Handwriting recognition pipelines for genealogical records

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory configured to store computer code comprising instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:
• receiving a genealogical record, the genealogical record being an image of a physical form having a structured layout and a plurality of fields, the physical form having handwritten information;
• dividing the genealogical record into a plurality of areas based on the structured layout;
• identifying, for a particular area, a type of a field that is included within the particular area;
• selecting, from a set of candidate handwriting recognition models, a handwriting recognition model for identifying the handwritten information in the particular area, the handwriting recognition model selected based on the type of the field included within the particular area;
• inputting an image of the particular area to the handwriting recognition model to generate text of the handwritten information;
• and
• storing the text of the handwritten information as data associated with the genealogical record in a genealogical database.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store computer code comprising instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:

• receiving a genealogical record, the genealogical record being an image of a physical form having a structured layout and a plurality of fields, the physical form having handwritten information;
• dividing the genealogical record into a plurality of areas based on the structured layout;
• identifying, for a particular area, a type of a field that is included within the particular area;
• selecting, from a set of candidate handwriting recognition models, a handwriting recognition model for identifying the handwritten information in the particular area, the handwriting recognition model selected based on the type of the field included within the particular area;
• inputting an image of the particular area to the handwriting recognition model to generate text of the handwritten information;
• and
• storing the text of the handwritten information as data associated with the genealogical record in a genealogical database.