handwritten letter or memoir from an ancestor - read it aloud in a Word document using the Dictate tool.
I did this recently for a handwritten family history from my Uncle Bill and this worked quite well. I could then post images of each handwritten page with the transcription alongside in my WeAre.xyz archive.
https://app.weare.xyz/blog/skills-that-bind-the-entrepreneurs/blogposts/olybwhpwzyzp