Dear Ruth: Those Civil War letters sound fascinating, I can't wait to read some of them. Don't feel bad about only having a dial up connection. I could get a high speed connection if I wanted, but it's a little pricey. We live just outside of town, so that slows things down even more at times. The only time I would really love having a high speed connection is when I am downloading something. After a certain amount of time, I'll get a time-out. Ruth, have you thought about scanning those letters? If you don't have a scanner, maybe you know someone who does. I found that when I was transcribing Phoebe's diary, viewing the scanned pages on your computer made it so much easier, and you can zoom in or out, making small or faded handwriting easier to read. Kim

I am about a third of the way through transcribing the letters. Mr. Ayer very kindly sent be a bunch of info about Luther and his Regt, which he was obviously very attached to. Mr. Ayer inadvertantly rather spoiled things for me by telling me that Luther was killed in May 1863, when the last letter is dated. I had purposely not read ahead as I had the feeling Luther was killed and I really didn't want to know. Today I have been feeling rather down, I think I am mourning the loss of Luther. Somebody give me a kick in the pants to get me started again will you. I subbed to the Saratoga list but I think it is one of those dead, in name only, lists as I haven't heard a peep from them all day. I will just have to search and see if Saratoga Springs has a Historical Soc and library and go over and see for myself. If you want it done right you have to do it yourself, I guess. Ruth At 1:06 PM -0600 2/29/04, Kim & Mike Paul wrote: >Dear Ruth: > >Those Civil War letters sound fascinating, I can't wait to read some of them. > >Don't feel bad about only having a dial up connection. I could get a high >speed connection if I wanted, but it's a little pricey. We live just >outside of town, so that slows things down even more at times. The only >time I would really love having a high speed connection is when I am >downloading something. After a certain amount of time, I'll get a >time-out. > >Ruth, have you thought about scanning those letters? If you don't have a >scanner, maybe you know someone who does. I found that when I was >transcribing Phoebe's diary, viewing the scanned pages on your computer >made it so much easier, and you can zoom in or out, making small or faded >handwriting easier to read. > >Kim -- Ruth Barton [email protected] Dummerston, VT

Keep going Ruth. I know what you mean by mourning the loss of Luther. I've had those feeling a number of times. Hang in there kid. You owe it to Luther. vee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth Barton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 1:57 AM Subject: Re: [FOLKS] Civil War Letters > I am about a third of the way through transcribing the letters. Mr. Ayer > very kindly sent be a bunch of info about Luther and his Regt, which he was > obviously very attached to. Mr. Ayer inadvertantly rather spoiled things > for me by telling me that Luther was killed in May 1863, when the last > letter is dated. I had purposely not read ahead as I had the feeling > Luther was killed and I really didn't want to know. Today I have been > feeling rather down, I think I am mourning the loss of Luther. Somebody > give me a kick in the pants to get me started again will you. > > I subbed to the Saratoga list but I think it is one of those dead, in name > only, lists as I haven't heard a peep from them all day. I will just have > to search and see if Saratoga Springs has a Historical Soc and library and > go over and see for myself. If you want it done right you have to do it > yourself, I guess. Ruth >