Here you will find an example transcription of details
This is also a place to ask questions and request help with oddities in the log
You can bring the ship to life by sharing interesting finds from the log pages and other information about the ship
General help with marking and transcribing whaling logs
Weather and ice records from the whaling ships of the USA which contains the following 'must read' topics...
- START HERE. General outline, the project and how to help
- Transcribing: capturing the log details, and information resources
- Transcribing: managing your recording workbook
Treasure trove of information in the Library
Over the years this forum has accumulated a broad spectrum of detailed information which is kept in the Library
Please do take time to visit the Library because it will afford you a great deal of help. However, do feel welcome to ask questions at any time.
Help with images
- If you want to query some text please supply the page reference (the reference changes as you view the middle of a page), and an image of the text if you wish. Help for manipulating/posting images can be found in Posting Links and Images (A Guide). If you have any problems with imaging this is the board to post that question.
- Accessing pale images. The example page used below, opened through the 'Irfan' program, 'color correction' and adjust the brightness, saturation, and gamma correction. You may have your own program for adjusting brightness and contrast. Here are the before and after images using Irfan. Click to see them at full size.
To find the shipyard pages for other whalers
Link: Find your ship, & the full list of ships logbooks for OWW
Select 'view single page':
When the log book image opens you will see two pages. It is easier to read the details accessing one page at a time. Use the icons at the bottom of the screen:
You can walk through Beluga's log pages in chronological order. All you have to do is increment the number at the end of the link: page/2, page/3, page/4 etc.
The following example pages cover the 26th November through 27th of December 1885
Right click the image and select 'open in new tab' to be able to enlarge the image.
Note: The log pages seen above contain poetry. This does not need to be transcribed on the spreadsheet. Additionally, the second page contains dates from later in the journey. All journeys should be transcribed in chronological order, which means those remarks will not be seen in the table below.
Here is a transcription of the above log pages.
| Simple transcription | Phrases of text bracketed |
|---|---|
| 1885 November twenty sixth the eighteen hundred eighty fifth sailed from San Francisco on board Seamer whaler Lucretia after the Artic crused. |
1885 November twenty sixth the eighteen hundred eighty fifth [sailed from San Francisco on board Seamer whaler Lucretia] [after the Artic crused.] |
| 1885 December Long W 1o Tuesday on a run to the Southward Saw a sail to the windward heading to the N. Saw finback and porposes nothing else |
1885 December [Long W] 1o Tuesday [on a run to the Southward] [Saw a sail to the windward heading to the N.] [Saw finback and porposes nothing else] |
| 17 In sight the iland Hawaii at 2 P.M. of the Sandwich ilands Today is three weeks out from Frisco. |
17 [In sight the iland Hawaii at 2 P.M. of the Sandwich ilands] [Today is three weeks out from Frisco.] |
| 25 Christmas day on Lat. 10:00 N. | 25 Christmas day [on Lat. 10:00 N.] |
| 27 Across the meridian to the westward, and so it is Monday 28th Lat 8:50 |
27 [Across the meridian to the westward,] and so it is Monday 28th [Lat 8:50] |
Start worksheet (top section)
If you discover any metadata in the logbook please enter it on this page. Metadata means 'data about data', barometer readings or temperature readings. See under 'Weather' at rows 32 and 33. For example, if you see that the temperature is in Celsius or Centigrade, that fact should be transcribed as metadata. This ship log works in Civil time (see notation on Start sheet of workbook): 17th December 1885:
[...]In sight the iland Hawaii 2 P.M. [...]
Click on the worksheet images below to see them at full size.
Start worksheet
Primary worksheet
Weather worksheet
Remarks worksheet
The ship is working on civil time:
[...]In sight the iland Hawaii 2 P.M. [...]
https://archive.org/details/lucretiaste ... 9/mode/1up
Here's a link back to the list of Lucretia 1885-1887 logbook sections for transcribing Log Pages for Transcribing - apply here!
Warning: AUTOFILL function between worksheets.
Do not drag and drop the date or time on any of the worksheets because you may disrupt the autofill function.
If you are unsure that the autofill is in proper order you can check by pressing two keys on your keyboard.
You are certainly welcome to ask for help with this action.
The remainder of this topic is for you. Ask questions and share interesting discoveries with us to make these logs live.
