Thought some might be interested in this. Ann > > The KYGenWeb Project is very proud to announce the latest addition to our > "Special Collections" of research references for those with Kentucky > roots, the > Kentucky Vital Records Project. > (http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kvrp) > > What began as a "dream" of 3 of us involved with the KYGenWeb Project and > the > KYGenWeb Archives, a centralized collection of Kentucky birth,marriage and > death records, is now available in the first stages for Kentucky > researchers. > Currently, the browsable index lists all of the deaths in the KY Death > Index > (1911-1999). > > We are in the process of adding digital images and transcriptions of > actual death certificates. These digital images and transcriptions will be > linked to the browsable index as they are added to the collection. Records > for > this project will be a combination of researcher-contributed records and a > coordinated extraction program so we can get them up as quickly > aspossible. We > will begin adding birth records about 15 April 2004 and marriage records > about 1 > June 2004. As these records are added, they will also be linked to the > index. > (NOTE: Birth records will only be added for persons born before the year > 1854, > unless proof of death is provided. We want to ensure that the privacy and > safety of living individuals is not compromised.) > > The browsable index will be a great help to KY researchers by itself, as > you'll be able to search for those "creative" spellings that all of us > have been blessed (or cursed) with. Tens of thousands of corrections have > already been made to the original index. Corrections from site visitors > are > encouraged. As corrected or additional information is received on any of > the > records, it will be incorporated into the index for the benefit of future > site > visitors. In addition to the browsable index, be sure to check out the > site search > engine, as it will pick up additional information in the transcriptions > (most > importantly, parents' and spouse's names, if given). > > We invite everyone to stop in and check out this newest addition. Our hope > is > that you'll find some "treasures" here and that you'll then share your > collections so that others can find theirs too. > > Feel free to forward this message to other mail lists. >