----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Fauxsmith, Jennifer (SEC)" <jennifer.fauxsmith@state.ma.us> To: Undisclosed-recipients:; Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:01:17 +0000 Subject: News from the Massachusetts Archives School is back in session, the summer is behind us, and we have a few announcements to pass along: 4- 1916-1920 Vital Records update: As of the end of August we are one year into the projected 18-month digitization project undertaken by FamilySearch. The indexing of the images is a lengthy and detailed process and FamilySearch and their volunteers continue to make progress. We are still using the procedure set up in the spring (http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/spnot2.htm) for access and this will continue to be the process until we mount the database on our website, which should occur within the next year. We are looking forward to the new database and the increased ease of access to our vital records. We hope you are, too! As always, please forward any questions you might have to us. We hope you are enjoying the start of fall weather