As for volunteering to help convert physical records to digital when you're not with the physical records: There are two steps to this process. First, the paper or film images must be scanned. Second, the data itself must be transcribed into spreadsheets or databases so it can be indexed. I'm active in several groups doing Eastern European and Russian genealogy. Sometimes the LDS has microfilmed these records. If so, they scan them (with fast commercial scanners) on to CDs, We then distribute these CDs to our volunteers to transcribe and index. Also, in one group, several of us have copies of census records for our families, but of course other families are on the same pages. We scan the images and send them to others who can translate and index them. So, it would be quite possible for someone outside Buffalo to assist in converting the records, once someone in Buffalo did the initial scans. (If there WERE records, of course <g>.) Hilary Henkin At 10:01 AM 3/13/2008, you wrote: >--- slstrick <[email protected]> wrote: > > I did not join BECHS because I can only visit Buffalo, maybe 1-2 > days a year, BUT I would join BECHS and do volunteer work to put > Buffalo historical information on the web for free access. > >Unfortunately, BECHS has no vital records to digitize. I must be >having a mental lapse, because I can't picture how someone there >(wherever "there" is) can digitize something that is physically here >and only here. > >Meanwhile, prospective BECHS volunteers who live here can check out this page: > >http://www.bechs.org/volunteer.htm > > >*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* >Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com >http://www.BuffaloResearch.com
Has anyone ever pursued digitizing the record of Father Bakers orphans. So many of us had ancestors placed at Our Lady of Victory but records seem to be unavailable, even after 125 years. This has created a dead end for me. Any suggestions?? Marilyn Jewett Tracey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hilary Henkin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 10:59 AM Subject: Re: [NYERIE] digitizing records that do exist > As for volunteering to help convert physical records to digital when > you're not with the physical records: > There are two steps to this process. First, the paper or film images > must be scanned. Second, the data itself must be transcribed into > spreadsheets or databases so it can be indexed. > > I'm active in several groups doing Eastern European and Russian > genealogy. Sometimes the LDS has microfilmed these records. If so, > they scan them (with fast commercial scanners) on to CDs, We then > distribute these CDs to our volunteers to transcribe and index. > > Also, in one group, several of us have copies of census records for > our families, but of course other families are on the same pages. We > scan the images and send them to others who can translate and index them. > > So, it would be quite possible for someone outside Buffalo to assist > in converting the records, once someone in Buffalo did the initial > scans. (If there WERE records, of course <g>.) > > Hilary Henkin > > > At 10:01 AM 3/13/2008, you wrote: >>--- slstrick <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I did not join BECHS because I can only visit Buffalo, maybe 1-2 >> days a year, BUT I would join BECHS and do volunteer work to put >> Buffalo historical information on the web for free access. >> >>Unfortunately, BECHS has no vital records to digitize. I must be >>having a mental lapse, because I can't picture how someone there >>(wherever "there" is) can digitize something that is physically here >>and only here. >> >>Meanwhile, prospective BECHS volunteers who live here can check out this >>page: >> >>http://www.bechs.org/volunteer.htm >> >> >>*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* >>Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com >>http://www.BuffaloResearch.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1330 - Release Date: 3/15/2008 > 2:36 PM > >