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Log Pages for Transcribing - apply here!

Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2021 9:49 pm
by arboggs
Welcome to the log book of the Beluga 1895-1896

(Steam bark) of San Francisco, mastered by Albert C. Sherman, on voyage from 20 Mar. 1894 - 20 Nov. 1896.

If you would like to work on a section of the log please
  • leave a note in the next available reply section of this board below
  • remember to say which section you would like to work on
  • a link to the workbook, for your transcriptions, will be provided to you by personal message
  • let us know if you would rather work in Excel, LibreCalc, or Google Sheets
  • each section of the log must be transcribed by three different transcribers
Where to start once I have my log section and workbook?
Please ensure that you read these information pages before transcribing
  1. Transcribing: capturing the log details, and information resources
  2. Transcribing: managing your recording workbook
Dates are in the format YYYYMMDD. Links to log book pages are shown in blue
Journey section
/ Users
Date from Date to General Position Comments
A
Stream A: arboggs
Stream B: marmaduke
Stream C: saletnikk
18950707 18950818 Arctic waters lots of ice. PAGE numbering is odd. As you move to a new page a previous page number shows briefly. For example, move from page 3 to 4, page number 2 shows up briefly. This has been reported to the scientists and the Archives.
B
Stream A: arboggs
Stream B: marmaduke
Stream C: saletnikk
18950819 18951014 Arctic waters; anchored at Herschel Island whale chasing; settling at Herschel for the winter
C
Stream A: arboggs
Stream B: marmaduke
Stream C: saletnikk
18951015 18951231 Herschel Island Lots of socializing and theatrical performances; major theft



Note
The ship is working on civil time:
1895070 [...]Started to steam at 8.20 Am steamed all day [...] at 5.30 PM so ends the day
https://archive.org/details/logbookofbe ... 1/mode/1up

PAGE numbering is odd. As you move to a new page a previous page number shows briefly. For example, move from page 3 to 4, page number 2 shows up briefly. This has been reported to the scientists and the Archives.


Thank you for your help :D