Formatting transcriptions can be difficult when one wants to follow the original as closely as possible. That’s espe
cially true with tombstones. One standard indication of the end of a line on a tombstone transcription is to use a slash ( / ).
The stone in this post would be transcribed as:
/ T / John M. Trautvetter / June 22, 1839-Dec. 13, 1917/ [line] /Franciska His Wife / July 25, 1851-Jan. 15, 1888 / at rest /
Of course additional information should include the location of the tombstone, nearby tombstones, relative position of the stone within the cemetery, etc.
2 Responses
the TRANSCRIPTION methodology using SLASH ….
I HAVE TWO GRIPES ‼️
first …. your EXAMPLE “wraps. around the graphic …. poor, poor presentation …. I do economize when facing SPACE-issues BUT NEVER when TRANSCRIBING ❗️
second …. to me it is INEXACT when NOT REPLICATING precisely the UPPER & Lower cases …. ALSO when not noting the various areas of the stone …. AND inclusion of the HORIZONTAL-LINE between the two names PLUS the ” AT REST ” should have commentary stating that it is in a separate area from the names AND it applies to both decedents.
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SORRY, had to speak out …. rarely to i have any negative comments regarding your posts …. you must have been “hurried” ….
Web formatting is a constant problem and struggle. My intent was to be textually accurate and not spend an inordinate amount of time on creating a layout that some browsers may not handle correctly anyway. (My workaround could have been to transcribe and post as a graphic image–now there’s an idea.)
As for the uppercase…
I’m probably going to leave it the way I transcribed it, but I realize others may have a different viewpoint. The problem with the upper case is in the “His Wife” portion. The “is” and “ife” are in an uppercase, but they are smaller than the “H” and the “W.”
The “at rest” should have been indicated as being unrecessed and the rest of the inscription (sans the “T”) was recessed in the stone.