Dear Group, I want to thank all of you who have written to me regarding the videotape that I have been reviewing regarding the history of the Town of Porter. This evening I talked with Danny Schlisler who made the tape and I told him that I had posted to our list my transcript and observations regarding the first 15 minute segment.that I have viewed. I also read to him the wonderful comments that I have received today about the tape and about the recommendations that copies of the tape be made available to the Niagara County Historical Society and to the public in general. Well let me tell you, that's what has been in the back of Danny's mind from the first time he turned his video camera on when he photographed his first interview. He has videotaped an interview with our late Nancy Price that spanned a number of months before her ultimate death of cancer in 1994. He has also videotaped hours spent at the site of when the archeologists discovered the skeletons of the bodies that were buried beneath our Main Street during the re-paving of the street. The skeletons were identified as both whites and Indians who were buried there during the 1700s. It was a very sensitive situation, inasmuch as the archeologists revered the remains and didn't want a casual photographer to just snap pictures of the site. In addition, the local Tuscarorra Indians were especially concerned about the remains of the Indians and it was a very private ceremony that was held over the grave site when they were given the Indian remains to take back with them. Now I don't know if Danny was allowed to record the whole ceremony which included the Indians building a small fire at the site and chanting ancient prayers over it--this was in the bitter winter weather of February as I recall--but, nonetheless, Danny has hours and hours of videotape of not only the day-to-day-excavation of that site, but also has other videotapes of tapes he has made at Fort Niagara of the reenactments there which includes very personal interviews of the individuals involved in them. And the bottom line in this. Danny wants to share all of this history that he has recorded on videotape with anyone and everyone who is interested in our local history. He's not looking to making a fortune from his efforts by no means, but he's wondering what price he should place on copies of his videotapes that would reimburse him for out-of-pocket expenses and, deep down inside, maybe might give him a few extra pennies for the HOURS of effort he put into them. If any of you have any thoughts or comments to make, both Danny and I would appreciate hearing them. vee