We have a question for all subscribers. If the early tax lists (1787, 1792-1794,1801,1805-1806,1812) were available on CD would there be any interest in buying them? These tax list CDs would be scanned images of microfilms. For example, the 1793 tax list contains 95 images on the microfilm. Therefore you would find all 95 images, in JPG format, on the CD. We have tried this with Virginia tax lists with extremely miserable results. Before we invest hundreds of dollars and hundreds of hours we want to know if anyone thinks this is a valuable service. Our investment of thousands of dollars for Virginia tax lists has only netted $120. Steve and Bunny Binns Genealogy, LLC Williamston, MI -- Subscribe to BINNS-L surname email list: mailto:BINNS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe&body=subscribe American Binns Families and Individuals: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~ysbinns/americanb/index.htm 1790/1800 County Tax Lists of Virginia: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~ysbinns/vataxlists/index.htm

Thank you all for your responses. Your overwhelming response has been two-fold: 1) These tax lists have been published. 2) You rent the microfilms if you need a copy of the original record. Therefore we conclude that there is no interest in having these original records available on CD ROMs and we shall not pursue any activity to create any CDs of this nature. This opinion is the same as we have found with the Virginia Tax Lists that we have attempted to create on CD. We originally thought that people would have great interest in obtaining the original records. What we find is that the transcribed published accounts are suitable for the vast majority and having copies of the original record is completely unnecessary. Steve and Bunny -------- Yvonne and Steve wrote: > > We have a question for all subscribers. > > If the early tax lists (1787, 1792-1794,1801,1805-1806,1812) were > available on CD would there be any interest in buying them? >