Transcription Projects Available

The following list contains a description of documents ready for transcription. Each document is in either PDF format or image (JPG, TIF, or PNG) format and can be downloaded by the volunteer(s).

You do not have to know Web programming or languages! The Webmistress can accept most word-processing, spreadsheet, and database formats. Advanced knowledge of software is not important. Consistency is! For instance, knowing to use tabs instead of spaces makes conversion much easier for Web presentation. Likewise, knowing to type information in one long column, rather than multiple columns as it might have appeared in the original document, reduces the amount of time required to format documents for the Web.

If two or more individuals would like to share work on a document, please let us know.

Important Consideration:  Transcriptions are only a finding aid. We all know researchers must consult original documents whenever they are available. However, it is important to be diligent in both typing and proofreading transcribed work.

To volunteer:  E-mail the Webmistress from the Contact Us link in the menu.

Church Records

  • Minutes of French Broad Baptist - Oak Grove Church, 1887-1932 = typescript of WPA transcription prepared in the 1930's = 16 pages
  • Antioch Baptist Church Minutes, 1839-1870 = typescript of WPA transcription prepared in the 1930's = 50 pages
  • Hopewell Presbyterian Church Minutes, 1788-1860 = typescript of WPA transcription prepared in the 1930's = 15 pages
  • Providence Primitive Baptist Church Minutes, 1829-1881 = typescript of WPA transcription prepared in the 1930's = 49 pages [update 07/13/08: someone has volunteered for 15 pages, so only 34 left!]
  • Table of Holston Conference Methodist ministers from 1881 to 1939 published in the 1942? Holston Methodist Conference Journal. In PDF format. Requires Excel or similar spreadsheet/tabular organization for tabular format. Column headings do not have to be rotated as they are in the original.
  • Table of Methodist ministers’ deaths from 1790 to 1939 published in the 1942? Holston Methodist Conference Journal. In PDF format. Requires Excel or similar spreadsheet/tabular organization for tabular format. Column headings do not have to be rotated as they are in the original.

Manuscripts

  • Master's Thesis by Howard Malone on the History of Education in Jefferson County, 1955 = typescript, double-spaced, with a few small tables of data = 73 pages

Funeral Records

  • Vance Funeral Home Ledger, 1932-?, in sections to keep file sizes reasonable for download = handwritten, requires some knowledge of local names, some page scans are lighter than others = 11 pages (this is a 12MB file)

Miscellaneous

  • Attendance at Dandridge Elementary 8th grade picnic, 1940 = handwritten = 1 page