How to approach transcribing: 
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1) identify the site
1.a) confirm (if you like) that it is not already be transcribed,
1.b) before going out, choose 2 or 3 targets in the same general vicinity
1.c) visit the sites
1.c.1) if convenient, transcribe them as you go
1.c.2) if not, note how to reach them and their size for a return visit to transcribe them
2) break it into sections to be posted separately, if it is large and sections are self-evident
3) transcribe each section or the whole
4) mail the finished product to the area manager

How to perform transcribing:
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1) take your full equipment set with you
1.a) note book and pen
1.b) umbrella - optional (if you are determined, you can write in light rain, if you protect the paper; also, on a sunny day, can be used to create shade, for the benefit of the flashlight)
1.c) powerful flashlight - optional (directed from the edge of a marker, a flashlight can cast shadows, making the letters of faded and otherwise illegible inscriptions much more clear and often definite)
2) dress suitably
3) at the site, establish and follow a logical pattern, transcribing the headstones in their physical order
3.a) do NOT wander, lest you miss some
3.b) check to see if family plots span more than one row - many span two rows, so that the cemetery should be recorded two rows at a time, rather than one
3.c) note and prepare for any columbarium
4) record notable information about the site, itself
5) transcribe the information, taking care to include the basics (name and dates) but also any other identifying information  (place of birth or death, date of marriage, career, residences, circumstance of death, relation with others [son, daughter, etc.], whether one name shares a marker with another name)
6) copy the data to the computer
7) verify the completed transcription to protect against errors of transcription or data-entry
7.a) print the transcribed info
7.b) revisit the site, checking the print-out against the actual markers
7.c) use the marked-up print-out to correct the electronic file
8) do NOT sort the entries, but keep them in their physical order - the user can always sort it themselves, if they wish

 - BE WARY of poison ivy and other hazards, both natural and man-made (high-grass can hide broken boards)
 - BE CONSIDERATE of neighbors and residents
 - BE OBSERVANT and record these simply with a place-holder (double dash, "--")
     -- headstones without death dates (do not presume them dead)
     -- field markers and markers w/o identifying inscriptions