Amy, I would be willing to proof the inscriptions. I was also up there recently and have alot of family that I haven't been able to track as yet. Michele Stanley mstanley@leading.net INJAY-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Subject: > > INJAY-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 44 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Jay Co. Gen Society, web site etc [Amy Campbell <paulec@cactuscom.com] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from INJAY-D, send a message to > > INJAY-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Jay Co. Gen Society, web site etc > Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 19:59:56 -0400 > From: Amy Campbell <paulec@cactuscom.com> > To: INJAY-L@rootsweb.com > > Hello everyone! I have returned from my first ever trip to Jay Co. Had a > wonderful time! The Jay Co. Genealogy Society Folks were a great help. They > have a lot of resources in their office and know alot about the county and > its familes. I also spent alot of time at the courthouse. Unfortunately, > the Salt Lake City folks were there filming wills etc. so I could not > access the orignal documents. I must tell you that the Jay County Genealogy > Society is trying to get "custody" of some of these original documents. I > thought this was an important project of theirs: You know how frustrating > it sometimes is to find death records in Jay Co? Thats because many of the > records were destroyed in a flood. I made a personal donation to the > society to help defray the costs in obtaining and housing these records > properly. While I was there we talked about the web site and the work of > the society and the importance of working co-operatvely. I have already > told you that the web site will at sometime in the near future have a data > base of cemetary inscriptions from Jay County Cemetaries, donated by the > Jay County Genealogy Society and currently being scanned and typed by a > tireless volunteer! These inscriptions were a huge help to me, especially > since I had been unable to obtain death records for a few of my folks. I am > sure they will be of interest to you too! I have been a little slow to > update the site of late, its been very busy here for me, but we also have > another new look-up volunteer and some more additions to the scrap book, > and I hope to post a few photos from my trip this weekend. If anyone out > there has time to proof-read some of the cemetary transcriptions before > they are placed on the site, please let me know. Also, having been there > myself and seeing what they have and what they want to do, I would > encourage you to join the Jay Co. Genealogy Society if you have not already > done so. Hope you all had as nice a summer as me! > >