Category Archive: Transcribing

Genealogical Studies of Cadereyta Jimenez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Moises Garza | November 19, 2011 | COMMENTS:No Comments »
If you are interested in doing genealogical research about Cadereyta Jimenez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico www.eagleknight.com is a great resource. They have a great article about Paleography And Reading Spanish Genealogy Records. There are also three books that are for Sale there;

Genealogical Studies of Cadereyta Jimenez; Volume 1: With Complete Baptismal Extractions for 1806-1815

“This genealogy book includes 1,869 baptism records for the given period. Most Baptism records include the Baptism date, race, age in days, child’s name and surname, parents’ names, town of origin, grandparents’ names and padrino name(s). This Baptism genealogy book also includes a Mothers’ surname index and Padrinos’ surname index to assist in your ancestry search.” - http://www.eagleknight.com/

Genealogical Studies of Cadereyta Jimenez; Volume 2: With Complete Baptismal Extractions for 1816-1825

“This genealogy book includes 2,866 baptism records for the given period. Most Baptism records include the Baptism date, race, age in days, child’s name and surname, parents’ names, town of origin, grandparents’ names and padrino name(s). This Baptism genealogy book also includes a Mothers’ surname index and Padrinos’ surname index to assist in your ancestry search.” - http://www.eagleknight.com/

Genealogical Studies of Cadereyta Jimenez; Volume 3: 1827 Census

“This genealogy census book includes 5,032 listed individuals from 1,411 households from Cadereyta Jimenez and the municipal area. This area includes 32 surrounding Haciendas, Ranchos and communities.” - http://www.eagleknight.com/

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Category: Resources, Transcribing

Transcript – Makes Transcribing in Genealogy Easier

Moises Garza | November 9, 2011 | COMMENTS:2 Comments »
I briefly mentioned this piece of software on an earlier post. Well, today I took the time to give it the justice that it deserves. Prior to finding Transcript I was toggling between screens like crazy, now all the features that I need are in one program. I just wish that I had discovered it earlier. On the top part of the program you load the desired image, then you can re-size it, and also manipulate the lighting and contrast on those hard to read images. Then at the bottom you can start transcribing it, since it is an RTF (rich text format) editor. Did I mention that it is completely free for personal use but if you like it and want the additional features you can pay for the upgrade.

Screen shot of Transcript in action:

Screen shot of a marriage transcription.

Where to get it:

http://www.jacobboerema.nl/en/Freeware.htm

Not convinced yet:

The following is from their website;

Transcript came into being because of my dissatisfaction with using a seperate editor and picture viewer when transcribing digital images of old documents. I always had to switch between the editor and my image viewer when I needed to move the image so the next part would be visible.

I thought that it should be easier when this could be done from within one program. I couldn’t find a program that did this though, so I decided that I would try to write such a program myself, and here is the result.

The basic idea is very simple. Divide the screen in two parts. In the upper half the image is shown and in the lower half you can edit the text. (As this is not an OCR program, the program does not convert the text. You have to do the transcription yourself.) The size of those windows can be changed as you wish.

From within the editor you can move the visible part of the image in many ways using shortcuts. You can also use keys to move to the previous or next image in the same directory. Besides that it is of course possible to use most of the common editor functions also found in other editors.

Transcipt has furthermore many options and additional functions which are designed to help make it easier for the user to transcribe an image.- Jacob Boerema - http://www.jacobboerema.nl/en/

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Category: Resources, Transcribing

Baptism of Jose Martin Garza – Mier Tamaulipas Mexico

Moises Garza | October 14, 2011 | COMMENTS:No Comments »

The following image is from FamilySearch and it is the baptism of Jose Martin Garza in February 9, 1837 which took place in the church of Inmaculada Concepción, Mier, Tamaulipas, Mexico. It lists as place of birth Rancho Santa Teresa and his parents as being Rafael Garza and Ramona Garcia. It also states that he was 11 days old, thus one can conclude that he was born on Jan 30 1837.

Original image can be found at; FamilySearch > Mexico, Catholic Church Records > Tamaulipas > MierInmaculada Concepción (Mier, Tamaulipas) > Indice de Bautismos 1819-1874

N. 25 En esta Parroquia de la Villa de Mier a los nueve dias del mes de
Jose Martin Febo. de mil ochocientos Treinta y siete. Yo el Presbto D. J. Ponciano de
del Rancho Laurequi: Cura into. de Esta Villa, Bautize solemnemente puse los
de Sta Teresa         stos oleos y sagrado Crisma a Jose Martin de Once dias h. l. de 
        Rafael Garza y de Ramona Garcia Fueron Padrinos Juan Lo-
        pes Y Franca. Lopes, Y para que conste lo firme.


J. Ponciano de
Laurequi

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Category: Garza, Transcribing

Abstracting and Transcribing Genealogical Documents

Moises Garza | September 24, 2011 | COMMENTS:2 Comments »

Abstracting and transcribing Genealogical documents is very important and sometimes crucial. You always want to verify your sources and what better way than finding an original document and either abstracting or transcribing it. Not to mention that things you will find when taking the time to read the documents, are priceless.

As you may have already noticed I do a lot of transcribing and the following listed resources were fundamental to helping me decipher those old handwritten documents.

I do not intend nor will I do a tutorial on how or the importance of Abstracting & Transcribing Genealogical Documents but I will point you in the right direction, just follow these steps:

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  • Use Transcript 2.3 or Genscriber depending on your needs, both are free for personal non commercial use. Lately I have just been using Transcript since it helps me get the job done.

Remember always add your abstracts or transcriptions to your genealogical database. i also attach a copy of the image and make sure that I cite it properly for future reference. I hope that this helps you out. Any suggestions on this subject please let me know.

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