Bob: I AM referring to the 1861 Atlas maps that were published and Indexed by the Knox County society. but I fail to see the difference as an atlas is a bound collection of maps. Is your collection something special? Just need clarification. Ruth ---------- >From: "Bob Miller" <Bob_Miller@rdmiller.com> >To: ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [ILKNOX-L] 1861 Knox County Township Platt Maps >Date: Sat, Jun 16, 2001, 11:53 PM > >Hi Ruth, > >I think you are referring to the 1861 Atlas of Knox County that has been >duplicated and published by the Knox County Genealogical Society (see their >publications list at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilknox/home/kcgs_publications.htm). It is a great >paper resource, as are all of their publications. > >My goal is to get some (not all) of this information online for all to see >and search electronically. > >Best wishes, >Bob Miller > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ruth Ragsdale [mailto:ruth@galesburg.net] >Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 10:46 AM >To: ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [ILKNOX-L] 1861 Knox County Township Platt Maps >This 1861 map has been Indexed and published some years ago. The secret is >knowing where to find it! > >---------- >>From: "Bob Miller" <Bob_Miller@rdmiller.com> >>To: ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [ILKNOX-L] 1861 Knox County Township Platt Maps >>Date: Sat, Jun 16, 2001, 6:24 PM >> > >>I have just added 1861 Platt maps for all of the Knox County townships to >>the Knox County USGenWeb site. You can see links to them at >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilknox/maps/maps.htm. Be aware that the full-size >>maps are rather large and may take a little time to load over slower >>Internet connections. >> >>I would like to find volunteers to transcribe the readable names in each of >>the sections of the maps so that they can be listed on the website. This >>will allow site visitors to find those on the maps using the Search feature >>on the website. >> >>If you are interested in helping, contact me beforehand so that I can >update >>a list of the maps and sections being worked on. This will avoid duplicate >>work. Thanks for your help. >> >>Bob Miller >>Site Coordinator >>Knox County, Illinois, USGenWeb >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilknox/ >>Share your genealogy research with others! >>Upload your GEDCOM file to RootsWeb at: >>http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >> >> > >

Ruth, As I recall, the 1861 Thompson map was not an atlas but a wall map, in it's original form. The Knox County Genealogical Society made it into an atlas. The one on the web-site looks suspiciously similar to the work that was created from the Thompson map, copyrighted and sold by the Knox County Genealogical Society. The page headings, typing of the identifying numbers and the line around the city limits of Galesburg all look so similar. Do you know of this 1861 map being made into an atlas by any person or organization other than the Knox County Genealogical Society? Hopefully the source of the one on the web-site will be revealed and the similarities will be explained and there wasn't any copying of the Society's work. Just curious to hear your thoughts. Rex At 03:45 PM 6/17/01 +0100, you wrote: > Bob: I AM referring to the 1861 Atlas maps that were published and Indexed >by the Knox County society. but I fail to see the difference as an atlas is >a bound collection of maps. Is your collection something special? Just need >clarification. > >Ruth >---------- > >From: "Bob Miller" <Bob_Miller@rdmiller.com> > >To: ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: RE: [ILKNOX-L] 1861 Knox County Township Platt Maps > >Date: Sat, Jun 16, 2001, 11:53 PM > > > > >Hi Ruth, > > > >I think you are referring to the 1861 Atlas of Knox County that has been > >duplicated and published by the Knox County Genealogical Society (see their > >publications list at > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilknox/home/kcgs_publications.htm). It is a great > >paper resource, as are all of their publications. > > > >My goal is to get some (not all) of this information online for all to see > >and search electronically. > > > >Best wishes, > >Bob Miller > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Ruth Ragsdale [mailto:ruth@galesburg.net] > >Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 10:46 AM > >To: ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [ILKNOX-L] 1861 Knox County Township Platt Maps > >This 1861 map has been Indexed and published some years ago. The secret is > >knowing where to find it! > > > >---------- > >>From: "Bob Miller" <Bob_Miller@rdmiller.com> > >>To: ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com > >>Subject: [ILKNOX-L] 1861 Knox County Township Platt Maps > >>Date: Sat, Jun 16, 2001, 6:24 PM > >> > > > >>I have just added 1861 Platt maps for all of the Knox County townships to > >>the Knox County USGenWeb site. You can see links to them at > >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilknox/maps/maps.htm. Be aware that the full-size > >>maps are rather large and may take a little time to load over slower > >>Internet connections. > >> > >>I would like to find volunteers to transcribe the readable names in each of > >>the sections of the maps so that they can be listed on the website. This > >>will allow site visitors to find those on the maps using the Search feature > >>on the website. > >> > >>If you are interested in helping, contact me beforehand so that I can > >update > >>a list of the maps and sections being worked on. This will avoid duplicate > >>work. Thanks for your help. > >> > >>Bob Miller > >>Site Coordinator > >>Knox County, Illinois, USGenWeb > >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilknox/ > >>Share your genealogy research with others! > >>Upload your GEDCOM file to RootsWeb at: > >>http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > >> > >> > > > >

Hi again, Ruth - Thanks for your question below. In response, I think that just the act of placing the 1861 maps and related list of landowners (or, for that matter, any information) on the Internet makes them unique from paper publications. Once they are on the Internet, they become an index or a reference immediately available at will to everyone - regardless of where they live. That supports and enhances collaboration like we see every day on the Knox email list. It also allows people to use search engines like the ones on the Knox USGenWeb site to comb through reams of information in a matter of minutes for leads worth further pursuit. But the 1861 maps specifically might now be irrelevant. If Rex Cherrington is correct that the maps I displayed on the Knox County USGenWeb site were scans of work done by the Knox County Genealogical Society, then they will not be on the site without written KCGS approval. They have been removed pending a final determination. Both the USGenWeb Project and I strive to comply fully with the spirit and the letter of copyright law. On the broader issue though <grin>, perhaps KCGS should allow the Knox USGenWeb site to publish indexes to ALL of its paper publications. That would allow visitors to quickly find the KCGS publications that contain references to the lines they are researching. They might then purchase those specific publications. Right now the only real options that people have with KCGS publications are to 1) go to the Galesburg Public Library and spend hours manually searching through all of them [then they photocopy the pages they want], or 2) find some helpful sole on the Knox email list like yourself who will tell them about a reference. Most people interested in Knox County genealogy can't get to the Galesburg Public Library, so they default to option 2, or, more likely, they never learn about the reference at all. I think KCGS could sell a lot more publications if good indexes to their contents were available online. And, I bet there are plenty of volunteers on the Knox email list who would help get them online! The ultimate goal is better resources for everyone interested in Knox County genealogy. Best wishes, Bob Miller Site Coordinator Knox County, Illinois, USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilknox/ -----Original Message----- From: Ruth Ragsdale [mailto:ruth@galesburg.net] Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 9:45 AM To: ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILKNOX-L] 1861 Knox County Township Platt Maps Bob: I AM referring to the 1861 Atlas maps that were published and Indexed by the Knox County society. but I fail to see the difference as an atlas is a bound collection of maps. Is your collection something special? Just need clarification. Ruth