Hi Nan: I would try to do Antwerp for you and maybe if I am efficient enough Rodman after that. Diana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nan Dixon" <[email protected]> To: "Mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 6:08 PM Subject: [NYJEFFER] Civil War Enlistments. > Dear listers, > > I've come begging. After some years when we were unable to do much with > the Website <http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/>, we have reached a point > where we can get things uploaded regularly again. Notice "What's new" for > the last few months. > > We have the rest of the Town Clerk's records of the Civil War enlistments > to be transcribed. This isn't easy, as any one who has done the ones we > have posted will tell you, but it's a great resource, and one of the few > places I know of where you can find out a mother's maiden name. Not > always, you understand, but at least some times. Take a look at the > enlistments we have on http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/cwar.htm and you > can see they type of information available. > > Not all towns were able to save their records, but the biggest, Watertown, > town and city, is yet to be done. Also part of Alexandria, Antwerp (which > has very little), Champion, Pamelia, Rodman and Rutland. (If anyone > knows where Ellisburg or Cape Vincent is hidden, PLEASE let us know. We > don't want the originals, just copies!) The copies we have are from the > NYS Archives microfilm, copied for us by courtesy of BOCES. > > If you have some time to do this in the next few months, we would all be > grateful. The records are handwritten, naturally: there were few > computers or typewriters in 1865 when these were recorded. The town > clerks' handwriting leaves much to be desired. We will mail you copies, > and would really appreciate Excel files which translate into html (webpage > language) very cleanly. Nothing fancy, just straight spread sheet work. > We will also send you a template, if you need one, though you can see > what's done from the website. > > I say the next few months, because we have found that unless they are > attacked right away, procrastination (my big personal problem) sets in. > > Some of you have volunteered in the past, but both the computer and I have > very bad memories. Contact me at [email protected] > > Thanks to all who have volunteered in the past! > > Nan > > ------------------------------- > 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

Great! I want to make copies so they won't get lost in the mail. Antwerp (just looked at it today) has practically nothing but names. And I suspect even those were forged...but we can't make assumptions like that, can we? Will get you the copy next week. Would you please send me your mailing address again? And we'll get Rodman done at the same time, but send it to you when you're finished with Antwerp. Wow! Just think of getting these done at last! Nan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Law" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [NYJEFFER] Civil War Enlistments. > Hi Nan: > > I would try to do Antwerp for you and maybe if I am efficient enough > Rodman > after that. >