There are a few words that I haven't been able to decode. I'm highlighting those cells to get back to them. When I finish the extraction I'll give a second pass to everything and those words that I'm still not able to decipher I'll ask for your help. Another problem in some instances is deciding when one word is a surname or is part of the given name. How are you handling those? --- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Arturo Ramos" <arturo.ramos2@v...> wrote: > > I have uploaded the first three pages of my section so that you can > see what the data entry looks like. It is in the Colotlan folder in > the files section of this site. > > Joseph... if you think we should move this to Ranchos2, please go > ahead and do so and just let us know. > > --- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Arturo Ramos" <arturo.ramos2@v...> > wrote: > > > > Victor, Alicia, Joseph et. al. > > > > I have created a folder in the files section for Ranchos that has > > instructions on how to do the transcription of the Colotlan > Census. > > It is at the end of member genealogy folders. > > > > Joseph has volunteered to take pages 90 to 100. These pages are > all > > names. There are names and text interspersed through about page > 130, > > so Victor, if you can take pages 101-110 and Alicia, if you can > take > > pages 111-120, I will take pages 121-130. > > > > If there are others interested in doing transcription, the > remainder > > of the document is mostly text. Please write me an email and I > will > > assign a piece to you. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Arturo Ramos" <arturo.ramos2@v...> > > wrote: > > > > > > There is a 1785 Census of the Colotlan region that is held at the > > > Archives of Simanca in Spain and has bee digitized. > > > > > > I was thinking that perhaps we could get a few volunteers from > the > > > group to help transcribe it and then perhaps even publish it. I > > think > > > it would be very useful for many people in the group and as far > as > > I > > > know, it has not previously been published. > > > > > > The document can be found on Archivos Espanoles en Red at: > > > > > > ES.47161.AGS/19.8//SGU,7015,2 > > > > > > Let me know if you are interested in helping out on this project. > > > > > >
