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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. Fleetwing, 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 Fleetwing'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.
Here is a log page that has been transcribed to help you to be familiar with the writing. This log is unusual because it is kept by the captain's daughter who is happy to report how her lessons and sewing projects are progressing right alongside her notes about their whaling successes and failures.
July 18th to July 21st 1882 Click on the worksheet images below to see them at full size.
July 1882
Tuesday 18
Calm, and very fine Weather, 11 or
twelve Ships in sight, we have
been shooting Walrus all day
With Bark Abraham Barker, we
got 56 Walrus, we have been on
deck and had some pleasant
walks
Wednesday 19
Light Breeze to day, this afternoon
Capt Bauldry Capt Knowles Capt
Keenan Capt Penniman came
on board to supper, 14 ships in
Sight,
Thursday 20
raining all day, and Strong Breeze,
I went on deck this afternoon for a
short walk. 7 or 8 ships in sight
and Land.
Friday 21
a light Breeze and quite a fine
day, Mother and I went on deck
twice, and had A nice time, six
or seven ships in sight and Land
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. this ships log works in Civil Time and that has been added as a note to the transcription sheets for Fleetwing.
Click on the worksheet images below to see them at full size.
Primary worksheet
Weather worksheet
Remarks worksheet
Notes
As mentioned above 'Civil time' has been entered as a note on the Start Worksheet.
Link back to the list of Fleetwing 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.
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The remainder of this topic is for you. Ask questions and share interesting discoveries with us to make these logs live.
