Karen, National Honor Society and other high school clubs require community service--could you enlist their help? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Mitchell" <km1109@aculink.net> To: <COHUERFA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 8:15 AM Subject: [COHUERFA] Need technical advise, Huerfano County > Good morning list family! > It's a beautiful morning in Colorado. > > Okay, I need all of you to put on your thinking caps and help me out here. > I > need suggestions from all of you! > > Since Louise became our Tri-County Obituary Coordinator, it has been her > dream to post a listing of all the obits available at the Walsenburg > library. Dick is ready to step in and help with whatever we need to do to > make this dream a reality. But we need help with ideas. > > There are approximately 20,000 index cards listing the deceased's name, > date > of death, newspaper and date of publication. If we can get all of these > cards into a searchable database, each and every one of you can search it > for your own ancestors. As you know, sometimes names are mis-spelled or > you > want data on offshoot branches of your family and you can't get to the > library to see if there's an obituary. So this is a very important project > for all of our researchers. > > We thought of copying them, laying several on a page, them sending the > copies to Louise for data input. But with that many, it's going to be very > time consuming as well as expenses for postage. Dick volunteered to do the > copying, with his small copier, but when he saw how many cards there are, > we > can't justify the wear and tear on his equipment, hauling it back and > forth, > and expense of cartridges, etc. > > What I need from each of you is ideas and suggestions as to how we can > accomplish this project with the least amount of manpower and expense. > Does > anyone have any ideas or suggestions here??? > > We are hoping that Dick will spearhead this project to keep it moving in > the > right direction and to give us updates on progression, but folks, we need > help! > > My first thoughts are a small hand held scanner and a laptop, but > unfortunately I don't think any of us can run right out and purchase these > items. Louise and I have each pledged $20.00 towards any expenses that > occur > but we need ideas on how to get this project done. PLEASE let me know your > thoughts. How can we get this done? > > Hugs, > Karen > > > > >