Using Trove newspapers

How to transcribe Trove newspapers

If you had colourful ancestors who were frequently in the news, the chances are there is a lot of digitised corrections to perform before the articles are ready for presentation. While your genealogy fee pays for this investigation and does include many transcribed articles for your booklet, experience has shown that the added time to take on all newspapers transcriptions can run into months. Transcribing these articles yourself can save added labour costs and provide personal accomplishment in the process. Once this has been completed your booklet will be finalised.

Links to voluminous transcribing articles will be provided for you. For example
Link 1 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71630000

How to Transcribe

Click "Fix this Text".
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Remember to save as you work.
Select "Save and Exit" when finished.

That's it! When you have corrected the links your family history is ready for its final steps.
Further information http://trove.nla.gov.au/general/participating-in-digitised-newspapers-faq#Correct
If you encounter problems using the "Cite" or "TXT" features, this might be solved by using a different browser such as Google Chrome.

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