Progress update, 23 to 29 June 2012

Welcome to the progress update for the period 23 to 29 June 2012, during which time excellent progress continues to be made, and in which volunteer transcribers have achieved yet another milestone.

3,773 manuscripts have now been transcribed or partially-transcribed, which is an increase of 53 on last week’s total. Of these, 3,526 (93%) transcripts are complete and locked, 46 up on this time last week. The 3500th completed transcript has been passed comfortably!

The more detailed state of progress is as follows:

• Box 2: 331 manuscripts transcribed of 532 (62%)
• Box 27: 309 of 350 (88%)
• Box 35: 231 of 439 (52%)
• Box 50: 58 of 92 (63%)
• Box 51: 67 of 940 (7%)
• Box 62: 53 of 565 (9%)
• Box 70: 169 of 250 (48%)
• Box 71: 644 of 665 (96%)
• Box 72: 543 of 664 (81%)
• Box 73: 149 of 50 (99%)
• Box 79: 78 of 199 (39%)
• Box 95: 53 of 147 (36%)
• Box 96: 522 of 539 (96%)
• Box 97: 27 of 288 (9%)
• Box 100: 76 of 433 (17%)
• Box 115: 245 of 307 (79%)
• Box 116: 180 of 864 (20%)
• Box 139: 38 of 38 (100%)
• Overall: 50% of the 7,464 manuscripts uploaded to the website have been transcribed thus far.

Last week we mentioned that Box 73 was very close to completion, and it is very nearly there. Only JB/073/033/001 is untranscribed, and two more partially-transcribed manuscripts require completion. Thank you to all those who have helped out with Box 73. Box 71 was the most heavily transcribed this week, and it is also very close to completion: only twenty-one manuscripts now require transcribing before we can sign off on this batch of material. For a list of all of the untranscribed material available on the website, please head to our big master list, which is almost complete.

Thank you, as ever, to all those who have given their time and effort to transcribe an estimated 26,000 words during the past week. It remains greatly appreciated.