-------- Original Message -------- Subject: New Mexico Death Index Project Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 13:15:49 -0600 From: "Sam-Quito Padilla G." <samquito@nmia.com> To: hello edward, i am hoping that you would be so kind into forwarding this e-mail to the mailing lists which you host in New Mexico. it is about the New Mexico Death Index Project. the below e-mail will explain to you and others about the project. thank you for your help. --------------- Hello there everyone, My name is Sam-Quito, and i am heading a project of the New Mexico Death Index. And this project will be hosted by Rootsweb, the same organization which are hosting this mailing list. We are looking for volunteers and donations for this project. For further information, click on: http://www.nmia.com/~samquito/nmdi.html and the same info is printed below as in that website: New Mexico Death Index Project Many thanks for your interest about the New Mexico Death Index Project. The project is being sponsored by Rootsweb and headed by myself. Let me tell you more about the project. This project consist of the death index complied by the Health Department in State of New Mexico, counties whom issued death certificates between the years of 1899 to 1940. There are two books of death indices are available via the FHC (Family History Center) in Salt Lake City. This project will be typing up an assigned letter or letters in one or both books (via photocopies). When all the letters are completed, Rootsweb will be hosting the NM Death Index on-line for any New Mexican Researcher. Take a look at Californias Death Index on-line, hosted by Rootsweb at to see how the New Mexico Death index will look at: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi We are looking for people whom have MS Excel or MS Works programmes to volunteer and be assigned a letter in the alphabet and type the database. The books are in alphabet order by surname, not by county or date of death. The FHC only has two films of each film for rental. Because there are to many volunteers would be requiring doing this project and spread out over the country, there are not enough films to go around. Therefore, I will be making photocopies for the volunteers to type up. This brings us to another problem. We need donations for the photocopying fund. If anyone would like to donate to this fund, any amounts are most welcome. This project will benefit all researchers doing some kind of work in New Mexico. Send any donation to: Sam Padilla G. 1520 Univ. BL.NE#314 Albqu., NM 87102-1720 (and make the cheque or money order to: Sam Padilla G.) About the format of the death index database as follow: Surname/Givename/Middle/DateofDeath/CountyCode (That is all, simple). Therefore, we are looking for volunteers to help in typing the database for the New Mexico Death Index and for donations for the photocopying fund. For volunteering for the database typing, e-mail me with your mailing address. My e-mail address is: samquito@nmia.com I want to give a BIG THANK YOU the following people on the mailing list whom made a donation (*) or volunteering (#) on the new mexico death index project: Harold Kilmer (*), Robert England (*#), Charles Barnum (*), Tana Collis (*#), Patricia Black-Esterly (*), Annette W. Wasno (*#), Ray Mireles (*), Gloria Torres de Armijo (*), Laura Hauser-Melton (#), Lynn Alexander Welker (#), Kit Betteridge (#), Aveli Padilla (#), Patricia Childs (#), Gloria Salazar-Richhart (#), Melissa Keeling (#), Toni Gómez-Giovanetti (#), Pam Gonzáles (#), Patti Pennington (#), Belva Whitfield (*), Elsa Altshool (*), Cindy Koegal (#), Patryka Tachick (*#), Lucy A. Torres (*#) and Roger Torres (*#). Here is a budget breakdown for everyone to look at: Photocopies (film two only) $202,50 Postage ($3.20 x 16) $ 51,20 Total $253,70 Total (from above) $253,70 Donation received (as of 20/0ct) - $170,00 In debt $ 83,70 Estimate cost for Photocopying (film one) $250,00 Est. cost - postage (3.20 x 14) $ 44,80 Existing debt from above $ 83,70 Total debt estimate $378,50 Thank you for your interest in the NMDI Project, Sam-Quito! ************************************************************************* A message from Sam-Quito Padilla G. at: samquito@nmia.com We need donations & volunteers for the NM Death Index Project. For more information, click on: http://www.nmia.com/~samquito/nmdi.html I'm the County Coordinator for NMGenWeb's Socorro & Valencia Counties. Visit the Socorro County website at: http://www.everton.com/personal-pages/Socorro/ Visit the Valencia County website at: http://www.everton.com/personal-pages/Valencia/ I save used/cancel postage stamps for charity, including duplicates. Send any amount to myself at: 1520 Univ. Bl.,NE#314, Albuquerque, NM 87102-1720