Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.
If you have an Amanuensis Monday post on your blog, please feel free to add a link below. An explanation of this weekly blog theme follows.
- Is there a letter, journal entry, speech, other document, or audio recording, written or delivered by or about an ancestor you wish to transcribe for future generations?
- Are you engaged in a transcription project of an historical document?
This is what Amanuensis Monday was created for.
Amanuensis is an obscure word, but it derives from the Latin, ‘Manu’ meaning ‘hand’. I began this project back in February of 2009, and since then, many others have joined in on the meme.
Why do we transcribe? I provide my three reasons in the linked post. You may find others.
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1 comment:
Hallo John,
After a very long absence from my blog because of internet connection problems, I'm back and continuing with Amanuensis Monday. It's a great theme and I thank you for starting it. It's given me the motivation to get all the Wills and other documents I have transcribed.
Kind regards,
Christine (rootsresearcher at So That's Where I Get It From)
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