Hi All, Great news! The Rowan County Historical Society is proud to announce that its cemetery project is in the final stage of completion. The book sets are ready to be printed, and the CD's are ready to be cut and shipped. Society member Dewie Black is in complete charge of the production of both and for the handling of all orders, a tremendous task for any individual. He along with the Cemetery Project Committee members are so excited about the first release of their cemetery surveys. Quoting Dewie, "I don't think anyone can imagine the enormity, the completeness, and the beauty the cemetery books will entail. The CD is just going to be out of sight in performance. Owning either the book set or the CD will be a real treasure." Complete ordering details are described below. Be sure to contact Dewie if you're interested in placing an order or have any questions. He does have a new e-mail address <dewie@olsusa.com> in case you have contacted him before at his old address. As soon as the word spread that the Rowan County cemeteries were almost finished being surveyed, a lot of orders were placed for both kinds of the documentation. Now's the time to get in on the preorders of the first printing of the book set and the CD. Sincerely, Betty Sharp Cemetery Book Set: The Cemetery Book set consists of (5) volumes and over 1000 pages and includes photos of all but a few out county cemeteries. Four volumes cover the (300) Rowan County Cemeteries and the fifth covers the (75) or so cemeteries bordering Rowan County, including Carter, Elliott, Fleming and Morgan Counties. The books will be beautifully bound with semi soft covers and feature one or more of the Rowan County cemeteries in color, with a plastic overlay for protection. This project was 3 ½ years, over 12,000 hours, and involving over 100 volunteers in the making. There is nothing now or before that can even begin to compare with the beauty and completeness of these books. Estimated shipment of the books is about 3-4 weeks. Cost of the complete set of five books is $75.00 plus $15.00 for shipping ($90.00 total). All orders must be submitted at the same time in order to get the quoted price. Payment must be received in advance, made payable to Dewie E. Black, P.O. Box 1134, LaBelle, FL 33975. Phone: 863-675-0205 or 863-675-6491, or Fax: 863-675-6491, E-Mail: dewie@olsusa.com Cemetery CD: The Cemetery CD features all of the near 400 cemeteries, three hundred of which are in Rowan County, and about 75-80 cemeteries on the borders of Carter, Elliott, Fleming and Morgan counties, including color photos of all but a few cemeteries in the out county areas. The CDs will contain all the individual cemetery files, plus all of the cemeteries combined into one large file which makes for very fast search of any individual in all of the cemeteries. A typical search through all 375 cemeteries can locate an individual in 2-3 seconds, vs possibly an hour or so searching through the books for a person. Additionally the CDs will contain two Installable Viewers, to view, search and print any of the files on the CD. Instructions for installing and using the Viewers will be included. The CD's are Warranted to work in any computer using Windows 95, 98 or ME with a CD ROM drive. A CD found defective will be replaced free of charge upon returning the CD. Cost of the CD is $36.00 including shipping. Payment must be received in advance made payable to Dewie E. Black, P.O. Box 1134, LaBelle, FL 33975. Phone: 863-675-0205 or 863-675-6491, or Fax: 863-675-6491, E-Mail: dewie@olsusa.com