Just curious--what counties are these from? And how did this person get them--shouldn't they be the property of a courthouse? Karen ---------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [INKOSCIU-L] Help me save these!! > Date: Wednesday, December 16, 1998 1:37 AM > > Hi everyone, > > This might be a little off the topic, but it still pertains to genealogy!! I > have a private archive that rescues original genealogical and historical > materials. At this time, until our nonprofit status is approved, I am > personally funding all of the acquisitions and we have received a few > donations. > > I also am an antique dealer and had a fellow dealer offer me 6 original, > handwritten birth/marriage/death register ledger books!!! I purchased one > from him a couple of months ago and it is exactly the type of ledger you find > in the county courthouse or archive with all the original documents!!! > > If I don't purchase these from him he is going to take them apart and sell > them sheet by sheet at auction!! If anyone would like to donate a few dollars > to help rescue these ledgers I would really appreciate it! His asking price > is $350 for all six. As we understand it, any donations before we receive our > nonprofit status will be taxdeductible after our status is received and is > retroactive for 15 months. > > Anyone who makes a donation will be listed on the Archive's website donation > page with a special thank you! > > Thanks so much for all your time! > > Cheryl Hawley > ============================================== > http://www.webbergroup.com > http://www.echoesarchive.com > http://www.chrislist.com > Senior GIS Technician > Microsoft NT LAN Administrator > Webmaster, Snohomish Pilchuck Cemetery Project > Webmaster, Mantrackers & Search Dogs, Inc. > St. Coordinator, CT/IN/NY/OH/VA Tombstone Projects > St. Coordinator, Ohio & Virginia Biographies Projects > Co. Coordinator, Champaign/Erie/Huron/Logan Co., Ohio Biog.Projects > Co. Coordinator, Patrick County, Virginia Biographies Project > Co. Coordinator, Kosciusko County, Indiana Biographies Project > Co. Coordinator, Kitsap County, Washington GenWeb Page > Contributing Writer/Webmaster, Country Gazette Newspaper, Orting, WA > Newsletter Editor, Washington State Genealogical Society > President, Echoes of the Past Archive > Founder & Co-Owner, New Life Enterprises > Chief Operational Officer (COO) The Webber Group > > "Glad to spend the rest of my life Climbing Trees!!!" > > > ==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE, address your email to [email protected] (or [email protected] if you receive the digest) > > > >