I was thinking of basic ones such as sage, oregano, thyme, basil, parsley, mint, and dill. Possibly lavender and rosemary too but I don't know about those. By 'basic' I mean basic herbs used in cooking.

How old do they have to be before they're ready to be transplanted? (4 weeks, 8 weeks, etc.)

As for me I have started my herbs already outside. No damp off and no hardening off.

Here are just the ones that have germinated so far.

Rosemary and feverfew have germinated but yes other herbs are in this container. In the container that haven't germinated are cilantro, and tarragon.

My wild chicory has germinated in this one.

This one is a little green but it will clear up after a few days out of the comforter bag. This is my main part of herbs. What has germinated herb wise is my virginia stock, mammoth dill, mexican tea, soap wort, stevia, lemon balm, lemon mint, rue, big flowered self heal, bronze fennel, Verbena bonariensis, creeping thyme, marojam and prairie smoke. Some of the seedlings are hard to see cause of the green but I am working to take care of that as we speak and no it doesn't hurt the seedlings.

These are pictures from this week.

"By 'basic' I mean basic herbs used in cooking."
Please don't take this wrong, but these are called 'culinary' herbs. It will help to use that term in the future, so you don't get lectured on how many herbs can be considered 'basic'(it's happened to me, LOL).

The FAQs on the Herbs Forum is under construction, but I've linked to some of the threads about trying to grow herbs indoors...yes, it's time consuming to read through the threads, but there's lots of good info that will answer most of your questions. HTH

Thanks!
Deanna

All we're trying to start is Basil. Oregano and chives.
Buying a seed heating matt and cover. Also setting up 2 T5 florescent lights.

We kind of went full bore into it this year. Tomatoes, peppers, squash. Etc. Seemed dumb to us in that we spend so much time in the garden but many times seems like we ended up with inferior products..

Farming is hard(G).

Even when snow is on the ground the containers are ok and there is no damp off or hardening off required for this process.

Here is my container collection during a snow.

Here is my collection with no snow but freezing temps outside. And basil oregano and chives can all be done this way.

Though I do have ventilation and drainage in all of the containers including the comforter bag.

I also just wanted to know if these were good candidates for seedling transplants for the herbs I listed, not if they were good candidates as houseplants being grown indoors.

Also the only other thing I wanted to know is some herbs are very difficult to grow from seed if just direct sown outside; I wanted to know if these 'difficult herbs' can be grown as transplants indoors.

Growing outdoors is the way I choose to go, though very few do I direct sow. I only direct sow things that do not like to be transplanted.

All of the herbs you mentioned in your original post I personally do not see a problem with being transplanted.