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Obituary for Joseph E. Johnsen, 1947
Amanuensis Monday – this daily prompt, developed by John Newmark at Transylvanian Dutch, encourages bloggers to transcribe family letters, journals, audiotapes, and other historical artifacts. (An amanuensis is someone employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.) Today’s transcription is an obituary for Joseph Edward Johnsen, my great-great grandfather. This newspaper clipping was found in a collection of scanned notes compiled as part of a family photo project from a number of years ago. Original text: Citation: [Currently unknown.] Transcription: [June 12, 1947 written at the top in pen] Joseph E. Johnsen, Sr., 58, of route 3, box 508, Duluth, died yesterday in…
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Obituary for Grant Mitchell, 1920
Amanuensis Monday – this daily prompt, developed by John Newmark at Transylvanian Dutch, encourages bloggers to transcribe family letters, journals, audiotapes, and other historical artifacts. (An amanuensis is someone employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.) Today’s transcription is an obituary for my great-grand uncle, Grant Mitchell, who died December 19, 1920. Original text: Tue, Dec 21, 1920 – 16 · The News-Journal (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com From Newspapers.com. Citation: GRANT MITCHELL. (1920, December 21). The News-Journal (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), p. 16. Retrieved December 14, 2020, from https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65312097/ Transcription: GRANT MITCHELL Grant Mitchell, aged forty-five years, died on Sunday morning at 8 o’clock…
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Obituary for Ira Dyson Briner, 1935
In an effort to write more regularly for this blog, I decided to go through the awesome list of daily prompts at the GeneaBloggers Tribe website. The prompt I picked for today is: “Amanuensis Monday – this daily prompt, developed by John Newmark at Transylvanian Dutch, encourages bloggers to transcribe family letters, journals, audiotapes, and other historical artifacts. (An amanuensis is someone employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.).” I actually really enjoy transcribing data, especially if it’s something unique like a family document. For today’s post, I decided to transcribe an obituary I found in my grandmother’s family photo collection. There…
