I would suggest finding out what can and cannot be contributed and then put notifications up on message boards and mailing lists asking if anyone would be interested in having the rest. I would love to find someone who has one of my lines having work they can no longer use and that needs a home. Wouldn't it be great if someone or many someones, who have the time and space could scan in or transcribe all that work into USGENWEB or Rootsweb for those particular locations? I'd rather volunteer a few hours a week to sort through and make public a project like this or get the data into the hands of cousins the person may not know, rather than see it all thrown away. Renee