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by Mer
Tue Dec 01, 2020 2:09 am
Forum: Beluga 1897-1899
Topic: Handwriting help, and spelling
Replies: 11
Views: 11484

Re: Handwriting help, and spelling

Thanks Joan, Michael, and Randi! Can't wait to try this all out!
by Mer
Sun Nov 15, 2020 10:21 pm
Forum: Beluga 1897-1899
Topic: Handwriting help, and spelling
Replies: 11
Views: 11484

Re: Handwriting help, and spelling

Thanks for the suggestions, Michael! I did check the pages on imaging but it doesn't look like Irfan is MacOS compatible. I tried Apple's native photo editing, which is rather robust, but I couldn't find a way to take a snapshot of a whole page of the log to work with. I was spending more time tryin...
by Mer
Sun Nov 15, 2020 7:04 pm
Forum: Beluga 1897-1899
Topic: Handwriting help, and spelling
Replies: 11
Views: 11484

Faded words

The 2nd line in the Sept 10th entry appears to reference a ship arriving at 0400 that I don't see referenced on the forum or when googling, and I'm not sure how to interpret the last word or 2. Is it mentioning the ship leaving again? Also the Sept 11th entry seems to say "mate search away nort...
by Mer
Sun Nov 15, 2020 6:11 pm
Forum: Beluga 1897-1899
Topic: Shipyard Page. Well done Crew - this ship's voyage is complete
Replies: 22
Views: 3708

Re: Shipyard page. Example transcription, general questions and answers

Wow! So glad you were reading his bio and made the connection! It's nice to understand the logic of margin notes.
by Mer
Sun Nov 08, 2020 6:02 pm
Forum: Weather and ice records from the whaling ships of the USA
Topic: Common whaler & ship names from the whaling logs
Replies: 4
Views: 3454

Re: Common whaler & ship names from the whaling logs

There are a bunch of ships mentioned in the Aug 13th log entry of Beluga
Jessie H Freemen
Fearless
Beluga herself

I"m still learning the captain's handwriting so please check my interpretations.
https://archive.org/details/logboookofb ... 6/mode/1up
by Mer
Sun Nov 08, 2020 4:39 pm
Forum: Abbreviations and symbols (non-weather)
Topic: Abbreviations: discussion
Replies: 17
Views: 9473

Re: Whaling log symbol

Anyone know what the hash mark in the margin might mean? Next to Sunday Sept 5th and Sunday Sept 12th.

https://archive.org/details/logboookofb ... 8/mode/1up
by Mer
Sun Nov 08, 2020 3:16 pm
Forum: Dockside Cafe
Topic: Introduce yourself
Replies: 143
Views: 18114

Re: Introduce yourself

Hi Morgan, That's alot of what I did when I volunteered there; painting. My favorite work was a phase before that tho; chipping rust. So satisfying , after a week sitting at a desk, to swing a ball peen hammer at a spot and see bits of rush fall off. :lol: My favorite memory at the pier was when Eur...
by Mer
Sat Oct 17, 2020 4:02 pm
Forum: Dockside Cafe
Topic: Introduce yourself
Replies: 143
Views: 18114

Re: Introduce yourself

I believe I came across oldWeather when googling for a term I'd just heard; citizen science. I love things maritime. -the majority of my male relatives were in the US Navy -I grew up in a land-locked, flat, state of the US so I have an affinity for mountains and big water -I volunteered as a re-enac...
by Mer
Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:09 pm
Forum: Beluga 1897-1899
Topic: Log pages for transcribing - apply here!
Replies: 12
Views: 2113

Section A Stream C

If I'm reading the post correctly it appears Section A, stream C is open? I'll start there with Excel please.

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