You can find more ships in this listing: Find your ship, & the full list of ships logbooks for OWW Your help will be very much appreciated. If you need help in choosing a journey please do leave message here or contact AvastMH.
Here you will find an example transcription of details
This is also a place to ask questions and request help with oddities in the log
You can bring the ship to life by sharing interesting finds from the log pages and other information about the ship
General help with marking and transcribing whaling logs
Weather and ice records from the whaling ships of the USA which contains the following 'must read' topics...
- START HERE. General outline, the project and how to help
- Transcribing: capturing the log details, and information resources
- Transcribing: managing your recording workbook
Treasure trove of information in the Library
Over the years this forum has accumulated a broad spectrum of detailed information which is kept in the Library
Please do take time to visit the Library because it will afford you a great deal of help. However, do feel welcome to ask questions at any time.
Help with images
- If you want to query some text please supply the page reference (the reference changes as you view the middle of a page), and an image of the text if you wish. Help for manipulating/posting images can be found in Guide to posting links and images. If you have any problems with imaging this is the board to post that question.
- Accessing pale images. The example page used below, opened through the 'Irfan' program, 'color correction' and adjust the brightness, saturation, and gamma correction. You may have your own program for adjusting brightness and contrast. Here are the before and after images using Irfan. Click to see them at full size.
Names of the crew
Names of the crew and notes of other ships mentioned or visited can also be recorded. North Star, crew and ships met
To find the shipyard pages for other whalers
Link: Find your ship, & the full list of ships logbooks for OWW
Select 'view single page':
When the log book image opens you will see two pages. It is easier to read the details accessing one page at a time. Use the icons at the bottom of the screen:
You can walk through North Star's log pages in chronological order. All you have to do is increment the number at the end of the link: page/2, page/3, page/4 etc. The penultimate page is 64, the final page is slightly odd: 'n69'.
Here is a log page, from section E, that has been transcribed to help you to be familiar with the writing.
June 19th to June 24th 1882
Monday June 19th
Commences with a Gail from the S.E. the ship at
anchor of coal mine all Hands imploid gitting coal
Got on Board 40 Tuns had to Stop Because it was
So Rugh So got Every thing on Board and set the
Watch So Ends
Tuesday June 20th
Commences With a Moderate Breeze from the S W
With Rain at 5 A.M. got under way and steard to
the North Gamed Bk., Stambole and Frances Parmer
Fog & Rain all Day
Wednesday June 21st
Strong Breeze from the S the Ship under all sail
crusing a long the Land North of cape Lisbon Eight
Sails in Sight Gamed with the Brig Hidalgo and
Northern Light
Thursday June 22nd
Moderate Breeze from the N.E. the Ship under
all Sail Beating to the windward on Opiset tacks
fiftean Sails in sight Gamed the Steamer
Bow Head and five others most of the Ships
Steard to the S W
Friday June 23rd
Commences with Strong Breeze from the N.E
the Ship under all Sail Beating to the windward
A Long the ice of Point Lay fore sails in sight
Latter part thick fog
Saturday June 24th
Commences with Strong Breeze from the N.E.
the Ship under all Sail Beating a Long the ice
Gamed with Bark Rainbow and J.A. Howland
got a cask of flour and one of Bread from the
Howland
Here is a transcription of the above log page. Click on the worksheet images below to see them at full size (click again to reduce it)
Start worksheet (top section)
If you discover any metadata in the logbook please enter it on this page. Metadata means 'data about data'. See under 'Weather' at rows 32 and 33. For example, if you see that the temperature is in Celsius or Centigrade, that fact should be transcribed as metadata.
Primary worksheet
Weather worksheet
Remarks worksheet
Notes
'Civil Time' is noted, enter this on the START Sheet by 'Notes:'.
Link to useful logbook page
Crew list
Link back to the list of logbook sections for transcribing
Warning: AUTOFILL function between worksheets.
Do not drag and drop the date or time on any of the worksheets because you may disrupt the autofill function.
If you are unsure that the autofill is in proper order you can check by pressing two keys on your keyboard.
You are certainly welcome to ask for help with this action.
The remainder of this topic is for you. Ask questions and share interesting discoveries with us to make these logs live.
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