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Captain's Log 19 October 2011
Good Morning Friends of ISTG,
The Guild is calling for new volunteers this Fall. The chill is in the air, yards are being decorated for Halloween and Thanksgiving is just around the corner. This is a good time to begin transcribing as the Guild takes a break from Thanksgiving through New Year's so that everyone has the time they need for family, friends and all the activities of this time of year.
We are looking for new transcribers who have some time to give. You get to help others in the genealogy community at your own pace. We never rush our volunteers because we believe that family comes first. You can work when you can and help is always available if you have a difficult manifest to work on. I'd suggest asking for an easy list to start out if you are new to transcribing.
I could also use some help in responding to emails. As the ISTG web site has grown so has our incoming mail. I regret that I can no longer keep up with it and I don't want mail to go unanswered.
In addition to transcribing, I am hoping to find some folks with basic HTML experience. Our format is very simple to allow for faster loading pages. We have correspondence to add to our passenger lists on a regular basis and having some help with this task would be wonderful. If you want to learn the basic format, I can offer some help to interested people. Probably the most important thing we need is folks who can type without errors.
The Guild has an awesome staff; you would enjoy working with them. If you are interested, please complete the Guild application and send it to me.
Peace to you and those you love,
Patty
If you find an ancestor on a ship on ISTG and would like to
link to your email address or home page, please submit a short
paragraph about the passenger, where settled, children, etc.,
with the name of the ship and date of arrival, and send to
the transcriber at the bottom of the manifest or to the
ISTG Production Coordinator. Be sure to include the name of the ship.
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