Hi,
I'd rather not have any more rules and stuff than we already have. All
I ask is that whatever abbreviations you use, that they make sense to the
average person and that you provide a key at the top of your file. Maggie
has some abbreviations that she has found useful in her numerous
transcriptions, but there is no reason to make any one system mandatory, as
long as the reader can easily understand what is presented.
Thanks,
Kevin Fraley
At 12:51 PM 11/10/99 -0800, you wrote:
hello Listers,
I would like Kevin to give us a list of abbreviations for use in our
listings. After talking with a fellow transcriber at a cemetery today, I
realized that we don't all use the same set and think it would be better if
we did.
for instance I use:
s/s = shared stone, but today learned that others use s/w = stone with
s/b = shared base
s/o = son of
w/o = wife of
m/o = mother of
f/o = father of
how about?
s/d = stone damaged
s/t = stone toppled
d/d = duplicate data - I have a couple with double stones
sp/c = spelling correct
These are some that I already use, some I've seen and some that sound
interesting.
Could I have thoughts on this please?
Pat, Almira