Log Pages for Transcribing - Apply here!

[AvastMH]

Welcome on board the Mermaid, Steam Bark of San Francisco, on voyage from the 17th March 1896 to 9th November 1896, mastered by David F. Devoll. The logbook is written by Mr WF Joseph (who also kept the log for our California 1894-5 work).

If you would like to work on a section of the log please

• leave a note in the next available reply section of this board below
• remember to say which section you would like to work on
• a link to the workbook, for your transcriptions, will be provided to you by personal message
• let us know if you would rather work in Excel, LibreCalc, or Google Sheets
• each section of the log must be transcribed by three different transcribers

Where to start once I have my log section and workbook?
Please ensure that you read these information pages before transcribing

1. Transcribing: capturing the log details, and information resources
2. Transcribing: managing your recording workbook

Dates are in the format YYYYMMDD. Links to log book pages are shown in blue

Journey section / Users	Date from	Date to	General Position	Comments
A Captain: Stream A: arboggs First mate: Stream B: Marmaduke Boatsteerer: Stream C: AvastMH	18960317	18960524	Looping around the Bering Straits/St Lawrence Island/Russian coast area	Ice is reported. No sign of adjusting dates when crossing the dateline.
B Stream A: arboggs Stream B: Marmaduke Stream C: AvastMH	18960525	18960805	Mostly northeast of the Bering Straits	Mentions of ice noted.
C Stream A: arboggs Stream B: Marmaduke Stream C: AvastMH	18960806	18961109	Mostly northeast of the Bering Straits	They have some terrible weather, a hurricane on the 18th October, and Mr Joseph is quite ill. Mr Torres dies at sea.

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Note
The ship uses Civil time: October 20th 1896 https://archive.org/details/logbookofme ... 7/mode/1up
Comes in [...] 4 AM [...] 7 AM [...] 6 PM [...]

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Thank you for your help

[arboggs]

I'll hop on Stream A this week

[AvastMH]

Great - thanks!! I'll put a workbook together for you for tomorrow - sorry for the delay

[AvastMH]

I'll hop on Stream A this week

I've sent you a PM with the links to the spreadsheets in Librecalc for Stream A (Captain ) just in case you still need them

[arboggs]

Joan,

The PM actually never came through, could you send it again, please?

[hawksth]

I'm happy to take on section C! Able Seaman Theo

[AvastMH]

Super! Many thanks Boatsteerer Theo!
I'm just sorting out your workbook. I'll be back soon with it. Get ready to put your winter layers on because you'll be near ice a lot of the time.

[AvastMH]

Hi Able Seaman Theo - I forgot to ask which format you prefer: Excel, LibreCalc, or Googlesheets - any preferences? They are all the same to me (I dropped you a PM as well - still just to check this).
Oh - there's a mermaid icon...

[daisyk]

Hi, I'd love to start working on section B.

Thanks!

[arboggs]

Hello, daisyk!

I'm sorry to say that this ship is full up! Send me a PM with the spreadsheet file format you prefer and I can set you up with another ship section.

~arboggs a.k.a. April

[ronweil]

Hi, this is ronweil and I am newly registered and anxious to get started. I understand I need a ship and a workbook and want to know how to proceed.
Thanks,
Ron

[arboggs]

Hi Ron!

First things first: I need to know which file format you prefer to work in because we transcribe into spreadsheets. Your options are Excel, LibreCalc, or Google Sheets. Once I know what format you prefer, I can set you up with some spreadsheet files in your own shared folder and we'll go over how things work.

Welcome aboard!
April

[ronweil]

I'll go with LibreCalc.
Ron

[arboggs]

I'm sending you a PM with the links you need. Check you private messages folder.