tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post2028431944074780946..comments2023-12-05T14:42:17.793-06:00Comments on Gene Notes: Project CompletionAnne Percival Kruszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05844713141032559919noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-42404956605720273612010-06-23T01:29:19.835-05:002010-06-23T01:29:19.835-05:00Congrats on finishing your project. I recently di...Congrats on finishing your project. I recently discovered Transcript and have fallen in love with it. I just hope I can stick with the transcribing the way you have. It's sooo tedious (but very rewarding in the end).Michelle Goodrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427355155193196767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-66727285477244547252010-06-15T20:55:42.364-05:002010-06-15T20:55:42.364-05:00My grandfather used an x as a period. My grandmoth...My grandfather used an x as a period. My grandmother used a -. Made me absolutely crazy.Anne Percival Kruszkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05844713141032559919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-33037110974088344482010-06-15T20:53:45.858-05:002010-06-15T20:53:45.858-05:00My transcription woe is that my Uncle Ralph used t...My transcription woe is that my Uncle Ralph used the thinnest paper possible and then wrote on both sides --- and tried to cover every bit of paper from side to side, top to bottom. A bear cat to read. Good thing his handwriting was good, though his punctuation left something to be desired.<br /><br />Congats on a project completed.Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07948553013206247354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-56094565790220241612010-06-15T14:37:51.235-05:002010-06-15T14:37:51.235-05:00I have some pre-civil war and civil war era letter...I have some pre-civil war and civil war era letters where they ran out of paper and cross wrote. They are SO hard to read.Anne Percival Kruszkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05844713141032559919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735233754809489853.post-53695962056820964682010-06-15T13:29:33.453-05:002010-06-15T13:29:33.453-05:00Congratulations on completing this project! There ...Congratulations on completing this project! There are days when I am quite certain I will never be done. As for the folded letters each of my family members had their own folding method too. And then, when all the lines were filled they started writing around in the margins and twisting the paper this way and that to use as little paper as possible, occasionally writing over what they'd Charley "Apple" Grabowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07193646109965731249noreply@blogger.com