Welcome to the Transcribimus Homepage. Transcribimus is a network of volunteer transcribers who take hand written documents of our early Vancouver history and transcribe them into a searchable state available for free to the general public and researchers.
This entire initiative would not be possible without our volunteer transcribers and our sponsors who are also critical to the success of the project. We thank them!
What’s New?
Transcribimus was so pleased to be featured in the Vancouver Sun & Vancouver Provice in John Mackie’s recent article “Handwritten History Online“
Vancouver Sun | 4 Nov 2022 | JOHN MACKIE
“The City of Vancouver’s operating budget for 2022 was $1.747 billion. In 1897, it was $363,937. How do we know? Because volunteers for local website Transcribimus have gone through the original handwritten documents at the City of Vancouver Archives, transcribed them and mounted them online.”
Transcribimus founder and former mayor Sam Sullivan displays handwritten budget minutes from 1897 inside the Vancouver Archives.
Transcribimus has transcribed 5,167 pages of Vancouver’s handwritten history: 726 sets of Vancouver City Council minutes plus by-laws, committee reports and private correspondence.
Volunteer Transcribers
Perhaps you might consider becoming a volunteer yourself. Together our remarkable volunteers have contributed 709 transcriptions of early Vancouver City Council minutes, as follows:
Master Scribes (more than 50 sets of minutes):
| Global Civic Policy Society | 231 |
| Gerald Soon | 113 |
| Darrin Pezer/Proactive Building Maintenance | 87 |
| Joanne McCormick | 64 |
Journeyman Scribes (25-50 sets of minutes):
| Chris Stephenson | 45 |
| Krystyna Richards | 25 |
Working Scribes (5-24 sets of minutes):
| Donna Kynaston | 24 |
| Leah Minuk | 14 |
| Martha Hazevoet | 12 |
| Lynn Shane | 8 |
| L. Ellema | 9 |
| Bronwyn Cripps | 7 |
| Christine Cathcart | 7 |
| Rachel Amanda Hennessy | 7 |
| Cathy Harmer | 6 |
| Chris Mizzoni – Nitzy’s Hockey Den | 6 |
| Susan M. Willows | 6 |
| YVR Mike | 6 |
| David Laing | 5 |
| Mary Ann Capistrano | 5 |
| Darlene Ochotta | 5 |
Apprentice Scribes (1-4 sets of minutes):
| Alannah Hall | 3 |
| Brenda Chapman | 3 |
| Gent Ng | 2 |
| Leesa Poffenroth | 2 |
| Lesley H. | 2 |
| Sharon Mowat | 2 |
| Sue Bryant | 2 |
| Sandra Robinson | 2 |
| Anita Dos Santos | 1 |
| Cinda Jong | 1 |
| Devon Harlos | 1 |
| Jane Edmonds | 1 |
| Janny P. | 1 |
| Jenn Ashton | 1 |
| Jordan Cripps | 1 |
| John Belshaw – Vancouver Historical Society | 1 |
| Judy Lam Maxwell – Historical Chinatown Tours | 1 |
| Lynne Jambor | 1 |
| Maria Klukova | 1 |
| Mary Norris | 1 |
| Michelle C. | 1 |
| Sara Keay | 1 |
| Siobhan Devlin | 1 |
| Tegbir Kaur | 1 |
| Ovi | 1 |
| Marie-Claude Tremblay | 1 |
| Carole Wilson | 1 |
| Zak Bennett | 1 |