Thank you for your input. I was going to send the $5.00 to help out. Little did I realize. I am still new (only a year in serious searching) in GENEALOGY, and I want to help where ever I can. I will start using my head more often than my heart. Thank you again. Have a Blessed Christmas and New year Lureigne -----Original Message----- From: EchosPast@aol.com <EchosPast@aol.com> To: GenSwap-L@rootsweb.com <GenSwap-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, December 16, 1998 4:22 PM Subject: Re: Re: Help me save these!! >In a message dated 12/16/98, 9:27:27 AM, karren@sierratel.com writes: ><<What a way to make a buck!!!....If everyone listened to you, and sent 5 >dollars...what a pile of money...you'd come out way ahead plus have the >ledgers...If you are a dealer...why not buy them..and then sell the info >on the net?...>> > >I have several businesses that are "For Profit". Echoes of the Past Archive >is a "Non-profit" entity. They accept donations for their cause. Please do >not confuse the two. If I wanted to purchase the ledgers for myself as my >personal property, I would do so. These ledgers need to be a part of an >archive that will assure that they will survive in their current condition. >All materials in the Archive will be passed on to the NARA if the Archive >disolves for any reason. > >I was just notified by the dealer that all of the ledgers are from the same >town in Minneapolis Township, Hennepin Co., MN. They are not for the city of >Minneapolis, but for a small town in the same township. He just went through >another couple of boxes of materials from the same lot and has found several >other ledgers and materials for the same town. One of which is the records >for the pauper's cemetery listing all of the burials. The cemetery is no >longer in existence. > >I will post an updated list of materials that the Archive can acquire from >him. Here is my address for sending any donations: > >Echoes of the Past Archive >16617 - 119th Ave Ct E >Puyallup, WA 98374 > >______________________________ ___________________________________________ Simplify your holiday shopping... Visit our partners for great holiday gifts. http://www.netzero.net/etoys http://www.netzero.net/amazon