--- Leslie Moore <lmoore@ecsis.net> wrote: > From: "Leslie Moore" <lmoore@ecsis.net> > Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 13:09:58 -0600 > Subject: [TXLAMAR] Fw: [KY] Kentucky Vital Records Project > To: TXLAMAR-L@rootsweb.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sherri Hall" <ldrbelties@earthlink.net> > To: <KENTUCKY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 8:13 AM > Subject: [KY] Kentucky Vital Records Project > > > > The KYGenWeb Project is very proud to announce the latest addition to our > > "Special Collections" of research references for those with Kentucky > roots, > > the Kentucky Vital Records Project. > > (http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kvrp) > > > > What began as a "dream" of 3 of us involved with the KYGenWeb Project and > > the KYGenWeb Archives, a centralized collection of Kentucky birth, > marriage > > and death records, is now available in the first stages for Kentucky > > researchers. Currently, the browsable index lists all of the deaths in > the > > KY Death Index (1911-1999). > > > > We are in the process of adding digital images and transcriptions of > actual > > death certificates. These digital images and transcriptions will be > linked > > to the browsable index as they are added to the collection. Records for > > this project will be a combination of researcher-contributed records and a > > coordinated extraction program so we can get them up as quickly as > possible. > > We will begin adding birth records about 15 April 2004 and marriage > records > > about 1 June 2004. As these records are added, they will also be linked > to > > the index. (NOTE: Birth records will only be added for persons born > before > > the year 1854, unless proof of death is provided. We want to ensure that > > the privacy and safety of living individuals is not compromised.) > > > > The browsable index will be a great help to KY researchers by itself, as > > you'll be able to search for those "creative" spellings that all of us > have > > been blessed (or cursed) with. Tens of thousands of corrections have > > already been made to the original index. Corrections from site visitors > are > > encouraged. As corrected or additional information is received on any of > > the records, it will be incorporated into the index for the benefit of > > future site visitors. In addition to the browsable index, be sure to > check > > out the site search engine, as it will pick up additional information in > the > > transcriptions (most importantly, parents' and spouse's names, if given). > > > > We invite everyone to stop in and check out this newest addition. Our > hope > > is that you'll find some "treasures" here and that you'll then share your > > collections so that others can find theirs too. > > > > Feel free to forward this message to other mail lists. > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== KENTUCKY Mailing List ==== > > The Registry -- NEW -- > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/ > > The easy way to keep your email address updated > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== TXLAMAR Mailing List ==== > Lamar Co., TX Message Boards: > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.lamar > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >