Treehugger: At the Anderson Public Library we have 1 book that was compiled of early birth records from various sources. Anyone interested I will be willing to do a lookup. Email me at - pleedom@and.lib.in.us Phyllis

I think it would be a good thing if an effort was put together to transcribe the WPA birth and death indexes of Madison County and put them online. This is an effort that is going on in other Indiana counties, namely Hancock and Putnam. Right now I'm transcribing the D entries for Putnam's birth index. The person who coordinates this effort should be someone who has access to a good copy of the index. They could photocopy or scan the pages and send them out to people that volunteer to transcribe them. The resulting effort should create a series of web pages, but they could also create a searchable database. A database is better because people can search on mother's maiden name while the indexes are sorted by father's surname. Anyone interested in starting such an effort? I don't have access to copies of the indexes, but I can help with the web pages or the database. -Thomas