LONG AND SHORT VIEWS:
A LOOK AT THE DHAS QUAKER PROJECT
January 18, 2021
It is with great satisfaction that I report to all DHAS friends, members, and sponsors that the status of our Quaker Record Transcription Project, in both the current working status and for the long haul, is ‘strong and steady’ and moving forward positively. Let me get more specific.
We announce the transition to the capable hands of Andrea Marcovici as Project Manager replacing the late, respected Dan Socha. Likewise Max Isaksen has become the new Webmaster for DHAS and has competently picked up those reins.
Overview of the scope of the project: We have been authorized by the Dartmouth Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends to take possession of their 17 volumes of historical records, to preserve them in electronic form (by scanning them), to make them publicly available (on our website), to return the originals to the Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (DMM from here on), and to proceed in a carefully designed process, to transcribe the manuscripts and type very faithful copies, carefully edited and checked, and also post these on our DHAS website. Likewise, our mission has been to make these historic and valuable Dartmouth records and their transcriptions available as widely as possible by linking access to them with various outside groups of genealogists and historians.
Details of the materials: The 17 volumes consist of the following:
We announce the transition to the capable hands of Andrea Marcovici as Project Manager replacing the late, respected Dan Socha. Likewise Max Isaksen has become the new Webmaster for DHAS and has competently picked up those reins.
Overview of the scope of the project: We have been authorized by the Dartmouth Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends to take possession of their 17 volumes of historical records, to preserve them in electronic form (by scanning them), to make them publicly available (on our website), to return the originals to the Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (DMM from here on), and to proceed in a carefully designed process, to transcribe the manuscripts and type very faithful copies, carefully edited and checked, and also post these on our DHAS website. Likewise, our mission has been to make these historic and valuable Dartmouth records and their transcriptions available as widely as possible by linking access to them with various outside groups of genealogists and historians.
Details of the materials: The 17 volumes consist of the following:
Status/Work Completed as of 17 January 2021 (% of Total Pages):
Record Book Manuscripts Scanned, Posted on our Website and transcribed by vendors:
All seventeen volumes have been photographed, posted for viewing and been transcribed (first pass) by the vendors. This is a total of 3,301 images, about 6,602 manuscript pages.
Increasing the Visibility and ‘Reach’ of the DHAS Quaker Record Transcription Project:
With the advice and support of John Tyler, Editor of Publications at the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, we are in discussions with NEHGS (New England Historic Genealogical Society), publishers of the website americanancestors.org in regard their linking to our transcriptions on that popular website. Likewise, we are advised to discuss the possibilities of placing an article in their magazine, American Ancestors.
Another exploration being considered is seeking funding and publisher(s) for hard copy printing of more of our DMM record transcriptions. In addition to those records from the Men’s and Women’s colonial era minutes being printed in two volumes by CSM, there will be material for several more volumes if we find it feasible to print more. One consideration we have been advised to think about is ‘on-demand’ printing arrangements with a printer/publisher. We will explore this possibility.
DHAS Quaker Project Report, 17 January, 2021, REH
All seventeen volumes have been photographed, posted for viewing and been transcribed (first pass) by the vendors. This is a total of 3,301 images, about 6,602 manuscript pages.
Increasing the Visibility and ‘Reach’ of the DHAS Quaker Record Transcription Project:
With the advice and support of John Tyler, Editor of Publications at the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, we are in discussions with NEHGS (New England Historic Genealogical Society), publishers of the website americanancestors.org in regard their linking to our transcriptions on that popular website. Likewise, we are advised to discuss the possibilities of placing an article in their magazine, American Ancestors.
Another exploration being considered is seeking funding and publisher(s) for hard copy printing of more of our DMM record transcriptions. In addition to those records from the Men’s and Women’s colonial era minutes being printed in two volumes by CSM, there will be material for several more volumes if we find it feasible to print more. One consideration we have been advised to think about is ‘on-demand’ printing arrangements with a printer/publisher. We will explore this possibility.
DHAS Quaker Project Report, 17 January, 2021, REH