Great idea, but Ithink the donations and sales are what keeps the Society going, and from what I could see you can buy most of them quite reasonably. I just wish there were more weekend hours as that is the only time I can do research. Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Miller" <Bob_Miller@rdmiller.com> To: <ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 2:43 PM Subject: [ILKNOX-L] Placing Knox County Genealogy Society Publications On-line > Over the years, the Knox County Genealogy Society has assembled a wonderful > array of research into numerous publications most or all of which are freely > available at the Galesburg Public Library. Unfortunately, virtually none of > it is available on-line through the Society website at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilknox/knsociety.htm or the Knox County GenWeb site > at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilknox/knindex.htm. > > I would like to find out if the Society has any objections to someone > scanning their publications so they can be accessible to everyone through > the Knox County GenWeb site. The Society website offers no way to > communicate with them except snail mail, so I am hoping that some of their > officers are members of this list and can offer me their thoughts on this. > > I would also appreciate thoughts from any other list members. > > Bob in Minnesota > ============================== > Share your genealogy research with others! > Upload your GEDCOM file to RootsWeb at: > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > >
There are probably folks willing to donate money to the Society to keep them going just to be able have access to the information on the internet. pat -----Original Message----- From: Michael & Sharon Haney Sr. [mailto:rusty1@mtco.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 3:40 PM Great idea, but Ithink the donations and sales are what keeps the Society going, and from what I could see you can buy most of them quite reasonably. I just wish there were more weekend hours as that is the only time I can do research. Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Miller" <Bob_Miller@rdmiller.com> To: <ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 2:43 PM Subject: [ILKNOX-L] Placing Knox County Genealogy Society Publications On-line > Over the years, the Knox County Genealogy Society has assembled a wonderful > array of research into numerous publications most or all of which are freely > available at the Galesburg Public Library. Unfortunately, virtually none of > it is available on-line through the Society website at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilknox/knsociety.htm or the Knox County GenWeb site > at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilknox/knindex.htm. > > I would like to find out if the Society has any objections to someone > scanning their publications so they can be accessible to everyone through > the Knox County GenWeb site. The Society website offers no way to > communicate with them except snail mail, so I am hoping that some of their > officers are members of this list and can offer me their thoughts on this. > > I would also appreciate thoughts from any other list members. > > Bob in Minnesota > ============================== > Share your genealogy research with others! > Upload your GEDCOM file to RootsWeb at: > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > >