At the bottom of the obituary page, it states that the database is maintained by Ann Faulkner and the Mount Clemens Public Library. I am going to request that the Library link my email address to my name, and if anyone finds any duplicates or other problems, please email me directly and I will try and take care of the problem. However, the corrections will not show up until the server is updated. There are many sources of error from the original indexing, data entry & importing from Excel into Access. We do have a checklist of papers that have been indexed. At times a paper has been reindexed because it was found that some obituaries were missing. Double checking the system is easier said than done, as you must go into Access, filter an individual surname, and then do a sort on the given name, and even then the dates are not sequential. There are many people that have worked many hours to make Macomb County information available, and they deserve a thank you.

Hi Ann, I have Access 2000. I would be glad to do some proofing, if you need another person. Back in the 1950's I proofed telephone books. I think I could still do proofing. Ann Parsons Alamogordo, NM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Faulkner" <afaulkner4847@wideopenwest.com> To: <MIMACOMB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 8:35 PM Subject: [MIMACOMB] Macomb Co Obituary Index Problems > At the bottom of the obituary page, it states that the database is > maintained by Ann Faulkner and the Mount Clemens Public Library. I am > going to request that the Library link my email address to my name, and if > anyone finds any duplicates or other problems, please email me directly > and > I will try and take care of the problem. However, the corrections will > not > show up until the server is updated. > > There are many sources of error from the original indexing, data entry & > importing from Excel into Access. We do have a checklist of papers that > have > been indexed. At times a paper has been reindexed because it was found > that > some obituaries were missing. Double checking the system is easier said > than done, as you must go into Access, filter an individual surname, and > then do a sort on the given name, and even then the dates are not > sequential. > > There are many people that have worked many hours to make Macomb County > information available, and they deserve a thank you. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIMACOMB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I agree that the volunteers deserve a big thank you. They have made it much easier to find those elusive individuals. I wouldn't want them to put in all these hours just to find that many of them were duplicates and didn't have to be entered. Correcting the problem would mean less work for them and easier searching for us. I just wanted to draw attention to the problem. Thanks, Loraine DiCerbo -----Original Message----- From: afaulkner4847@wideopenwest.com To: MIMACOMB-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:35 PM Subject: [MIMACOMB] Macomb Co Obituary Index Problems At the bottom of the obituary page, it states that the database is maintained by Ann Faulkner and the Mount Clemens Public Library. I am going to request that the Library link my email address to my name, and if anyone finds any duplicates or other problems, please email me directly and I will try and take care of the problem. However, the corrections will not show up until the server is updated. There are many sources of error from the original indexing, data entry & importing from Excel into Access. We do have a checklist of papers that have been indexed. At times a paper has been reindexed because it was found that some obituaries were missing. Double checking the system is easier said than done, as you must go into Access, filter an individual surname, and then do a sort on the given name, and even then the dates are not sequential. There are many people that have worked many hours to make Macomb County information available, and they deserve a thank you. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIMACOMB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection.