Robert--in reply to your email message-- and FYI for anyone else on the list who is interested in the how-to's of transcribing these old newsies-- Yes, I type each article, word for word! (no optical software or scanning) I'm working off a print-out from microfilm, that I make at the local library. I only wish I could be sitting in the library archives doing these newspapers!! but, sigh....I'm at home on my own computer, and do them in my 'spare' time- I work full time, Mon. thru Fri., so time for transcribing these articles is in short supply, as I would like to do so many more of them, but just don't have the time! Yes, you could really call it a labor of love, as there isn't anyone paying me or any of the many other volunteers on this and other mailing lists....(it would be my dream-job, if I could find someone willing to pay me to do this 40 hours a week!!!) I enjoy reading about history, especially on the local level, and have found it wonderful to find that there are so many others "out there" who enjoy all these little tidbits of their ancestors and/or time period. I know that a lot of people wonder how any of us come by the articles we post, or why we choose the articles/time period, etc. - many of us do it in the same way: when I go to the library to check microfilm for someone who has requested a local look-up, I print that page and then some others around that time period and any other pages that look interesting for a wide audience. It would be impossible (unless one were independently wealthy!) to copy off entire newspapers - the screen on a microfilm reader isn't any larger than your computer screen you are gazing at right now, and to print one copy of this size costs 20-25 cents or more, depending upon the library/research center you are working at....so, you don't really get much info on one sheet. At this time, I have only done about 200 submissions sincd Feb., to the Old News mailing list, (which translates to at least 3 times that many sheets of paper printed off!!) but you can get the idea of what is involved in this project. Thanks for asking, and I know you appreciate all the work that all these people who are sending these newsies out so all can enjoy them, : )Linda > Linda- > I was interested to know how you produce these wonderful newspaper columns. > Do you have to type each article word for word, or do you use optical > scanning software? > Are you working from microfilm or the original newspaper? Do you work at > home, or at a library or archive? I was curious and thought others on the > list might be too. It is a true work of labor.... and love. > > Robert Perry