Good to hear from you. Yes, I just watched a program on TV about Iron Mountain. If you like, I can send the - it is actually a letter not an article. The writer is really upset. Connie Street [email protected] Remember the three Rs - Respect for self, Respect for others and Responsibility for your actions. ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Kinkead To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [IALOUISA] Preservation of records Connie- Did you read the article correctly? Iron Mountain may be a place, but it is also a records management and preservation COMPANY. I wish Belmont County, Ohio, would do the same thing. Happy Valentine's Day Dick Kinkead ----- Original Message ----- From: "Connie Street" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "Cedar county list" <[email protected]>; "IALouisa list" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 10:06 AM Subject: [IALOUISA] Preservation of records >I just received a very disturbing letter about a county in West Virginia and >how it is preserving its original records. > > I'm not sure this is the place to post it, so if anyone is interested, I will > be glad to forward it on. > > The county has contracted to have its original records moved to Iron > Mountain, PA. The writer is questioning why the county did not preserve its > own records in the first place. > > I'm wondering if this group thinks the decision is appropriate or if we should > get on the bandwagon along with genealogical societies to make sure our own > records are safe. I don't know if all the records have been microfilmed. I do > know that a book was published on the wills in that county and my great-great > grandfather was listed as leaving some thing to his "nieces." When I was able > to see the original record, these "nieces" were identified as his daughters - > another reason to be sure you do your own research and look at original > records and not depend on the Internet or other's transcriptions. > > We all know that microfilm gets brittle and scratched and may not be a good > copy to begin with. And we know that if original census records had been > saved, today's technology could answer a lot of questions for us. > > Should we be leery of other counties doing this or do you think that > preservation in Iron Mountain is a good idea?? > > Connie Street > [email protected] > Remember the three Rs - Respect for self, Respect for others and > Responsibility for your actions. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.386) > Database version: 5.11710 > http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message