Joe, This is very interesting and I wish I could help but living on Medicare does not leave a lot to help with such projects. Now that they have those records filmed where are they? Is it possible to have access to them? Or are they not going to be available to us here in US? I would like to know because some of this is the area my mother came from or so I think. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph J Jarfas" <jjarfas@verizon.net> To: <hungary-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 2:18 AM Subject: [HUNGARY] Work in Transylvania ... > Hi all, > > our fellow researchers in Hungary started a noble collection: one of our > colleagues in Romania (Transylvania part) went on a serious mission to > photograph all available church books and other records which will be > published on CD's and DVD's (which LDS does not have). He recorded a few > 100 thousand pages already, he has quite a few helpers as well - but > don't have enough cameras to get the job done (he is using now a SONY > DSC-H50 which he says works fabulously. His web site [all in Hungarian > for the time being] is: http://erdelygen.uw.hu/forrasok.php - since he > does not have time to update it, there are many more records of places > that what's shown there now. > > This is where the 'hunky' researchers in Hungary are 'chipping in'. So > far they got promises for a full camera and stand (and whatever; [myself > contributed almost a third]) - and hoping to get some more funds. An > other 'twist' to the story: if we can purchase the camera's here in the > States (due to the price difference) we could get two for the price of > one over there! :-) The 'hitch' to this option: wire transfers to this > country cost a small fortune; and the camera's would have to be 'hand' > delivered to Romania (or at least to Hungary or Slovakia) to avoid some > additional costs like duty and taxes! ;-) > > Therefore if US purchase option is chosen, would you all let me know if > anybody is planning a visit to the old country (and when) so that we can > work out a delivery option somehow. Also an other way would be if > somebody's relatives are coming to visit here; they could then deliver > the precious machines so the work can progress that much faster. (In > Hungary they are planning to institute a stricter law come next Jan 1st > about personal data availability and LDS already made some films > disappear which will be affected [we are of course fighting this]. We > all worry that Romania will follow suit and they will also restrict > access - that's why the rush.) > > Joe > Equinunk, PA - USA > jjarfas@verizon.net > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HUNGARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.448 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3196 - Release Date: 10/14/10 06:34:00