Copperplate, clerks’ hands and faded ink: our transcribers read the difficult handwriting of old registers and documents, and check every entry against the original.
Transcribers used to historic hands, abbreviations and the conventions of old registers.
Names, dates, plot references and the notes in the margins, checked line by line.
Delivered as a spreadsheet or database, with the fields your searches need.
Burial and cremation registers can go straight on to Deceased Online, our sister service.
A scan keeps a record safe; a transcription makes it findable. Transcribed registers let staff answer enquiries in seconds instead of searching volume by volume, and let researchers find the entry they need.
We transcribe the registers we scan, or work from your existing images.
Yes. Send us your images and tell us which fields you need, and we will quote for the transcription.
We flag what is uncertain rather than guess, so you know exactly which entries to check.
We will suggest the best way to scan them, with a quote.