I believe that the information on the web is only a tiny fraction of that available. The LDS main Family History Library in Salt Lake has incredible amounts of material not on any web site. 3 million rolls of microfilm plus hundreds of thousands of volumes of printed books. Each county I visit has treasure troves of local materials. There're hundreds of Nations with records that are not digitized. Think of the newspaper materials that are lodged in local county archives. The thousands of untranscribed & unphotographed graveyards, bibles, church records, court records... I wish it was all online, but I doubt it will ever be. Travel will never be unnecessary. Jeff Jernegan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Hecht" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 9:37 AM Subject: [NYCAYUGA] Another Question > Maybe I should also ask the question: > > How many out there DO NOT travel to Cayuga County, the County Offices, or > to Museums here because "everything" is on the web? > > and while I am asking > > How many would rather see images on the web in enlarged formats > rather than > small, one size images in a book ? > > I contend that there is a place for both and that there is no way the > pictures will ever be published in a paper format so that people can see > the enlarged images. Who is ever going to publish a 40-50 inch print of a > picture ? > The only way to see these "pictures-in-pictures", that huge web > enlargement provide, is on the web. Thus; to not publish on the web is to > keep from the public their heritage. The best way to see the detail in old > maps and images is on the web through enlargements. Pictures and maps we > have looked at for years reveal new information when enlarged. > > > ==== NYCAYUGA Mailing List ==== > Have you visited the NYGenWeb project home page lately? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenweb > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >