Manuscript Studio specializes in text-to-text transcription, working with both handwritten and typed documents. Your documents, manuscripts, letters, records and newspapers can be transformed from print to digital to suit your needs.

Integrity, reliability, accuracy and thoroughness are standards in every project I complete. Privacy is a high priority; all content provided by clients in the course of a project will be kept strictly confidential.

Manuscript Studio is here to serve you in several ways. Please browse the services below, and call (757.387.9956) or email (manuscriptstudio.va@gmail.com) for further details, or to discuss how I can help you with your next project!

Payment methods accepted: check, credit card (3% convenience fee), and Zelle (3% convenience fee).

Transcription

Service offered: Transcriptions of handwritten or typed documents from any time period.

This service is perfect for the family historian or genealogist. Document transcription is an excellent way to preserve old handwritten letters, postcards, journals, and newspapers. Plus, for the researcher struggling to decipher old court records or other historical documents, a skilled transcription can help move your project forward.

For archives, museums, and other historical records repositories our transcription services are a great way to increase public access to handwritten records as well as aid in the preservation of the original manuscripts.

Transcription is also available for authors who need handwritten manuscripts typed and formatted in advance of submission to an editor or publisher.

You will receive a full-text searchable, digital version of your original manuscript. Transcriptions are typically made in a strict, word-by-word, letter-by-letter manner, following original spellings and document structure.

Documents accepted: High-resolution image files (.jpg, .tif), or PDF files (.pdf). I can also work directly from your physical documents, photocopies or scans, if you wish to send them by mail.

Deliverables available: Microsoft Word documents (.doc) and/or full-text searchable PDF files (.pdf).

Pricing: Please contact me for a customized quote for your project. Based on the size and complexity of the project, in addition to the quality of the images/originals that can be provided, I will give an estimate of the total project cost.

Local Records Research

Services offered: Research assistance relating to Delmarva Peninsula historical properties, people, and events, making use of local records, microfilm, newspapers, etc. When researchers and genealogists need access to records which are unavailable to them online, I go in person to local courthouses, libraries, historical societies and archives to obtain copies of records not yet digitized.

Research services are offered for records of Accomack County, Va; Northampton County, Va; Somerset County, Md; Worcester County, Md; and Wicomico County, Md.

(Note: Extensive genealogy research is outside of my scope of services. I highly recommend clients consult a Certified Genealogist for such projects.)

Pricing: In general, the research fee is $30/hour, with a $30 minimum. Reimbursement of paper copies may be included in the project cost.