My friend's problem is compounded by the fact that she does not see well enough even to sort now. Plus - as with a number of us - she has a world of papers, and to scan those would be an enormous task, EVEN if she could find someone who would help her, as I surely would. Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: Jean Graham
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: Help from everyone
Yes ...sharable (and shareable) are both in my dictionary....:-)
I, too have "tons" of genealogy material...I tend to take a different notebook
with me everytime I visit the Library of Virginia or the Historical Society and
needless to say, I have a lot of duplications!... I am 67 and I often say, "I
will have to live to be about 120 to finish all my projects"...(and that's not
counting the ones I haven't started yet!)
I am hoping our little local museum/research center will want my writings and
pieces of paper ...especially since the majority of my searching is for Virginia
ancestors. Hopefully, my man won't toss everything into the local dump. (He has
threatened!) One of these days I am going to get organized, if I ever find that
"little round tuit."
Seriously, we all need to contact local historical societies, preservation
organizations and the like...they may have suggestions on what to do with all
our papers. I hate to burden my kids with storing it...it takes up tooooooo
much room.
I like Frank's CD burning idea...but....just don't have time right now!
Jean
Mildred \"Mickey\" Fournier wrote:
> I'm 66 and if I live to be 100 and scanned eight hours a day, I doubt I
> would be able to plow through this 30 odd years of handwritten
> transcriptions (I'm older than photocopiers), notes on napkins in my own
> brand of shorthand, written conversations I have had with myself, etc.
> Nobody else would ever know what a lot of this means, anyhow. I guess I
> ought to at least start getting it into a sharable (is that a word?) form.
>
> Mickey
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Frank Murray
> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 5:44 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Help from everyone
>
> Why not make a deal with someone who is in your line and would want the
> information. Give them the information on condition that they scan it and
> make 10
> copies. Once scanned, a CD can be burned in 10 minutes. Give copies of the
> CD to genealogist and/or libraries. It can then be copied, printed or
> traded.
> 10 genealogists with CD's to share will ensure the information will never
> die.
> <Grin>
>
> Frank
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