Hi all, I had sent this privately to Doug, but I think it is worth everyone reading. >I live in Greene Co., AR and am a frequent user of the genealogy room. > It was not the Greene Co. Genealogical Society as a group, who pulled >those records. The folks who walked the cemeteries and who authored the book >were upset that what they had done to help the society was being offered >free on the web. I really don't think they are extremely knowledgable about >computers, they just did an awful lot of work (about 7 years worth) to help >out the society and didn't want to see them lose out. > To be honest, the society does a whole lot to encourage and help >researchers. There are volunteers, who do look ups, run to the courthouse, >copy microfilm, books etc. for individuals who send or call their requests >to the society. These are truly helpful people who want to make things >easier for everyone. Not very many of them, though, are up on computers and >the benefits etc. There are a few folks in the soc. who are working to get >things up to date, so I think if they are given a little more time, more >info will be provided to the websites. > Just for clarification. The website that now hosts the Greene Co >records is a rootsweb site. It is hosted by two members of the Gen. Soc. who >disagreed with the removal of Michael's records. They are new at creating >websites, so they too are doing the best that they can. There is also a >Greene Co. website (as has been mentioned) on Bill Couch's Arkansas pages. >He has a link to the Greene Co library, which also is a resting place for >most of Michael's data. Just minus the cemetery records. > I guess that's just about it. >Don't be too hard on those folks. If anyone wants the dates, they can find >the names on the index and then call the library or write the gen. soc. and >ask for the dates. Someone will look them up for them. >Yes, it would be just as easy to have them on the website and avoid the >hassle, just give them time to get used to the idea of the internet. >Carol > >