He put a period at the end of the link....:) Try this: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maessex/VitalRecords On 3/12/06, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi: > This sounds so exciting! I was unable to access the URL listed in your email. Maybe someone can explain why that is. > > Thanks for your volunteer effort --- very commendable to say the least. > > Ruth > [email protected] > > > > > From: "Adele Just" <[email protected]> > > Date: 2006/03/11 Sat PM 10:02:41 EST > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [MAWORCES] Early Vital Records of Massachusetts > > > > John, what an amazing leap in progress since the early days of the > > Northeast list! You and your volunteers have been making a major > > contribution to those who research New England ancestry, and I for one > > have been helped significantly and am grateful to your commitment and > > dedication. > > > > If I ever find my Francis SMITH, born circa 1720? and died April 17, > > 1756, Worcester, I can well imagine it will be because of your efforts > > and the reasons behind them. > > > > Thank you very much. -- Adele/Seattle > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Slaughter [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: March 11, 2006 5:03 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [MAWORCES] Early Vital Records of Massachusetts > > > > > > Good afternoon, everyone. :-) > > For those of you who don't know me, I'm the county coordinator for > > Essex > > and Middlesex counties. Over the past several years, with the aid of > > many > > people, I've been working on getting the "Tan Book" series of vital > > records > > transcribed and online. I have always said that I would consider the job > > > > done if I got them done or I could get one of the pay sites to make > > theirs > > firee. > > > > The latter is soon to come to pass. > > > > I had a talk with the New England Historical and Genealogical Society > > (NEHGS). We have come to preliminary agreement. > > > > NEHGS is going to convert their database of the early vital records of > > > > Massachusetts from 1600-1849 to the format that I have been putting > > online. > > (For those unfamiliar with these, visit > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~maessex/VitalRecords.) These will be made > > entirely > > free to everyone. These will be indexed by both exact name and soundex. > > Indexing should still include year, or range of years. Hopefully, the > > indexing will go even further over time. Also, images of the book pages > > will > > be available. > > > > This is all still in the early planning stages. For instance, who is > > going > > to do the actual conversions - my transcribers and me or NEHGS? They > > have > > about 164 towns already done. When those are converted, it will still be > > > > necessary to transcribe the remainder, about 50 or so towns. > > > > The first steps are being made. NEHGS has begun scanning. They have > > already sent me all 3 volumes of the Gloucester vital records and they > > are > > online. This is in addition to what I already had up. It will depend on > > their volunteers and their other needs as to how fast they can scan the > > rest > > and send them to me. > > > > I think that this is going to be one of the biggest boons to those > > with > > New England roots in a very long time. > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > John Slaughter > > In loving memory of our son, Brennan. 11/10/88-5/31/01. > > http://john-slaughter.rootsweb.com/Brennan.html > > > > MA-Bay-Colony list moderator > > USGenWeb County Coordinator > > Essex County, MA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~maessex > > Middlesex County, MA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~mamiddle USGenWeb > > Town Coordinator Ipswich, Essex, MA - > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~macipswi > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > > > > > ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > > Need to UNsub for vacation or summer?? > > Forget How to UN sub??? > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/worcester.html > > > > > > > > > > ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > > ####--- Need to UNsub for vacation or summer?? ---###### > > Forget How to UN sub??? > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/worcester.html > > > > > > > ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > Worcester GenWeb has many Resources > Check it out!! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~maworces > > -- Always Remember: Without documentation, genealogy is mythology! Coats Archive http://www.coatsarchive.us