Laurel, you make me smile when you say, "I am new at this!" You have been a human dynamo...NON STOP...at contributing very important genealogy to one of the first and largest family websites, the Beatty Project 2000, of anyone I have known on the Internet! I am amazed at how fast you have delivered tons of information about all of our Beaty/Beatty/Beattie/Batey family lines, and you are a very close second to Donna Van Zandt, as far as shooting out the information! I think Donna would agree that you have given her a much-needed break! You have both been great admirers of mine, and I have learned a lot from both of you! I am going to order the CD, and my offer still stands to send a check, if more funds are needed to get this project rolling. Lois (Griffes) Kortering L-39 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurel Baty" <laurel.baty@verizon.net> To: <BP2000-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 6:39 PM Subject: [BP2000] CD Saga > I thought I should try and clarify a few things--forgive me for the > confusion, I am new at this! > 1) All Rev War Pension Application CDs ordered by a contributor will > contain all of the files (38, I think) that are contained on the > microfilm roll. The cost is $10.00 per CD of 38 applications. > 2) The image quality on the CDs will be better than the image quality on > the Web Page because some image quality is sacrificed to minimize the > time it takes to load the image from the internet to your computer (I am > sure computer experts can explain this better than me and I welcome any > help they might give). Also it will be easier to print from the CD, > should you desire to do so, than it will be to print from the images on > the internet. > 3) However, if you do not want to have either a CD or a printed copy of > the applications but still desire to contribute towards the $300.00 cost > of scanning the microfilm, just mention this in your application that > you send by the internet or mail to SK Publications. I do think $30.00 > is too high of a contribution. If you pay by credit card we can simply > divide the cost by the number of applicants but if you pay by check we > risk overpaying, which I am sure that no one wants to do. > 4) A copy of the CD prepared in a format suitable for uploading to the > internet will be sent to someone (Mike Allen?) when the project is > complete. > 5) SK Publications is planning on ordering the microfilm tomorrow and > estimates it will take 3 weeks to complete the scanning process. > > Laurel Baty, L252 > > > > > > ==== BP2000 Mailing List ==== > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > The Threaded Mail List Archiver at RootsWeb > A powerful search engine.... Try it! >