Assignment #1

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nv-N7N0rR6puaTNT2_QHv_918cxgYppQjCQikAxSNqQ/edit?ts=5b8ebfb1

(I did pages 18-23)

Researchers begin by taking a photo of the documents and posting them on websites for others to transcribe. Initially, it is very difficult to understand the documents. Some are harder than others depending on the time in which they were written and the language they were written in. It is also difficult if the document has been damaged overtime. In my case, I was provided an old document written in English but also containing a British accent. Some of the words had extra letters while others were missing some. I began by scanning the pages and recording the words I could easily read in the text box included. I typed question marks in the places for words I was unsure of. I then went back and analyzed the unknown words receiving help along the way from peers and Professor Faull. The final step was reading the sentences and trying to make sense of them. I attempted to figure out the last few unknown words and change words I had thought I had known but did not make sense in the sentence. By the end, I was able to obtain a sense of what my section of the memoir was all about. I was given the ability to feel the emotions of the characters in the story and relate the story to my life. I was born and raised Catholic, and I am still practicing today. I was able to understand the act of relying on and praying to Jesus as well as the thought of rising to heaven and being at peace. I attended Catholic School from pre-k 3 until I graduated middle school in 8^th grade. We had been forced to write in cursive from a young age; this definitely helped in transcribing the documents. I enjoyed transcribing the documents as it is something I have never done before and differs greatly from my major.