This is a multi-part message in MIME format. If you can read this line, your email software does not support this format. --MyFaMiLyMiMeBoUnDaRy02292000 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The Thornapple Kellogg High School & Middleville Public Library has in their possession some fantastic genealogy information. Part of that collection includes several years of the Middleville Sun newspaper. The years available are 1890 to 1914, approximately 22 years. This newspaper was very inclusive and covered a very large area; Middleville, Caledonia, Wayland, Hastings, Irving, Rutland, Leighton, Thornapple, etc. as well as some national news. They are full of interesting advertising for local businesses. For those researching genealogy, they are full of goings on, listing family names and activities. What a neat way to put fun and facts into research instead of just names and dates. The pages are very brittle and cannot be handled for research purposes. Therefore, I have taken on the project of microfilming and preserving these very fragile documents and making the electronic version available to the public. An independent firm, Northern Micrographics, will be scanning them and converting them to searchable text on CD. You will be able to enter a name and it will be located within the document. It is much easier than searching through microfilm. I hope to make the information available on Rootsweb. The cost to process one year of the newspaper is approximately $1500. This includes preserving the papers for storage once they are scanned. Two years, 1896 & 1897 have already been forwarded to Northern Micrographics. They are awaiting direction to proceed. Therefore, I am soliciting donations from people like you or organizations like yours that would appreciate access to this information. If you are interested in supporting this project, please mail your donation to: Thornapple Kellogg Administration Building Middleville Sun Archive Project 10051 Green Lake Road Middleville, MI 49333 Checks can be made out to the Thornapple Kellogg Schools, please reference the project on your check. You can contact me if you have any questions. Please pass this information on to anyone you know who may be interested. Lori Buchanan _____________________________________________________________________ Get your own family web site at at www.MyFamily.com! --MyFaMiLyMiMeBoUnDaRy02292000--