Additional U.S. Military Post project released
We were excited to release a new project yesterday! Earlier in September we partnered with NEHGS (New England Historic Genealogical Society, the oldest genealogical organization in the U.S.) and they are sponsoring the RI, NJ, CT – Returns from US Military Posts, 1800-1916 collection. As I was preparing for the release of this collection I keyed quite a few image sets (there’s only one image in a “set”) – it was a little challenging to decipher the ranks and some of the handwriting made me wonder if I needed to have my eyes checked again, but they really were pretty simple forms to key. There is variance in what the forms look like but finding the information and names to key was always easy. So when you are looking for something new to key, or if you want a change of pace from your favorite project, take a few minutes to key an image set or two, you may just find a new favorite project.
For additional help information you can view all of the field helps on the project page, read over the help article, or dicuss your questions with other contributors on the message board.
The post returns are front and back page, so just having one page per image set has been a problem. Keyers are getting burnt on the details, as in how the ranks are abbreviated or how marks are used on ranks and units.
On the other hand, what history is presented in these returns. Almost every officer can be found on the Internet, which I use to check spelling. There is even a pdf for each graduating class at West Point.