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NARA URL JPG Link General area(s)
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/148889706 January
February
March
April
May (1-18)
Virginia
West Indies
Venezuela
Panama, West Indies
US Gulf Coast
to South Carolina
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/148889913 May (19-31)
June
July
August
September
October
November (1-21)
South Carolina
West Indies
Virginia, New York
New England
Nova Scotia
New York
Log format changes so spreadsheet changes
Reading of Patent Log and Heel columns added
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/148890130 November (22-30)
December
New York
West Indies





On the weather page, please enter: date, locations, distances (nautical miles and tenths), courses, and all the weather data in the columns outlined in red in the spreadsheet.
It is not necessary to record State of the Sea.
However, ice mentioned in the weather grid should be transcribed using the magenta Sea column.

On the events page please enter: ice, location information, and sailing information.
Aurorae, volcanic, and seismic activity should be reported in the forum.
The names of US Navy and Coast Guard ships met should be noted. This gives the science team a chance to compare weather readings. You can include all ships mentioned in a single entry without a time or any additional data.
Other events are optional.

One person can do both weather and events (Stream 1), but the system also allows one person to do the weather page (Stream 1) and a second person to do the events page (Stream 3).
Unlike in OW3, where three transcriptions were required for each page, we are doing only one transcription per page.

Every transcriber needs to enter the date.
The date is used to organize the pages.



See Yantic: general for some general background and discussion.
See Yantic: examples for a quick introduction to transcribing or a refresher.

See Transcribing Guide to learn how to transcribe the data.
Post in Ask Questions Here or this topic if you have questions.

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