Hi-- I'm back to you experts again. I need some advice. My cousin gave me copies of two wills that she found in her deceased father's papers. I believe these documents would be called transcription of wills. One will is for Josiah EAST dated 27 Aug 1818 (proven 16 Nov.1824) -- the other will is for Shadrack EAST dated Nov. 1792. Whoever made the original transcription typed double space on legal size paper and the copies I have are on yellow legal size paper. The typist attempted to transcribe the document exactly as written, including obvious spelling errors such as "In witnefs whare of." The copy I have has a few minor voids and the usual blurring in some letters that results when one makes copies of copies of copies. At this point I am not sure if these wills are part of my family genealogy, but I want to enter them into my computer. Question: Should I scan the documents or should I transcribe the documents into a word processing document, or should I do both? (Of course, I will save the "original" in my hard copy file.) Thanks, Phyllis in NJ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html