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Make a Deposit in the Genealogy Karma Bank
What's the Genealogy Karma Bank? Some genealogists believe that by doing kindnesses for others, "what goes around comes around" and you'll strike some genealogy gold of your own.
Now, I don't know whether that's true or not. But I'm of a mind that (A) I owe much to the genealogists who came before us, who compiled hundreds of thousands of index pages and transcriptions and (B) I can replay that debt by transcribing and posting information for those who follow me down this family history path.
Would you like to make a deposit in the Genealogy Karma Bank by helping transcribe the 1886 Encampment Directory for the California and Arizona Grand Army of the Republic? These entries cover the states of California and Arizona during the key period of growth in California. The listing precedes the San Francisco earthquake and fire by 10 years and it may be used as a substitute for the 1890 census.
The names included in this directory represent Civil War Union soldiers from units around the United States. Transplants from the eastern and midwestern states were coming to California for the economic promise, for the weather, and for their health.
I am attaching a representative page from the directory so you can see what you would be transcribing. I have been entering the information into an Excel spreadsheet and I will provide you with the template. I have been increasing the size of the PDF to 150% of original size and transcribing directly from the screen. You may have better luck printing the file. Whatever works best for you is fine.
The data will be made available FREE of charge on the SCGS website at www.scgsgenealogy.com.
If you are interested in helping with this project, please replay to this discussion item and I'll get in touch to get you the files.
Thank you in advance for your assistance and interest in our project.
GAR0089.pdf - DONE by Teri Hutson
GAR0090.pdf - DONE by Teri Hutson
GAR0091.pdf - DONE by Amy Coffin
GAR0092.pdf - Claimed by Sally Pavia
GAR0093.pdf - Claimed by Teri Hutson
GAR0093.pdf - unclaimed
GAR0094.pdf - unclaimed
GAR0094.pdf - unclaimed
Now, I don't know whether that's true or not. But I'm of a mind that (A) I owe much to the genealogists who came before us, who compiled hundreds of thousands of index pages and transcriptions and (B) I can replay that debt by transcribing and posting information for those who follow me down this family history path.
Would you like to make a deposit in the Genealogy Karma Bank by helping transcribe the 1886 Encampment Directory for the California and Arizona Grand Army of the Republic? These entries cover the states of California and Arizona during the key period of growth in California. The listing precedes the San Francisco earthquake and fire by 10 years and it may be used as a substitute for the 1890 census.
The names included in this directory represent Civil War Union soldiers from units around the United States. Transplants from the eastern and midwestern states were coming to California for the economic promise, for the weather, and for their health.
I am attaching a representative page from the directory so you can see what you would be transcribing. I have been entering the information into an Excel spreadsheet and I will provide you with the template. I have been increasing the size of the PDF to 150% of original size and transcribing directly from the screen. You may have better luck printing the file. Whatever works best for you is fine.
The data will be made available FREE of charge on the SCGS website at www.scgsgenealogy.com.
If you are interested in helping with this project, please replay to this discussion item and I'll get in touch to get you the files.
Thank you in advance for your assistance and interest in our project.
GAR0089.pdf - DONE by Teri Hutson
GAR0090.pdf - DONE by Teri Hutson
GAR0091.pdf - DONE by Amy Coffin
GAR0092.pdf - Claimed by Sally Pavia
GAR0093.pdf - Claimed by Teri Hutson
GAR0093.pdf - unclaimed
GAR0094.pdf - unclaimed
GAR0094.pdf - unclaimed
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TEMPLATE - GAR Encampment Directory.xls, 25 KB
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Permalink Reply by Theresa Hutson on
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I will give it a try.
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Permalink Reply by Paula Hinkel on
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Theresa: You can download the Template and you can work on file GAR0089.pdf. Let me know if you have questions and you can email it directly to me at phinkel@pacbell.net when your file is done.
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so....I guess I can do this one. The last one was pretty easy once I figured out what I was doing.
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GAR0092.PDF - Reply to this message if you would like to work on this file. Don't forget to download the Excel template for data entry.
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GAR0092.pdf, 368 KB
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Sally Pavia, why don't you take this file. Let me know if you have questions.
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GAR0093.pdf Reply to this message if you would like to work on this file. Don't forget to download the Excel template for data entry.
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GAR0093.pdf, 411 KB
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ok...I will do this one next
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GAR0094.pdf Reply to this message if you would like to work on this file. Don't forget to download the Excel template for data entry.
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GAR0094.pdf, 514 KB
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GAR0095.pdf Reply to this message if you would like to work on this file. Don't forget to download the Excel template for data entry.
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GAR0095.pdf, 499 KB
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Permalink Reply by Sally Pavia on
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Just downloaded the template .. would be more than happy to help out.
Sally Pavia
sallypavia2001@yahoo.com
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That's great Sally! Thank you so much. Just pick one of the files that I have all ready to work on and just reply to the post so we all know that you've claimed that one. We really appreciate it!
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