Progress update, 1 to 7 November 2014

Welcome along to the Transcribe Bentham progress update for the period 1 to 7 November 2014, during which time further tremendous progress has been made by TB volunteer transcribers.

11,400 manuscripts have now been transcribed or partially-transcribed, which is an increase of 118 on this time last week! Of these transcripts, 10,394 (91%) have been checked and approved by TB staff – we are still working through the backlog of transcripts, and thank you again for bearing with us as we do so.

The more detailed state of progress is as follows:

 

Box	No. of manuscripts worked on	No. of manuscripts in box	Completion
Box 1	225	794	28%
Box 2	470	753	62%
Box 5	197	290	67%
Box 15	75	914	9%
Box 18	3	192	1%
Box 27	350	350	100%
Box 29	22	122	18%
Box 30	1	193	1%
Box 31	18	302	5%
Box 34	38	398	9%
Box 35	286	439	65%
Box 36	32	418	7%
Box 37	30	487	6%
Box 38	59	424	13%
Box 39	11	282	3%
Box 41	82	528	14%
Box 42	76	910	8%
Box 44	52	201	25%
Box 50	166	198	83%
Box 51	379	940	40%
Box 57	18	420	4%
Box 62	57	565	10%
Box 63	85	345	24%
Box 70	301	350	86%
Box 71	663	663	100%
Box 72	613	664	92%
Box 73	151	151	100%
Box 79	199	199	100%
Box 95	126	147	85%
Box 96	534	539	99%
Box 97	126	296	42%
Box 98	220	499	44%
Box 100	190	422	42%
Box 107	500	538	92%
Box 115	276	307	89%
Box 116	505	864	58%
Box 117	359	853	42%
Box 118	240	880	27%
Box 119	518	990	52%
Box 120	17	686	2%
Box 121	132	526	24%
Box 122	302	717	41%
Box 123	15	443	3%
Box 139	40	40	100%
Box 150	232	972	23%
Box 169	186	728	25%
Add MSS 537	729	744	97%
Add MSS 538	614	858	71%
Add MSS 539	662	948	69%
Add MSS 541	218	1258	17%
Overall	11,400	26,796	44%

Watch out in the next few weeks for a great deal more manuscripts to transcribe! More on that very soon.

Thank you, as always, to everyone who has given their time so generously to Transcribe Bentham during the last seven days. It remains as greatly appreciated as ever.