Ms. Bryant,
Thank you very much for your comments on the CCRP video. Yes, the good work that the program does definitely continues, though at a reduced level. Given that the program's funding is so closely tied to the state's housing market, the last several years of collections have been lean but we have planned accordingly. The last few months have been better and have given us hope that the collections are beginning to bounce back, albeit slowly.
Despite the challenges, in fiscal year 2012 the program still awarded 63 preservation grants to localities totaling nearly $400,000.00. The program also completed a number of digital chancery projects including ones for Petersburg, Lee, Craig, and Pulaski among others. In addition, we have nearly completed scanning the largest single chancery collection in the state in Augusta County. We have been fortunate to have the assistance of two federal grants (from NEH and NHPRC) to support these important digital projects. Important preservation work continues in all areas of the program.
I hope this information is useful. Again, thank you for your interest in this important program.
Carl
Carl M.C. Childs
Director, Local Records Services
Deputy Coordinator,
State Historical Records Advisory Board
Library of Virginia: Archives of the Commonwealth
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
804.692.3739
804.692.2277 (fax)
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From: Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Carole D. Bryant
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Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] 20 years for CCRP
Thanks ! VERY, VERY GOOD presentation
Are funds still there to continue this program ?
Carole Bryant
Prince Frederick, Maryland
In a message dated 8/31/2012 12:26:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes:
The Virginia Circuit Court Preservation Program (CCRP) is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Part of the Library of Virginia's Local Records Services branch, the program was created in 1992 to address the preservation needs of some of the most important records in the state - the records of Virginia's 120 circuit courts. The CCRP continues to not only preserve, d igitize, and microfilm historic records from around the commonwealth but also to reach out to circuit court clerks in each locality, offering them consultative services and financial assistance through its grant program.
Since its creation twenty years ago, the program has awarded over 1100 grants, totaling nearly $16 million, to Virginia circuit court clerks to help address the preservation needs of records stored in their localities.
Twenty years later, access to Virginia's historic court records has never been wider with more than 7 million digital chancery court images from fifty-seven counties and cities now available online through the Chancery Records Index (CRI), created to increase access to Virginia's historic equity cases. In celebration of this important milestone, we've created this video celebrating the twenty year history of this innovative program that has helped ensure the preservation and accessibility of records that are a treasure trove of state and local history.
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